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Selecting Meeting Locations
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down for history by year)
Many people ask
about our process for selecting Board meeting locations. Some of the
criteria used are:
How long
since we
held a meeting in that county? When
determining a meeting location, we look at the counties that have not
been visited in recent years and determine whether there is a site
available that meets the Board's requirements. It is the goal of the State Board of Health to provide
access to the public by traveling to all counties in Washington.
Is there
a county that has a special issue which ties into the Board's priority
work areas? For example, in June 2001 the Board met in Georgetown, an
area of Seattle plagued by pollution problems, a concern which fell
under the Board's environmental justice priority work area. The
Board's work on health disparities took us to Lincoln High School in
Tacoma in May 2001 and the Wa He Lut Indian School in Nisqually in
January 2002.
Is there
another health-related event occurring around the regularly scheduled
Board meeting date (second Wednesday of each month)?For
example, in recent years the Joint Conference on Health takes place
during the second week in October. In December, the Washington
Health Legislative Conference is held. Both of these are events attended by State Board of Health members and
staff. Our meeting site is chosen to be in close proximity to
the conferences for the convenience of health professionals attending.
January through March when the Legislature is in session, Board
meetings are held in the Olympia area to provide Board members and
staff contact with legislative issues and bills pertaining to the
Board's work.
Choose
a year:
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here for a printable version of meeting history
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