Open Letter to BOT from Charlie and Gloria Chappell

October 26, 2006

Dear Board of Trustees Members:

It should be clear to you by now that Gallaudet University is in crisis and fighting for its life. It should also be clear to you that Dr. Jane Fernandes is unable to build bridges and bring us to resolution.

We are alumni of Gallaudet. We support the demands of the Faculty Student Staff and Alumni Coalition (FSSA) that Jane K. Fernandes resign or be removed from office and the search process be reopened, and that there be no reprisals for protestors.

Yours for a united Gallaudet,

Charles and Gloria Chappell. Alabama