Please compile a similar list on the city website for Boston !...


by Robert Winters
The Board & Commission Project

     The City of Cambridge has a long list of appointed boards,
commissions, authorities, and advisory committees on which hundreds of
Cambridge residents (and City employees) serve.

In almost all cases, the "appointing authority" is the City Manager.

Not long ago there was a City Council Order requesting a list of
members who serve on all of these boards, but a complete response was
not forthcoming.

There was a 1997 "City of Cambridge Boards and Commissions Manual"
published by the City Manager's Office that listed most of the
existing boards with brief descriptions of each, but this manual is
now out of date and, to the best of my knowledge, unavailable.


     That's where YOU come in.

I have set up a web page for all of the City boards and commissions,
but it's very much a work in progress.

Many who are reading this serve on one or more of these boards and are
in an ideal position to provide a list of members and their terms as
well as concise descriptions of the purpose of some of these
committees.

Other attend some of the meetings of these committees are in a good
position to provide information.

So, here's your invitation.

The page is located at
http://rwinters.com/docs/boards.htm

My request is that you look over this page and send me suggestions on
how best to organize it, provide statements of purpose and other
relevant information about each committee, and to give the names and
terms of the members of these committees.

Some of this information can be taken from various web pages of the
City of Cambridge.

Other information will come from your personal knowledge from either
serving on these committees or attending their meetings.


     Contact information for board members will not be provided unless
members specifically request to have it included.

Citizen members of these committees serve out out of a sense of civic
duty and should be respected for their willingness to give of their
time, their energy, and their intellect.

It is rarely, if ever, appropriate for members of the public to
contact members of these boards outside of the context of public
meetings of the respective boards.

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