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"Nominations open for Gorgie Dalry Community Council"
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Posted 8 years ago #
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Hmmm
Botheration.
That would be my local community council.
I really don't want to get involved with anything else, I keep myself quite busy enough, thank you...Posted 8 years ago # -
I nominate fimm
Posted 8 years ago # -
I think I'm going to join. Went along to the last meeting and they all seemed friendly, even when I outed myself as a cyclist.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@daisydaisy you're not a cyclist; you're a normal person who just happens to get round on a bike and thinks it would benefit everyone if a few more people did the same.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Ah, phew.
Posted 8 years ago # -
you could *both* join.
I think Fimm would be brilliant on this. (I've already told Daisydaisy she would be too).
the problem with local democracy is that 'normal' people like fimm and daisydaisy don't join.
Posted 8 years ago # -
" 'normal' people like fimm and daisydaisy "
Don't you mean -
normal people like fimm and daisydaisy
??
Posted 8 years ago # -
Fimm, will you join too? It'd be nice to have another 'normal' person there : )
Posted 8 years ago # -
Don't really want to, if I am honest. I don't know what Boyfriend of Fimm would say, either!
What would I be committing myself to? (That's assuming I'm elected... I think I'm right in saying there's an election?)Posted 8 years ago # -
1 meeting a month, not counting summer, christmas, some half-terms, so maybe 6-8 meetings a year?
and a tonne of emails. you could always create a special account for this and just archive it all.
often they will want people to take on special responsibility for a 'thing' - planning or licensing are the big ones, with committees and meetings that you can send people to, but I think you could both legitimately say you are (a) new and (b) busy and need to just be general members first....
then again, they almost always need help with websites and social media, which is a low time intensive, but important responsibility.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Some councils just need people to make up the minimum numbers. Think Craiglockhart had enough people to fill all the important rolls, but didn't have enough members to actually comply with CEC requirements for a council.
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