[Winona Online Democracy]
As I understand and have experienced these two they are essentially
the same in regard to community involvement. Early in the
study/meeting sessions there is an opportunity for community input.
Though the input process is generally linear. That is - - not a
whole lot of give and take opportunities.
I am not sure how the county handles give and take at their meetings,
but we try to provide community members a chance to provide their
input and due to time constraints generally ask folks to speak for no
more than 5 minutes.
A study session often is that - where board members, in a public
venue, study major issues and consider agenda items for the next
meeting. We use the study session as briefings or information
gaining sessions. That being said we do have some items we act on
during our study sessions. For example, this Thursday we will vote
on the "new " board member to complete Jennifer's Woodward term .
A regular session is a meeting where items that were studies in the
previous meeting are now moved to be considered for our action.
However, we also have new items to be consider for the next study
session. But mainly - regular session is where most of our
significant decision are made.
Respectfully,
Mr. Herold
--
Kelly Herold, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Winona State University
Winona, MN
55987
507 - 457 - 5242
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