Wiki Wednesday: Washtenaw Boards
It’s Wiki Wednesday again, an occasional series in which The Chronicle reminds readers of the online encyclopedia, ArborWiki, to which they can contribute their knowledge of the community. On Wiki Wednesdays we try to offer a clear path for contribution to ArborWiki.
After featuring city boards and commissions recently, we offer equal time this week to county boards and commissions. The county maintains a membership lists on a directory of boards, committees and commissions, and external agencies to which the board appoints representatives. The directory is searchable by name and by date of term expiration. So typing in “Driskell” yields a result showing that Gretchen Driskell serves on the Accommodations Ordinance Commission and the Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG).
This week, we’re suggesting that Chronicle readers focus on the names of these boards and commissions. In most cases, the directory listing for individual boards and commissions contains some useful information about the body. And that’s a good start for an ArborWiki entry, not to mention the people who are currently serving on that body. Note that in some cases, the county’s website listing is limited to the county’s representation on a body, and does not include other membership (e.g., the Ann Arbor SPARK board of directors).
Links below lead to the ArborWiki pages, which in almost every case still need to be created – something that can be done by clicking on the “edit this page” option after following the link:
- 800 Mhz Board
- 800 Mhz Project Oversight Committee
- Accommodations Ordinance Commission
- Agricultural Lands Preservation Advisory Committee
- Ann Arbor SPARK Board of Directors
- Area Agency on Aging Executive Board
- Board of Canvassers
- Board of Commissioners
- Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
- Building Authority
- Building Code/Construction Board of Appeals
- Central Dispatch Authority
- Citizens Advisory Council for the Drug Court
- Coalition for Action Remediation of Dioxane (CARD)
- Community Action Board
- Concealed Weapons Licensing Board
- Criminal Justice Collaborative Council
- Department of Human Services Board
- Depository Committee
- Drainage Board (Statutory)
- Drug Forfeiture Committee
- Economic Development Corporation
- Election Expense Committee
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Commission
- Emergency Telephone District Board
- Environmental Health Code Appeals Board/Public Health Advisory Committee
- Foster Grandparent Advisory Board
- Grading/Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Appeals Board
- Head Start Policy Council
- Hearing Board for the Health Department Food Service Regulations
- Historic District Commission
- Homeland Security Task Force
- Human Services Community Collaborative Council
- Huron River Watershed Council
- Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority
- Jury Board
- Law Enforcement Citizens Review Board
- Library Board of Trustees
- Literacy Coalition
- Local Development Finance Authority – Augusta Township
- Local Development Finance Authority – Saline City
- Local Development Finance Authority – Ypsilanti Township
- Local Emergency Planning Committee
- Medical Examiner Investigators
- Michigan Association of Local Public Health
- Michigan Township Association
- Money Purchase Pension Plan
- Natural Areas Technical Advisory Committee
- Parks and Recreation Commission
- Planning Advisory Board
- Police Services Steering Committee
- Property Tax Foreclosure Prevention Task Force
- Public Safety and Justice Oversight Committee
- Public Works Board
- Retirement Commission
- River Raisin Watershed Council
- Road Commission
- Sheriff’s Youth, Community Projects and Special Projects Fund
- Solid Waste Management Consortium
- Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments
- Space Plan Committee
- Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association Board
- Washtenaw Area Transportation Study Committee
- Washtenaw Community Health Organization Board
- Washtenaw County/City of Ann Arbor Community Corrections Advisory Board
- Willow Run Airport Zoning Board (Joint)
There’s lots of names of people floating around those boards and commissions. As always, we encourage the creation of ArborWiki pages about people. Creating a new ArborWiki page about a person is straightforward, starting from the main ArborWiki page.