{"id":1088,"date":"2012-02-21T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/two-vlcia-meetings-thursday-retreat-and-board-2012-02-23.html"},"modified":"2012-02-21T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T20:06:11","slug":"two-vlcia-meetings-thursday-retreat-and-board-2012-02-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/two-vlcia-meetings-thursday-retreat-and-board-2012-02-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Two VLCIA meetings Thursday: retreat and board 2012 02 23"},"content":{"rendered":"This month&#8217;s <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/industrial-authority-meeting-cancelled.html\">\ncancelled Industrial Authority board meeting<\/a> has been\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/meetingschedule.html\">\nrescheduled.<\/a>\nNot the usual date, not the usual time, not the usual place:\n<blockquote>\n<center>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=101+N+Ashley+St,+Valdosta,+GA+31601&#038;hl=en&#038;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&#038;sspn=36.642161,74.091797&#038;oq=101+N+&#038;hnear=101+N+Ashley+St,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&#038;t=m&#038;z=16\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7176\/6917762395_45b3b64752_o.jpg\"><\/a>\nNotice: The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority Regular Meeting\nhas been rescheduled for the month of February. The meeting date will be\n<u>\nThursday, February 23, 2011, 2:00 P.M.\n<\/u>\nat 101 N Ashley Street.\n<br><br>\nNotice of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority Board Retreat,\n<u>\nThursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM\n<\/u>\nat 101 N Ashley Street.\n<\/center>\n<\/blockquote>\nSince I&#8217;m familiar with that location as the old closed pawn shop,\nI called VLCIA&#8217;s new PR person, Meghan Duke, for clarification.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/Meghan_Duke.jpg\"><\/a>\nI congratulated her on her recent appointment, and repeated what I&#8217;ve\nbeen saying for some time now, that VLCIA does many good things most\npeople don&#8217;t know about and with some PR maybe we would.\nShe said she was working on educating the public.\n<p>\nAbout the meeting location, she told me\n\n<!--more-->\nit&#8217;s the new\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjbindustries.com\/\">\nCJB Industries<\/a> building.\nThey&#8217;re locating some additional offices downtown,\nand they&#8217;re providing access for the Industrial Authority\nfor the meetings Thursday.\nThe facilitated board retreat will be there in the morning.\nSince they&#8217;re already going to be there,\nthey&#8217;re holding the board meeting in the same location.\n<p>\nAbout the retreat, I asked Ms. Duke whether it was an open meeting.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/ASchruijer_02.jpg\"><\/a>\nShe said she didn&#8217;t know, because she wasn&#8217;t organizing it and hadn&#8217;t\nseen the agenda.\nI asked whether, since it was a meeting by a tax-funded governmental body,\nunless it was all in executive session, wouldn&#8217;t it be an open meeting?\nShe said she didn&#8217;t know.\nI asked who was organizing the meeting.\nShe said Andrea Schruijer.\nI&#8217;m waiting for Ms. Schruijer&#8217;s call back for clarification.\n<p>\n<strong>Update 5PM 23 Feb 2012:<\/strong> Here&#8217;s <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/news-about-ccas-project-excel-expected-at-thursdays-vlcia-board-meeting.html\">her response.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This month&#8217;s cancelled Industrial Authority board meeting has been rescheduled. 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