“Recent news reports may have given the mistaken impression that the University of Oregon has suddenly reconsidered its decision to join the Workers’ Rights Consortium. The UO is joining the WRC for one year. The university action has always included establishing a process for internal review in cooperation with the University Senate during the next academic year, to evaluate whether the WRC can meet the terms of our conditions for membership. Planning for that evaluation has already begun. Our conditions include ensuring proper influence for university members and more clarity regarding selection of advisory board members; a membership balance that includes business and corporate participation; and ensuring meetings and outcomes are open to the media and non-member observers. Any decision on whether to renew our relationship will be made only after a scheduled review and consultation with the UO Senate. We are not looking backward at this point; we are looking forward.”