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11 1 Commissioner Rich said she is still not 100 percent comfortable with removing the 2 requirements. She said she understands what Commissioner Dorosin is saying about 3 extending courtesy to people who are sending in applications. 4 ThomFreeman said a form email is sent to all applicants to note the receipt of their 5 application, and it outlines the fact that applications stay on file for two years and are continually 6 placed in the running for vacancies. 7 Commissioner Rich said people’s names might be lingering on the list, and they have 8 moved. 9 Thom Freeman said if he sees someone who has been out there for a year without 10 being appointed, he sends another email to see if they are still interested. He then updates the 11 file with the information supplied. 12 Commissioner Price saidone of the reasons for the lack of full membershipis because 13 staff and members of the advisory boards pick who will be on the boards. She said the Board 14 has not been allowed to suggest new people, and she thinks this is wrong. She said if there are 15 vacancies, and no one has been suggested, she feels that the Commissioners should be able 16 to suggest someone. 17 Commissioner Price said the Boardhas a responsibility to bring people onto these 18 boards and commissioners if they are interested and qualified. 19 Commissioner Jacobs saidhe thinks this has gotten a little contorted. He referred to the 20 last decision point, which asks if the Board wants to develop a process for nominating 21 applicants that are not recommended by a particular advisory board. He said this makes it 22 sound like the Board is precluded from nominating people, and he does not feel like this is the 23 case. He said when he and Chair McKee met with the advisory board chairs, it was explained 24 that the final decision on appointments would be made by the Board of Commissioners. He 25 said the Board has gotten comfortable with just accepting the nominations that have been 26 recommended. He said the Board needs to resolve how to become comfortable doing 27 something different at the meetings. 28 Commissioner Price said her point is that if staff has not recommended a person, 29 anyone recommended by a Commissioner would need to be vetted. She said there have been 30 meetings where positions were not filled when there were people on the roster who could have 31 been nominated. 32 Chair McKee said this was done in deference to his objection to immediate nominations. 33 Commissioner Price said she does not knowsome of the nominees, but she is willing to 34 trust the recommendation of her colleagues. 35 Chair McKee said there is no reason why the Commissioners could not nominate 36 someone, and he might or might not vote against them. 37 Thom Freeman said it is stated in the advisory board policy that the appointment 38 decisions are ultimately the decision of the Board. 39 Chair McKee saidhe appreciated the deference to his objection, but he did not expect it 40 to go to the extent that it did. He did not expect it to becomean established practice. 41 Commissioner Pelissier said she thinks this did go way off track. She said she never felt 42 constrained before by the recommendations of the advisory boards. She said one of the other 43 things that caused this to go off track is the fact that these advisory boards go through a lengthy 44 interview process with the applicants, and one of these boards got upset because they did not 45 have an opportunity to vet some of the applicants that were going to be appointed by the 46 Commissioners. She said it is important to give the advisory boards an opportunity to make 47 recommendations, and if no recommendations are made, then the Board may want to fill some 48 positions.