Looking for RAB SELECTION PANEL Ideas

[bjel0004@gold.tc.umn.edu]

Posting from Mark D Bjelland <bjel0004@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Reply-To: Mark D Bjelland <bjel0004@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Looking for RAB SELECTION PANEL Ideas

Dear RAB Members:

I am with the Arsenal Cleanup and Conversion Project, a citizens group 
promoting broad public participation in planning for the cleanup and 
reuse of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, near Minneapolis-St. 
Paul. The Army has agreed to form a RAB, partly in response to our 
group's petition. However, we are not pleased with the 
Army's proposed approach to selecting RAB members which is to use the 
local mayors as the selection panel. Also the RAB Selection Panel 
meetings have been closed to public participation and frustrating to the 
group representing the petitioners. 

My question to other RABs around the country is ,who were the SELECTION 
PANEL members, who facilitated the RAB Selection Panel meetings, and did it 
work to generate a balanced and diverse RAB membership. 

Please respond to: bjel0004@gold.tc.umn.edu

Thanks, 

Mark Bjelland, Arsenal Cleanup and Conversion Project