[Sosfbay-discuss] San Jose City - Planning Commission - I applied today

[Drew Johnson]

Here's another link specifically for news related to the SJ Planning
Commission:
http://tinyurl.com/SJPlanningCommissionNews


Green is Collective!

Drew

On Fri, December 19, 2008 00:20, Drew Johnson wrote:
> Fantastic Roy!
>
> I served for a year on Sunnyvale's Housing and Human Services Commission.
>
> I would also suggest applying for at least a second if not a third choice
> since the Planning Commission is probably the most difficult to get onto
> (it has more power via its recommendations than probably any other
> commission).  If you don't get Planning Commission you could serve a year
> on another one and then ask for a transfer (check SJ's policy on this --
> Sunnyvale allows this, but SJ may or may not).
>
> I would start reading the notes for the past commission meetings, and try
> to learn more about the different commissioners that you'll be working
> with.  I would definitely get to all the upcoming commission meetings, and
> probably to a City Council meeting or two just to get an idea of the
> current 'lay of the land'.
>
> Also reading doing research re: SJ Planning Commission issues with
> http://tinyurl.com/SJPlanningCommission,  on SJMercury.com,
> MetroActive.com and any other good website's covering SJ issues.
>
> Green is Engaged!
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> On Thu, December 18, 2008 20:08, Palm Haven Handyman wrote:
>> Hello Friends,
>>
>> Today I applied for a position on the City Planning Commission.  Does
>> anyone
>> here have any useful advice for me re: getting getting appointed to a
>> city
>> commission?  I figure that serving on a Commission like this would be
>> very
>> helpful in any future political ventures.
>>
>> Roy III
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