Countywide Community Forums

I think it would be essential for Republicans to be a part of this:

Discovery Institute Board member, Jim Spady, is leading an effort to get more citizens involved in King County Government. The Countywide Community Forums is a network of periodic public forums where participants gather in small groups throughout King County to discuss current issues and provide important feedback to county government. The program requires at least 1,000 people to enroll as participants in the discussion groups before the program can begin. Over 700 people have already registered, so the first round of forums will likely be held in May 2008/ Participants must live or work in King County, agree to meet two or three times each year, and commit to spending about two hours per meeting. High school and college students who attend school in King County are also welcome to participate as part of a class project on civics, political science, or communications.

It only takes about five minutes to register online. The small group meetings themselves take about 2 hours. There will likely be two rounds of small group meetings in 2008 and three in 2009.

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