For Immediate Release: December 10, 2013

ALLIANCE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING PROGRESS (ASAP) MEMBER TAYLOR Q. SCOTT

FILES PUBLIC RECORDS COMPLAINT AGAINST UW-MILWAUKEE ADMINISTRATION
UW-MILWAUKEE MISUSED FERPA LAW TO DENY RECORDS REQUEST; ASKS FOR UNREASONABLE FEES

MILWAUKEE, WI: Yesterday counsel for Alliance of Students Achieving Progress (ASAP) member Taylor
Q. Scott filed a public records complaint in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, the complaint is at-
tached hereto. The complaint alleges that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee public records cus-
todian improperly misconstrued Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to deny release of
public records from a Graduate Student strictly while in her official capacity as a Program Assis-
tant within the UW-Milwaukee Dean of Students Office, down to the point of refusing to release a
position description for the position. The same public records custodian is also asserting that at
least $675 in locating fees need to be paid for two simple keyword search requests. Under Wiscon-
sin State Statute 19.35(3)(c) an authority may impose a fee upon a requester for locating a
record, not exceeding the actual, necessary and direct cost of location, if the cost is $50 or
more. It is disingenuous in the least to expect a payment of at least $675 for a simple keyword
search, much less put that burden on a member of the public or a college student.

At UW-Milwaukee (UWM), the public record custodian confirmed that they usually ask the official
requested to obtain the records themselves, as opposed to a third party such as an assistant within
the custodians office or the custodian obtaining the records. This has raised questions regarding
the completeness and integrity of the records being released by UWM.

The officials requested were UWM Dean of Students Timothy Gordan, Dean of Students Program
Assistant Pahoua Xiong, and UWM Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte. Laliberte is
currently under scrutiny for comments he made in a meeting with UWM Chancellor Lovell and former
student government leaders after pushing the UWM Administration to, without authority and in-
violation of Wis. State Stat. 36.09(5), not-recognize the spring 2013 Student Association
elections. Those comments and audio were released in an October 24th ASAP press release and can be
viewed at: http://asap4uwm.com/pressreleases. An explanation of recent concerning events regarding
shared governance at UWM can be found at: http://asap4uwm.com/yourvoice.

For any further information or inquiries please contact ASAP representative Taylor Q. Scott at
asap4uwm@gmail.com or visit: http://asap4uwm.com/contactus
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The ALLIANCE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING PROGRESS (ASAP) is a movement, currently active in the UW-Milwaukee campus
community. ASAP has had a long history as a political party in UW-Milwaukee Student Association Elections and
in student advocacy for 20+ years. Previously known as Achieving Student Action through Progress, the name
may change but our progressive values and integrity in student and shared governance advocacy will not. We
remain a united movement of like-minded individuals standing up to ensure everyone has a voice. We believe in a
truly shared system where all governance groups under WI Stat. 36.09 work together to advance the goals of
their respective Institution, the UW-System, higher education, and the Wisconsin Idea.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY
TAYLOR Q. SCOTT
1805 E. Newberry Boulevard, #2
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211,
Plaintiff,
VS.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS
1860 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
AMY R. WATSON, PUBLIC RECORDS
CUSTODIAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
2310 E. Hartford Avenue 180
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211-3165,
DR. MICHAEL LALIBERTE,
VICE CHANCELLOR-STUDENT AFFAIRS,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
132 Chapman Hall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201,
and
DR. TIMOTHY W. GORDON,
DEAN OF STUDENTS,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
118 Mellencamp Hall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201,
Defendants.
SUMMONS
HON. DAVID A. HANSHER, BR. 42
CIVIL A
Case No.: _______ _
Case Classification: OTHER
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
Case Code: 30954
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THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To each person named as a Defendant:
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You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other
legal action against you. The Complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of
the legal action.
Within forty-five (45) days of receiving this summons, you must respond with a
written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the
Complaint. The Court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the
requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose
address is: 901 N. Ninth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, and to April Rockstead
Barker, attorney for the plaintiff, whose address is 16655 West Bluemound Road, Suite
270, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005. You may have an attorney help or represent you.
If you do not provide a proper answer within forty-five (45) days, the Court may grant
judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the
complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in
the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding
money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may
also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.
Dated this hv day of December, 2013.
~ e a d a r k e r
State Bar#: 1 026163
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Taylor Q. Scott
SCHOTT, BUBLITZ & ENGEL S.C.
16655 W. Bluemound Road, Suite #270
Brookfield, WI 53005
(262) 827-1700
(262) 827-1701-Fax
abarker@sbe-law.com
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
TAYLOR Q. SCOTT
1805 E. Newberry Boulevard, #2
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211,
Plaintiff,
vs.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS
1860 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
CIRCUIT COURT
AMY R. WATSON, PUBLIC RECORDS
CUSTODIAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
2310 E. Hartford Avenue 180
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211-3165,
DR. MICHAEL LALIBERTE,
VICE CHANCELLOR-STUDENT AFFAIRS,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
132 Chapman Hall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201,
and
DR. TIMOTHY W. GORDON,
DEAN OF STUDENTS,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
118 Mellencamp Hall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201,
Defendants.
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MILWAUKEE COUNTY
Case No.: _______ _
Case Classification: OTHER
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
Case Code: 30954
COMPLAINT - PUBLIC RECORDS
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This is an action to enforce Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Slats.
19.31-19.39. State law declares it the public policy of this state that every citizen is
presumptively entitled to complete access to the records of state and local government.
Plaintiff, Taylor Q. Scott, by his attorneys, Schott, Bublitz & Engel, s.c., as and for
his claims under Wis. Stats. 19.37, alleges that:
FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
1. Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott is an adult resident of the State of Wisconsin
residing at 1805 E. Newberry Boulevard, #2 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211.
2. Upon information and belief, Defendant University of Wisconsin System
Board of Regents is a body politic with its principal offices at 1860 Van Hise Hall, 1220
Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706 and, upon information and belief, operates the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and which is therefore referenced herein as "UWM."
UWM is an "authority" as that term is defined in Wis. Stats. 19.32(1) and used in the
Public Records law.
3. Defendants Amy R. Watson, Dr. Michael Laliberte, and Timothy W.
Gordon are employees or authorized legal representatives of UWM and upon
information and belief are "legal custodians" of one or more of the records at issue in
this action under Wis. Stats. 19.33 and as that term is used in the Public Records
Law.
BACKGROUND AND RECORDS REQUESTS
July 12,2013 and August 15,2013 Reguests
4. On or about July 12, 2013, Plaintiff, Taylor Q. Scott, requested in writing,
via electronic mail, that UWM produce for inspection the following records:
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a. Any and all e-mails or other correspondence with and/or from
and/or to Dean of Students Program Assistant Pahoua Xiong from
1/1/2013 containing any of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Q. Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09(11)
17.09(07)
Be On the Safe Side
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tqscott
991142790
2012098602
b. Any and all e-mails or other correspondence with and/or from
and/or to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte from
1/1/2013 containing any of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Q. Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09(11)
17.09(07)
Be On the Safe Side
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tqscott
991142790
2012098602
A true and correct copy of the substance of the written request is attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
5. On or about July 25, 2013, the University, through Amy R. Watson,
records custodian, denied Mr. Scott's request, stating in relevant part:
First, I am unable to provide any emails to/from Pahoua
Xiong, because she is a student at UWM and thus, her
emails are protected by FERPA ...
Second, Vice Chancellor Laliberte estimates it will take
approximately one hour to locate any responsive emails ...
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Thus, this request will involve a locating fee. A rough
estimate of the locating fee is $125, which would have to be
prepaid. Please let me know how you would like to proceed
A true and correct copy of UWM's response is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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6. On or about July 31, 2013, Plainf1ff Taylor Q. Scott wrote to Amy R.
Watson to request clarification concerning UWM's response. In that communication he
stated, "To clarify, this is regarding correspondence, while [Pahoua Xiong] is in the
capacity of Dean of Students Program Assistant, not her personal educational records."
A true and correct copy of the substance of Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott's July 31, 2013 e-
mail communication is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
7. On or about August 7, 2013, Amy R. Watson responded to Plaintiff Taylor
Q. Scott's July 31, 2013 e-mail communication. In her response, Defendant Amy R.
Watson continued to assert that e-mail messages sent by Ms. Xiong in her capacity as
Dean of Students Program Assistant were "subject to FERPA" Defendant Amy R.
Watson also stated that she was denying Mr. Taylor's request for Ms. Xiong's "position
description" because, according to Defendant Amy R. Watson, that record is also an
"education record" that is "prohibited from release under FERPA"
8. On or about August 15, 2013, Taylor Q. Scott requested pursuant to the
Public Records law that Associate Dean of Students Thomas G. McGinnity of UWM
forward to him a copy of Ms. Xiong's position description.
9. On or about August 27, 2013, Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott clarified his prior
requests in an e-mail message to Defendant Amy R. Watson, stating, "Also, I would like
to clarify that my previous request of Pahoua Xiong and VC Laliberte's records were
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from 1/1/2013 to the date I requested the records. Do you still uphold the FERPA
rationale you sent and the finder's fee or are you able to release the records?" On or
about September 6, 2013, Defendant Amy R. Watson responded, "As to your questions
about my July 25th response to your previous request for emails from Vice Chancellor
Laliberte and Pahoua X'1ong, yes, my response remains the same."
10. On or about October 17, 2013, counsel for Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott wrote
to Defendant Amy R. Watson to request that UWM itemize the fees that it would require
as prepayment for the records to which it was denying access under FERPA.
11. On or about October 22, 2013, Defendant Amy R. Watson responded that
she did not have an estimate to provide because it was not her practice to calculate
locating fees for requests that she denies.
12. To date, UWM has not provided any records in response to Mr. Scott's
July 12, 2013 or August 15, 2013 requests.
August 27, 2013 Request
13. On or about August 27, 2013, Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott requested in writing,
via electronic mail, that UWM produce for inspection the following records:
a. Any and all emails (including those deleted and in the ''Trash" folder
or others deleted from that folder and backed up [or to be
reconstructed] on the server) or other correspondence sent or
received by UW-Milwaukee Dean of Students Timothy Gordon from
5/1/2013 to the current date concerning any of the following
keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09(11)
17.09(07)
Be On the Safe Side
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tqscott
tqscott@uwm.edu
991142790
2012098602
"Student Association" (as one keyword, without quotes)
36.09(5)
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"public record" (as one keyword, quotes not included as part of the
keyword)
"public records" (as one keyword, quotes not included as part of the
keyword)
b. Any and all emails (including those deleted and in the "Trash" folder
or others deleted from that folder and backed up [or to be
reconstructed] on the server) or other correspondence sent or
received by UW-Milwaukee Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Michael Laliberte from 1/1/2013 to the current date containing any
of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09(11)
17.09(07)
Be On the Safe Side
BOSS
tqscott
tqscott@uwm.edu
991142790
2012098602
"Student Association" (as one keyword, without quotes)
36.09(5)
"public record" (as one keyword, quotes not included as part of the
keyword)
"public records" (as one keyword, quotes not included as part of the
keyword)
illegal
A true and correct copy of the substance of the request is attached hereto as
Exhibit D.
14. On or about September 6, 2013, Defendant Amy R. Watson responded
to Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott's August 27, 2013, request, stating, in pertinent part, that
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UWM would require Plaintiff Taylor Q. Scott to pay "locating fees" of a total of at least
$550 in order to respond to his request.
15. To date, UWM has not provided any records in response to Mr. Scott's
August 27, 2013, request.
CLAIMS
16. Plaintiff realleges and reincorporates herein the allegations of paragraphs
1-15, above.
17. Under Wis. Slats. 19.31, it is the declared public policy of this state that
every citizen is entitled to the greatest possible information regarding the affairs of
government. Section 19.31, Wis. Stats., affirms the presumption of complete public
access to governmental records, consistent with the conduct of governmental business.
The statute provides that "[t]he denial of public access generally is contrary to the public
interest, and only in an exceptional case may access be denied." This is not an
exceptional case.
18. Defendants have violated the Public Records Law and Wis. Stats.
19.37(1) by withholding and denying access in response to Plaintiff's records requests.
Defendants' reasons, as stated, for withholding the records violate the law because the
Defendants' asserted rationale for withholding records is inapplicable. The federal
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not apply to the disclosure of the
requested records because they are not education records of Pahoua Xiong within the
meaning of that law.
19. In addition, upon information and belief, Defendants' demands for $125
and more than $550, respectively, in "location fees" exceed "the actual, necessary and
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direct cost of reproduction or transcription of the record[s]" and are therefore excessive
and unreasonable and exceed the amounts that may permissibly be charged for records
requests under Wis. Slats. 19.35(3)(g).
20. Defendants' actions have caused and will continue to cause injury to the
Plaintiff in that they deprive him and the rest of the public of their rights under the Public
Records Law.
RELIEF REQUESTED
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff demands a judgment of mandamus against the
Defendants pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.37(1):
1. Compelling the Defendants to permit the Plaintiff forthwith to inspect and
copy the requested records;
2. Declaring the Plaintiff's rights and limiting the Defendants' conduct with
respect to the requested records;
3. Awarding Plaintiff his reasonable attorneys' fees under Wis. Stats.
19.37(2); and
4. Awarding such other relief as the Court deems appropriate.
Dated this J.f:_ day of December, 2013.

April Rockstead Barker
State Bar#: 1026163
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Taylor Q. Scott
SCHOTT, BUBLITZ & ENGEL S.C.
16655 W. Bluemound Road, Suite #270
Brookfield, WI 53005
(262) 827-1700
(262) 827-1701-Fax
abarker@sbe-law.com
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Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
From: Taylor Q. Scott <tqscott@uwm.edu>
Subject: Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
To :Amy R. Watson <awatson@uwm.edu>
Bee: Katherine Christine Rasch <kcrasch@uwm.edu>,
Emma Jean Borkowski <borkow26@uwm.edu>, Ryan
Sorenson <sorens76@uwm.edu>, Michael Steven
Ludwig <msludwig@uwm.edu>
Amy,
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 03:22PM
This is to request, under the State ofWisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. 19.31-19.39, and
Regent Policy F50, li.B.3, inspection of
1. Any and all emails or other correspondence with and/or from and/or to Dean of
Students Program Assistant Pahoua Xiong from 1/1/2013 containing any of the following
keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09 (11)
17.09 (07)
Be On the Safe Side
BOSS
tqscott
991142790
2012098602
2. Any and all em ails or other correspondence with and/or from and/or to Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte from 1/1/2013 containing any of the
following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09 (11)
17.09 (07)
Be On the Safe Side
BOSS
tqscott
991142790
2012098602
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Wisconsin's Public Records Law states, in relevant part "In recognition of the that a representative
government is dependent upon an informed electorate, it is declared to be the public policy of this state
that all persons are entitled to the greatest possible information regarding the a flairs of the government and
the oflicial acts of those officers and employees who represent them. Further, providing persons with
such information is declared to be an essential Junction of a representative government and an integral pm1
of the routine duties of officers and employees whose responsibility and duty is to provide such
inHxmation. II
Tl1e law continues "To that end [the Public Records Law] shall be construed in every instance with the
presLm1ption of complete public access consistent with the conduct of governmental business. The denial
of access generally is contrary to the public interest and only in exceptional cases can access be denied."
Wis. Stat. 1 9.35(4)(a) states, "Each authority, upon request lor any record, shall, as soon as
practicable and without delay, either fill the request or notily the requester of the authority's determination
to deny the request in whole or in part and the reasons therefore." If my request is denied, please do so in
writing and state what pm1 ofthe law you believe entities you to do so, and advise me oflhe process
through which I may appeal.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request, and thank you for your attention in this
matter.
Best,
Taylor Q. Scott
Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the
-Charles Bukowski
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Re: Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
From: Amy R. Watson <awatson@uwm.edu>
Subject: Re: Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
To: Taylor Q. Scott <tqscott@uwm.edu>
Dear Taylor,
Thu, Jul 25, 2013 06:23PM
I have an update you your recent request.
First, am unable provide any emails to/from Pahoua Xiong,
because she is a student at UWM and thus, her emails are
protected by FERPA. Please see the rationale below
records protected by FERPA.
Second, Vice Chancellor Laliberte estimates it will take
approximately one hour to locate any responsive because
we have learned from previous requests that the email search
is not exact. Thus, once a key word search is
it still takes time to sort through the potentially resocnsive
emails and filter out any that are non-responsive.
Thus, this request will involve a locating ee. A rough esLimate
the fee is $125, would have be prepaid.
Please let me how you would like to proceed. If you wish to
pay the fee, I can get an exact fee for you.
Thank yen::,
Amy R. Watson, J.D.
Records Custodian
U'IV-MilVJaukee
(414) 229-5188
(414) 229-6261 fax
FERP.Il. RATIONALE:
In determining to release Ms. Xiong's email records, I
looked to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
as well as the Wisconsin Public Records Law (WPRL) .
':'he F:SScPA statute and regula-c.ions (20 TJ.S.C. 1232g-, 34 C.F.R.
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Part prohibit institutions from making a policy
or practice of releasing non-directory personally identifiable
information from education records absent prior written
acthorization from a student. 20 U.S.C. 1232g(b) (2) (A), 34
C.F.R. 99.30.
FER?A defines education as which
information 6irectly related to a student; are maintained by
an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for
such agency or institution." 20 :J.S.C. l232g(a) (4) (A). There
are six exceptions to this definition, but none of them apply to
:;o-:es. 34 C.F.R 99.30 end 20 U.S.C. :232g(a) (4) (B).
identifiable information of a student consists of:
''the name; the name of the student's parent or other
family members; address of the student or student's family; a
personal identifier, such as the student's social
number, student number, or biometric record; other indirect
identifiers, such as the student's date of birth, place of birth,
and mother's maiden name; information that, alone or in
combination, is linked or linkable to a specific that
would a:low a reasonable person in the school community, who does
not have personal knowledge of the relevant circumstances, to
identify the student with reasonable or information
requested by a person who the educational agency or
reasonably believes knows the identity of the student to whom the
education record relates." 34 C.F.R. 99.3.
In light of ?ERPA's prohibition on an educational
releasing personally-identifiable information from educational
records, I am withholding Ms. Xiong's email records.
balancing test of the WPRL supports this determination.
If UWM were to release education records protected by FERPA, the
artment of Education could sanction UWM and could even
withdraw federal funding that UWM receives through Department of
Education programs. 20 D.S.C. l232g(a) (1) (A), 34 C.F.R. 99.1.
This would have a devastating effect on the university, as many
students would be unable to attend UWM without federal financial
aid assistance. Thus, the public interest in ensuring the
university complies with FER?A any interest in

By withholding Ms. Xiong
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request. Therefore, I required to you ttat
deter:nination is subject. to mandamus (court review) under VJis.
SLat. 19.37 (l) (a.) or application to tl:e attorney general
or district attorrcey 19.37 (l) (b).
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From: "Taylor Q. Scott" <tqscott@uwm.edu>
To: "Amy R. Watson" <awatson@uwm.edu>
Sene: Friday, July 12, 2013 3:22:49 PM
Subject: Public Records Requesc - 7/12/2013
Amy,
This is to request, under the Srate of Wisconsin's PGblic Records
Law, TJIJis. Stat. 19.31-19.39, and Regent Policy FSO, II.B.3,
.:Lcspection of:
1. Any and emails or other correspondence and/or from
and/or to Dean of Students Program Assistant Pahoua Xiong from
1/1/2013 containing any of the following keywords:

Taylor Scott
l'lr. Scotc
17.09 (11)
17.09 (07)
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tqsco::t
991142790
2012098602
2. Any and all emails or correspondence with and/or
and/or to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte
from 1/1/2013 containing any of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
fvlr. Scott
17.(J9 (11)
17.09 (07)
Be On the Safe Side
BOSS
tqscott
991142790

Wisconsin
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s Records Law states, in relevant paYt ''In
recognition of the fact that a representative is
dependent upon a:-1 inforr:1ed electorate, it is declared to be the
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public policy of this state that all persons are entitled to the
greatest possible information regarding the affairs of the
government and the official acts of those officers and employees
who represent them Further, providing persons with such
information is declared to be an essential function of a
representative and an integral part of routine
duties of officers and employees whose responsibility and duty is
to provide information.''
The law continues "To that end [the Public Records LavJ] shall be
construed in every instance with the presumption of complete
public access consistent with the conduct of governmental
business. The denial of access generally is contrary to the
public interest and only in exceptional cases can access be
denied.
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iJJis. Stat. 19.35(4) (a) states, "Each authority, t1pon reqLest
for any record, shall, as soon as practicable and without delay ,
either fill the request or notify the requester of the
authority's determination to deny the request in whole or
and the reasons therefore." If my request is denied, please do so
in writing what part of the law you believe entities
you to do so, and advise me of the process through which I may
appeal.
Please contact me you have any questions regarding this
request, and thank you your attention in matter.
Best,
Taylor Q. Scott
-What is How Well You Walk Through the Fire.-
- Charles Bukowski
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Re: Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
From :Taylor Q. Scott <tqscott@uwm.edu>
Subject: Re: Public Records Request- 7/12/2013
To: Awatson@uwm.edu
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 08:21 PM
J\rr: y,
I was wondering again if you could give me the procedures for how
you obtain your records?
Is the process Do you internal policy and/or
procedure? Do you have policy and/or procedure adopted by any
shared governance bodies?
Again, is it an 'honor system' or do
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obtain the records?
Also, could you please look over and respond response
regarding Pahoua Xiong's records?
is Pahoua Xiong's official position title is within the Dean
of Office? She has me as a Dean of Students
Office Program Assistent. When she is emailing me regarding
matter is you doing so in her capacity as a or as an
official with the Dean of Students Office? When she corresponds
regarding cases is it in her capacity as a student or as an
official with the Dean of Students Office? To clarify, this is
while she is in capacity of Dean of
Students Assistant, not her personal records.
Thar.ks,
Taylor Q. Scotct
the courage to act of
-Earlene Larson Jenks
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From: tqscott@uwm.edu
To: Amy R. Watson &lt;awatson@uwm.edu&gt;
Sent: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:53:36 -0500 (COT)
Subject: Re: Public Records Request - 7/12/2013
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Public Records Request- 8/27/2013
From: Taylor Q. Scott <tqscott@uwm.edu>
Subject : Public Records Request - 8/27/2013
To :Amy R. Watson <awatson@uwm.edu>
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 07:26PM
Amy,
This is to request, under the State of Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat.
19.31-19.39, and Regent Policy F50, II.B.3, inspection of:
1. Any and all em ails (including those deleted and in the "Trash" older or others deleted fiom that
folder and backed up [or to be reconstructed] on the server) or other correspondence sent
or received by UW-Milwaukee Dean of Students Timothy Gordan from 5/1/2013 to the
current date containing any of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09 (11)
17.09 (07)
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tqscott@uwm.edu
991142790
2012098602
"Student Association" (as one keyword, without quotes)
36.09(5)
"public record" (as one keyword, quotes not included as pmi of the keyword)
"public records" (as one keyword, quotes not included as part of the keyword)
2. Any and all em ails (including those deleted and in the "Trash" folder or others deleted fiom that
folder and backed up [or to be reconstructed] on the server) or other correspondence sent
or received by UW-Milwaukee Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte from
1/1/2013 to the current date containing any of the following keywords:
2012098602
Taylor Scott
Mr. Scott
17.09 (11)
17.09 (07)
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"public record" (as one keyword, quotes nor included as part of the keyword)
"public records" (as one key.vord, quotes not included as part of the keyword)
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Wisconsin's Public Records Law states, in relevant part "In recognition of the fact that a
representative government is dependent upon an informed electorate, it is declared to be
the public policy of this state that all persons are entitled to the greatest possible
information regarding the affairs of the government and the official acts of those officers
and employees who represent them. Further, providing persons with such information is
declared to be an essential function of a representative government and an integral part
of the routine duties of officers and employees whose responsibility and duty is to
provide such information."
The law continues "To that end [the Public Records Law] shall be construed in every
instance with the presumption of complete public access consistent with the conduct of
governmental business. The denial of access generally is contrary to the public interest
and only in exceptional cases can access be denied."
Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a) states, "Each authority, upon request for any record, shall, as
soon as practicable and without delay, either fill the request or notify the requester of the
authority's determination to deny the request in whole or in part and the reasons
therefore." If my request is denied, please do so in writing and state what part of the law
you believe entitles you to do so, and advise me of the process through which I may
appeal. Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a)
As your fee structure is based on the salary of the individual that is being requested and
them obtaining the records in question themselves, due to concerns about
the financial burden placed on requestors and the integrity of the records that are being
put forward by requestees, I would request that a third party such as an assistant in your
office or yourself directly obtain the records. Please let me know if this is possible.
Also, I would like to clarify that my previous request of Pahoua Xiong and VC
Laliberte's records were from 1/1/2013 to the date I requested the records.
Do you still uphold the FERPA rationale you sent and the finder's fee or are
you able to release the records?
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request, and thank you for
your attention in this matter.
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Taylor Q. Scott
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-Charles Bukowski
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