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Commissioner Brawn said that she does not want to be called to task with having a quorum of County Commissioners in any meeting. Chair Jacobs said that "I" was an attempt to cover this because there were cases where County Commissioners wanted to participate even though they would create a quorum. Chair Jacobs made reference to attachment "J" and said that this is a definition of Commissioner Liaison. Commissioner Gordon asked about #6 on item "J" which states that a Commissioner Liaison "would provide procedural direction and relays Commissioners' position to the board or commission, and communicates to the board or commission that the liaison's role is not to direct the board/commission in its activities or work". She said that she thinks it is not needed. Commissioner Brown said that she wants #6 to stay because it fleshes it out. Geof Gledhill said that #6 focuses on procedure and that is the difference between #6 and #1. Commissioner Halkiotis said that #6 says that it tells the Commissioner not to get involved in that discussion of that board or committee. The Board agreed to leave in #6. Chair Jacobs said that attachment "K" (revised Volunteer Resolution) is the resolution in one document with the changes. Under #1, the sentence about non-residents has been deleted. Commissioner Brown said that she thought atone time we were asking our boards and commissions to look through the applicants and invite them all to the meeting, and bring them to the Board of County Commissioners as the only criteria if they came to a meeting and showed interest and wished to be considered. She thought that the boards and commissions were not supposed to recommend anyone. Chair Jacobs said that he does not think that there has been consensus on the Board of County Commissioners on this. Chair Jacobs suggested that Commissioner Brown develop a procedure and present it to the Clerk. Commissioner Brown said that we should also make sure the members on subcommittees are also chosen members of the larger board. Chair Jacobs said that this is already in the resolution. Chair Jacobs suggested that the Clerk take the revised resolution and put it on the consent agenda with the changes. Commissioner Brown made reference to #9 (Volunteer Members Orientation) on the resolution and asked if we do a volunteer orientation program. Donna Baker said that the last time it was done was in 2000. It will be done again this fall at the same time of the Chairs meeting.