Re: RAB mileage

["Dick Miller" <DMiller@gis.net>]

marianne.thaeler@sfsierra.sierraclub.org wrote:
> 
> Because Ft. Bliss straddles the Texas/New Mexico state line boundary 
> and has subdivisions along 2-4 range boundary lines, depending on 
> who's counting, RAB members have to travel over 140 miles round trip 
> to meetings. Can we get some pressure to have mileage reimbursed for 
> extreme cases such as this?

The traditional bias of paying the agency members while charging the
public ones has created an aristocratic representation in some cases and
a negligible public representation in others. Fair reimbursement for
bona fide public members should be a given. Measure public
participation success against this yardstick -- and fight for it, even
if YOU can pay the bill.

--Dick Miller <DMiller@gis.net>
 Citizen Member, SSCOM RAB (U.S. Army Natick Laboratories)

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