Essay On Community Board Meeting
ATTENDANCE AT A COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING
1. Before you attend the meeting, write down your expectations. How many people will attend? What are the topics that will be addressed? What will the site be like? Compare these notes with your actual experience and describe this in your report.
I attend my first community board meeting and I thought that there would be about 25 people but to my surprise there were more than 45 people in attendance. Upon arrival to the board meeting I imagined that the topics that would be discussed were human resources, facilities and education. The true topics of discussion within the board meeting was about crime, rehabilitation of a retaining wall and noise disturbances. I assumed the meeting would take place …show more content…
The chief also mentions particular crimes in the community that people should look out for. One big discussion that occurred in the boarding meeting was that the chief of police is going to assign police officers to each neighborhood in the community, so that people can report any problems to the officers directly. Discussions was about noise, road conditions and the rehabilitation of the retaining wall. Decisions are voted on and the attendees have the option of rebuttal.
4. How effective is the mechanism of community boards in reaching out to and learning about community level concerns? Would you attend another meeting? Would you consider becoming more involved in the future? Explain why.
The mechanism of community boards in reaching out and learning about the concerns within the community is very effective because each member of the board noted each issue and also brought in the chief of police to solve the issues within the community. I am looking forward to going to the next community board meeting because I would like to get involved in helping out the kids with disabilities. I feel the kids with disabilities get left out in our society and I want to get them more involved in community
1. Before you attend the meeting, write down your expectations. How many people will attend? What are the topics that will be addressed? What will the site be like? Compare these notes with your actual experience and describe this in your report.
I attend my first community board meeting and I thought that there would be about 25 people but to my surprise there were more than 45 people in attendance. Upon arrival to the board meeting I imagined that the topics that would be discussed were human resources, facilities and education. The true topics of discussion within the board meeting was about crime, rehabilitation of a retaining wall and noise disturbances. I assumed the meeting would take place …show more content…
The chief also mentions particular crimes in the community that people should look out for. One big discussion that occurred in the boarding meeting was that the chief of police is going to assign police officers to each neighborhood in the community, so that people can report any problems to the officers directly. Discussions was about noise, road conditions and the rehabilitation of the retaining wall. Decisions are voted on and the attendees have the option of rebuttal.
4. How effective is the mechanism of community boards in reaching out to and learning about community level concerns? Would you attend another meeting? Would you consider becoming more involved in the future? Explain why.
The mechanism of community boards in reaching out and learning about the concerns within the community is very effective because each member of the board noted each issue and also brought in the chief of police to solve the issues within the community. I am looking forward to going to the next community board meeting because I would like to get involved in helping out the kids with disabilities. I feel the kids with disabilities get left out in our society and I want to get them more involved in community