Tag Archives: Authorities

Board appointments by Lowndes County



Here’s Lowndes County’s

list of Boards, Agencies & Commissions.
Unfortunately,
unlike

Valdosta’s list,
most of the names in the county’s list have no links to further information,
and there’s no indication of which positions might be open
or how to apply for them.

Update: 4:30 PM 24 April 2014:
And there’s the Board of Elections which is decided by a completely different process with a quicker deadline of 28 April 2014.

We do know there’s a vacancy on the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial
Authority (VLCIA), which presumably will be filled after the upcoming
Special Election May 20th, but the county has given no indication of when.
The only way the county usually announces open positions is when they
appear on the County Commission’s agenda, which usually shows up online
Friday for voting on Tuesday.
For example, the county has appointed: Continue reading →

You can apply to serve on a board or commission



You can apply to be appointed by Valdosta to a local board or authority that
decides or recommends on issues that affect everyone:
do interesting work and serve your community.
Dealine: April 30th.
You don’t even have to live in Valdosta: anybody in Lowndes County can apply.
If you want to run for a city council or county commission
seat someday, this is a good way to start.
And if you want to run for the state legislature or higher office,
that’s the most common path to get there.

Update: 4:30 PM 24 April 2014:
And there’s the Board of Elections which is decided by a completely different process with a quicker deadline of 28 April 2014.

Winnie Wright wrote for WCTV 23 April 2014,

City Of Valdosta Looking To Fill 15 Vacancies In Boards, Authorities, and Commissions, Continue reading →

Openings on local boards and authorities


Valdosta City Hall Annex
Want to help your community and find out how local politics works
without even having to run for office?
You can apply to be appointed to a local board or authority.

Here are

(most of) the local boards and authorities.
Budgets range from zero to more than $3 million a year.
Influence ranges from unknown to very high.
Your interest you have to determine for yourself.
Maybe start by going to see the

CDBG Citizens Advisory Committee in action Monday.
Bring back some video, will you?

Here’s

a list of openings to be filled by the City of Valdosta soon.
The deadline for applications is 5PM 1 May 2013; that’s next Wednesday.
HTML version is below.
(I would link to a similar list for Lowndes County, but that Commission
doesn’t post such a list.)

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