Open Board Appointments

We need to watch local boards regardless of whatever else happens. But to ensure local boards and agencies become more responsive to the community, even better is to appoint people to them who want to be more responsive to the community. Many such appointments are available right now.

Valdosta's list of open appointments, qualifications, etc. can be found here. There are 14 positions open on 8 boards, ranging from the Parks and Recreation Authority, which has its own dedicated tax millage larger than that of the Industrial Authority, to the Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful Board, which has a paid executive director. Here's an excerpt:

Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful Board (2)
Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority (1)
Valdosta Housing Authority - Resident Appointment (1)
Valdosta Housing Board of Adjustments & Appeals (3)
Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority (2)
Public Art Committee Advisory Committee (2) – Community at Large
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Adjustments & Appeals (1)
Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments & Appeals - (2)

There's more in there, about Membership Requirements, and Code of Ethics, and an application.

The closing date for submitting the General Board Application and Code of Ethics form to the City Clerk is Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

No Industrial Authority board slots are open this year, although there may be one or two open next year.

Lowndes County doesn't seem to have such a public list of open appointments, which is another thing that could be improved. At the moment the county has listed applications for Keep Lowndes Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB) and volunteers for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Short version: if you live in Valdosta, look over that list and consider applying. If you don't want to apply think of who you know who should. If you live in Lowndes County, maybe you can find out what county openings there are and let LAKE know so we can publish a list.

Help yourself by helping us keep the owl flying.

-jsq for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange