The Representation Of Elected Board Members

Local school board meetings are a venue that allows the public to attend and be a part of the educational process. These meetings provide community members with important information about upcoming events so that they are able to be well informed of the happenings that are taking place within the school system in which their child attends. Along with being able to learn about what is taking place within the school, it also allows parents and parent groups the opportunity to express their opinions and concerns about matters that could likely affect their children. Monthly school board meetings are a way to help establish and maintain open lines of communication between the school and community members. By allowing the community members the opportunity to be heard, it further enhances the relationship between the school and the community.

For my community meeting assignment, I attended a Green Lake County Board meeting. I have never attended a County Board meeting before and I found it to be quite interesting. I found this meeting posted on the Green Lake County website and that is where I pulled the agenda from to take to the meeting. The meeting was about one and a half hours long.

The Hallsville Independent School District board meeting was very conductive. An agenda was handed out to everyone present, and it had every point to be made at the meeting neat and organized for everyone to follow. The meeting is mostly open to the public which provides a great way for everyone to feel up to date with what is going on in the school district, and be able to help in any way they can when problems arise. Once the superintendent had finished speaking about who was being recognized, the updated itinerary, and the HISD Education Foundation Report, he closed the meeting from the public. School board meetings benefit the community by letting the people not associated with a job through the school know what is going on in the district.

All of the city commissioners were present for the meeting, they include: Todd Neville, Nancy Sikes-Kline, Leanna Freeman, Mayor, Nancy Shaver, and Vice Mayor, Roxanne Horvath. At the meeting just about every type of group was represented, city residents of St. Augustine, business owners, special interested groups, in particular the Clean Up the City of St. Augustine initiative represented by Ed Salvin, and even a local Neighborhood Association represented by its president Susan Rathbone was present. Almost all of the individuals I mentioned attended the meeting to voice their belief that there should be an increase in the budget for improvement of local roads.

Asish Thapa Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2306-71001 19th November 2017 Texas Committees If I allowed to serve in the house boards in Texas I would serve in the Environmental control panel, the Energy Resources council, the Human Service advisory group and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs. All the mention committee manage human connection with the environment, and thusly it would be a decent stage to guarantee that I effectively take an interest in the presentation of how people ought to interface with regular resources, energy and each other in the various natural systems in (Texas House of Representatives). The different committees also have roles that are matching, and therefore it would be much pleasure

At the beginning of the meeting the board members had to vote on the school districts’ participation of different activities. They all had to vote on whether they agreed to have Red Ribbon Week on October 23, 2017 through October 31, 2017, they also voted on whether the entire school district was going to partake in the Great California ShakeOut

On September 6th, I attended the Cleveland County school board meeting. I grew up in a nontraditional schooling environment; therefore, attending a school board meeting was a new experience for me. On the agenda, the board covered subjects such as nominating in new board members, honoring new teachers in the county schools, getting approval for a new basketball court, and asking for approval for a high school trip to Germany in the summer of 2017.

The city council of Atlanta, Georgia servers as a local legislative government branch. The council is made of the president, Ceasar Mitchell and fifteen members elected from district within the city. The city of Atlanta is broken up into twelve different districts and three post, each councilmen is responsible for representing the needs and wants for their district. The members of the council are elected by the citizens, and they work together to pass laws, make general policies, supervise city government, and appropriate funds for various needs. Usually, council meetings are open to the public, and public input is welcomed. The majority the councils work is done in committees. In the committees proposed legislation is debated and the members of other government branches and the public are given a chance to comment. Each council member serves on at least three of the council's standing committees, and select committees and panels. This week the author had the chance to attend a City of Atlanta council committee meeting and view how the meeting was conducted and went.

On November 9th 2015, a town hall meeting took place in my political science class. This meeting was a chance for students of the school to bring up concerns, or issues regarding there education. For their voice to be heard directly to the faculty that runs the school, the students could finally have a chance to get a valid answer. There was questions about safety, mathematics, community college education, and typical student issues.

At the meeting they addressed issues I had no idea about and discussed voting for proposed amendments to Georgia’s constitution. One possible amendment that was especially interesting was that of government takeover of public schools, keeping them and not giving them back to the community. As I looked on the sample ballot I noticed the use of diction that would confuse most people into voting yes to something that would ultimately be a bad decision. Had I not attended this meeting I personally would have probably voted yes to this amendment without knowing what it was I were agreeing

The Dahlonega City Hall was crowded on the evening of March 1st 2010. The seats were full, except for at the very front, and the standing room was filled almost out the door. The crowd, mostly made up of students, leaned in to hear as the voices of the City Council members faded in and out of the faltering sound system. The six City Council members and the mayor sat along a bench as if they were the judges at a hearing. Because of the ongoing discussions and the crowd, I thought I had arrived a few minutes late; but I was able to find a seat in the front two rows. Despite how packed the small room was there were plenty of empty seats in the front. I had thought the meeting was well on its way by the way conversation was going and

As a public administrator, I learned the importance of showing people that you are serving that you care. For example, when the Vice Mayor took his time greet everyone that came for the meeting, it showed me that he was a career leader. Other commissioners were already at their seats. Also, I learned that it is important to do what you think it is important for the people that you are serving. For example, Commissioner Landman did not vote “yes” because she did not have enough time to review the proposal presented. I really admired this decision. I believe it is important to fully know the pros/cons of a proposal because voting on it, especially when you are a public servant. This goes along with what author Jered B. Carr (2015) mention about the responsibility of a public official, “Responsibility to the entire council is an essential characteristic of the council-manager form and helps to ensure both transparency and a focus on the public interest rather than the political interests of a single elected official,” (p. 674). Furthermore, I learned that it is important to recognize employees who are committed to their work. By giving awarding the employees during the meeting, I believe that their PSM will

The meeting began when the school board members entered the large group instruction room and took their seats at a panel table angled to the side of the audience. The school board consists of nine elected members from the community. The members are as follows: Paul Ridley (President), Pat Vigliotta (Vice President), Helen Cumminskey

The meeting was very brief only lasting about twenty minuets. After the meeting I was able to get a picture with to of the three council members. I learned a lot at this meeting and I glad that people are working hard to improve Sylvania Township’s citizens quality of

Going further with the agenda, the way the meeting worked so smoothly was due because each member of the meeting had a task. For instance, Lt. Brent Abbott oversaw the city staff committee liaison, which from the looks of it he was part of finalizing any changes in the committee. Then they had Esther Mirador to keep track of time and