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Cammissianer Jacobs asked if there was one place where all outreach initiatives were <br />coordinated and Jahn Link said that there was not any coordination in that area. <br />John Link asked Buck Tredway for the issues and said that he would send out a memo, with <br />a carbon copy to the Commissioners, to the department heads making the expectations about <br />meeting notifications very clear. <br />Cammissianer Jacobs asked about all of the communication efforts in the various County <br />departments and boards and if these were coordinated. <br />Chair Carey asked what Counties had public information offices and how they worked. Clerk <br />to the Board Beverly Blythe will follow up with information about this. <br />Chair Carey said that it is clear that we do not have a coordinated approach for <br />communication. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis feels that this communication issue would be a good thing for the <br />Innovation and Efficiency Committee to work on. He suggested pooling resources with the two <br />school systems and County government to hire some type of public information officer. He does <br />not think the Clerk's office should be expected to do this function. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the additional youth input for the Youth Uoices link an the <br />County web page and if this has been accomplished. He noted that the class at Orange High <br />School offered last year to work with the County in developing this site. He would like some <br />information on how that fits together and how much responsibility is in the Clerk's Office for <br />maintaining the web status. He asked who was responsible for the citizen guide to public access <br />that has been discussed for two years. <br />Commissioner Jacobs talked about having a theme throughout the County. <br />Buck Tredway said that he was to meet next week with Sharron Hinton to talk about Youth <br />Voices. It would be a fairly simple matter to turn the information into a web site. He said that he <br />would welcome assistance from the high school. Also, he is looking at merging the citizen's guide <br />with the current departmental directory. He also said that the maintenance of the County's web <br />site took a considerable amount of time, which was why he was looking at contracting with State <br />Information Technology Services. In regards to the theme, Sharron Hinton, John Link, and others <br />have met and explored the themes and have tried to narrow them dawn to something applicable. <br />Commissioner Brown made reference to page 9, "Types of Press Releases" and suggested <br />including as item "e" a process for responding to incorrect information via press releases. <br />Commissioner Brown mentioned that she works each year on the tax bill inserts and she <br />would like to have some feedback. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />With no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting on the <br />approved meeting calendar will be held on September 19, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern <br />Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Beverly A. Blythe, CMC <br />