{"id":8169,"date":"2014-03-18T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T21:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2014-03-18T17:29:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T21:29:52","slug":"vlcia-high-noon-last-week-vlcia-2014-03-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/vlcia-high-noon-last-week-vlcia-2014-03-13.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA high noon last week @ VLCIA 2014-03-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\nAn Industrial Authority board member resigned to run for an office
\nhe qualifed for the previous day, at a meeting that had apparently
\nbeen rescheduled the day before he qualified.
\nOK, who’s going to replace him, and when and by whom will that be decided?
\nOh, and that rescheduling means there’s no VLCIA meeting today.<\/p>\n

\nThe Industrial Authority rescheduled its March meeting for Thursday
\nlast week at noon, and at that meeting,
\n
\naccording to the VDT<\/a>, VLCIA board member Norman Bennett said:<\/p>\n

\n

\n“I am announcing that at the end of the day today, I will
\nresign from the Industrial Authority,”\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nPuzzled by that, I called the Board of Elections to ask if they
\nhad told him there was some conflict of interest.
\nThey said no, they had read about it in the newspaper like
\neverybody else.<\/p>\n

\nI asked when he qualified to run for District 5.
\nAnswer: March 12th, which was the day before he resigned
\nfrom VLCIA at its rescheduled board meeting.<\/p>\n

\nWhen was that meeting rescheduled?
\nTheir website gives no clue.
\nBut their facebook page notice of the new meeting
\nis dated
\nMarch 11 at 3:15pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nWhat do all those dates mean? Probably nothing, since local appointed
\nand elected boards reschedule on whims around here.
\nBut it’s a curious series of coincidences:<\/p>\n

\nMore interesting is:
\nwhen and by whom will a new board member be appointed to the Industrial Authority?<\/p>\n

\nHere’s
\n
\nthe agenda<\/a>.
\nMaybe some year we’ll get to see
\n
\ntheir minutes<\/a>.
\nIt’s been more than two years since Roy Copeland said he’d try to make that
\nhappen.
\nHe’s no longer Chairman (although he did get reappointed to the board),
\nand another board member has just resigned.
\nYou know, that
\n
\nVDT editorial I’m fond of quoting<\/a> was actually about
\nthe Industrial Authority’s minutes:<\/p>\n

\nWhen officials act like they have something to hide, they often do….\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority
\n
\nThursday, March 13, 2014 12:00 p.m.
\n
\nIndustrial Authority Conference Room
\n
\n2110 N. Patterson Street\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Agenda<\/H3>
\n

General Business<\/H3><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Call to Order\n
  • Invocation\n
  • Welcome Guests\n<\/ul>\n

    Minutes<\/H3><\/p>\n
      \n
    • Regular Meeting, February 18, 2014\n<\/ul>\n

      Financial<\/H3><\/p>\n
        \n
      • Review Compiled Balance Sheet and Income Statements for February 2014\n<\/ul>\n

        Public Relations & Marketing Update-Meghan Duke<\/H3><\/p>\n
          \n
        • Public Relations Opportunities\n
            \n
          • International Trade Representatives\n
          • County Commission Presentation\n<\/ul>\n
          • Marketing Opportunities\n
              \n
            • Marketing Materials\n
            • ValdostaLowndesProspector Mobile Site\n
            • South Georgia Classic\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

              Project Report-Allan Ricketts<\/H3><\/p>\n
                \n
              • Project Maroon\n<\/ul>\n

                Existing Industry-Allan Ricketts<\/H3><\/p>\n
                  \n
                • Existing Industry Visits\n
                • Existing Industry Expansion Projects\n
                    \n
                  • Project Wire\n
                  • Project Treadway\n
                  • JHS-14\n<\/ul>\n
                  • Community Business and Industry Partnership\n<\/ul>\n

                    Executive Director’s Report- Andrea Schruijer<\/H3><\/p>\n
                      \n
                    • Business Development Opportunities\n
                        \n
                      • Georgia Quail Hunt February 2013\n
                      • March Regional Marketing Trip to Consultants\n
                      • Recruitment activities\n
                      • International Representative Visit South Joint Regional Development Authority\n
                      • Staff Planning Session\n
                      • Board Planning Session\n
                      • Met with Department of Agriculture to discuss regional food processing activity\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

                        Attorney Report<\/H3>
                        \n

                        Citizens to Be Heard<\/H3>
                        \n

                        Adjourn General Meeting Into Executive Session<\/H3>
                        \n

                        Adjourn Executive Session into General Meeting<\/H3>
                        \n

                        Adjourn General Meeting<\/H3>
                        \n

                        Mission of the Valdosta Lowndes County Industrial Authority
                        \n
                        \n“Create an environment to attract new industry and promote the growth of existing industry to drive job
                        \ncreation and capital investment.”
                        \n<\/H3>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

                        \n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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