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ELK RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO: EDA Finance Committee EDA R&D Committee EDA Marketing Committee O FROM: William Rubin, Executive Direct 1/1 DATE: October 11, 1995 SUBJECT: Committee Appointments On behalf of the Elk River EDA, I wish to thank the members of the above-referenced committees for their continued contributions to the respective committees. Your willingness to volunteer time and to lend expertise has helped make Elk River a better place to live, work, learn, and play. The EDA's bylaws identify the three advisory committees. Appointments/reappointments to these committees have been done at the EDA's annual meeting in January. Typically, committee members are contacted to determine a willingness to continue to serve on their • respective committee. Some committees are more active than others. For example, the finance committee meets several times during the year to consider requests for a micro- loan. The R&D committee was reactivated and it played a large role in the business park task force assignments. The marketing committee has been less active. However, all committee members receive agendas of upcoming meetings together with a draft of the minutes from the previous meeting. This is one small way to help keep committee members informed of EDA issues. At the October 9 EDA meeting, commissioners discussed upcoming appointments and/or reappointments to their committees. No EDA commissioner anticipates a complete turnover in the respective committees. However, an obligation is owed to other residents in the community so as to encourage more citizen involvement. As a result, the EDA will prepare an ad for publication in the Star News. The ad will solicit citizen interest in serving on the various EDA committees. It will be made clear in the ad that a prospective appointee to the finance committee should have certain abilities to help make credit decisions. In addition, the ad will also caution prospective appointees that some appointments may be task-oriented and the committee may not be activated until a specific issue presents itself. The EDA also desires to retain local lender representation on finance committee. Again,thank you for your continued contributions to the EDA committees. It is our desire to keep you updated as to the status of the appointments/reappointments. • slappom.doc P.O. Box 490 • 13065 Orono Parkway • Elk River, MN 55330-1743 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 Equal Opportunity Housing and Equal Opportunity Employment