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Chair Carey said that the Board needs to decide how to make future appointments. The Board previously picked three each, and then rotated in a round robin. Commissioner Gordon suggested having the ability to trade. She did not like the round robin process. Commissioner Jacobs suggested protecting the boards where County Commissioners are officers, and if two Commissioners want a board, they can both be on it. Chair Carey clarified that the boards where County Commissioners are officers and the short-term sunset board are being taken off. He suggested that each Commissioner pick two boards, and then start with the least senior member of the Board and round robin. Commissioner Gordon said that she would like for Commissioner Nelson to get what he wants and needs, but she has put a lot of time and expertise into same boards. She said that there is no reason, if someone is interested, to cut someone out if they are really interested. Andy Sachs asked about the dawn side of having multiple Commissioners an a board. Geof Gledhill said that if the majority of the Board starts attending an advisory board, it becomes a Board of County Commissioners' meeting. Commissioner Jacobs said that his goal was to get the newer members to try things that other people have done for years. Also, he thinks that if there are too many Commissioners an an advisory board, then it is not an advisory board anymore. Chair Carey agreed. Chair Carey said that each Commissioner could pick two and then go round robin, and this should be enough to preserve the boards and commissions that each member feels mast strongly about. Commissioner Nelson said that if Commissioners could indicate which of their committees they are interested in keeping, this would help him make decisions for himself. Commissioner Jacobs suggested indicating the number of years that the Commissioners have served on a board ar commission. Commissioner Gordon said that there is a whole different category of task forces that did not invite anyone else besides the staff and the County Commissioners. Far example, the Space Needs Study only involved two Commissioners and it is something that could have been handled by all of the Commissioners. She thinks that if there is something that a lot of the Commissioners are interested in, and it is only between staff and Commissioners, then it should be a Board topic. Commissioner Jacobs said that the reason the County went to task forces was to become more efficient and not have to schedule meetings that work for the County Commissioners, because if three are going, then the other two are left out of the decision making. This way, nothing gets done because everyone has to come to the meeting. Chair Carey agreed and said that this was a decision that the Board made in order to do things mare efficiently. He said that the Board did consciously decide that it wanted to mane in this direction. He still thinks this is appropriate, and if more than two Commissioners volunteer for a board, then only two will have to be selected. Commissioner Gordon said that there is no process for the appointments on task farces. Sometimes two people are chosen just in Board comments. She said that it is usually ad hoc, and she would like these to be regularized. Chair Carey said that it is reasonable, as the task forces arise, that the Board can decide which two Commissioners would serve on them. This could be done through Board consensus or volunteering. Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks it has been a little ad hoc at times. She thinks that it should be regularized and put on the agenda with a charge and timeline of reporting. Geof Gledhill said that one of the reasons why it is not more regularized is because it becomes a public meeting, requires public notice, minutes, etc. He said that many of these work groups do not rise to that level. If the Board decides to appoint people and give charges, then it is creating a public body and it is going to be subject to the Open Meetings Law.