Coming in a little late to the conversation because I’ve had a tremendous travel schedule lately – a victim of in-person meetings (how ironic)!
@rcannon100 34454 wrote:
Physical meetings as the necessary and required form of political process is a thing of the past. If you want the BAC to be more effective, learn that lesson. The fact that anyone can credibly say, if you dont come to the meeting, you cant complain, is 100% demonstrative of how the BAC has problems.
This is something that is going to get some focus and will be discussed at the next meeting – that is, how do we get the Arlington voice regarding biking if we can’t get them all in one room. Making sure everyone is represented.
Jakob sent out an e-mail to the BAC group last week with this month’s agenda and it’s a little different. He says in that e-mail, “a significant part of the meeting will be spent discussing what the BAC’s priorities should be for the coming 18 months. This is a topic I expect to spend time on during the next few meetings, so the purpose of Monday’s discussion is to come up with a list of potential focuses for the BAC.”
Part this discussion on focus will be on membership and how do we leverage both “in-person” and “online”. So, if you’re unable to attend this month’s meeting, we encourage folks to write him back with thoughts and input. While some of us can attend most of the physical meetings, we recognize that others can not or are just not able to commit that time. That does not mean, however, that their voice should not be, or is not currently, heard when we sit around that table.
In the meantime, the fine folks on this forum will continue see the BAC minutes posted here and everyone is invited to comment and give feedback.
Also know that many of the members of this forum are also BAC members. While some BAC members engage, while others just lurk, this forum continues to garner our attention to help prioritize and discuss items that are important to the community. I’m all for a good rant and so appreciate that we have a forum that is a vibrant as this one. I am glad that it has become, and will continue to be, a phenomenal resource (and motivator) for the BAC and the community.
Stay tuned…
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