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Transition update: first public meetings scheduled

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The Patrick/Murray Transition has announced its first two community meetings, which are open to all members of the public and the press.  From today’s press release:

Acting on the pledge to lead an inclusive and active grassroots government, the Patrick/Murray Transition Team will host the first in a series of Community Meetings this Friday, December 1st in Boston and Amherst to address issues of concern to local residents and receive input on the best priorities for the incoming administration.  Governor-elect Deval Patrick will address the Higher Education Community Meeting in Amherst before the group hears from local residents….

Higher Education Community Meeting

When: Friday, December 1, 2006, 10:30 am

Where: UMass-Amherst Campus Center

What: Governor-elect Deval Patrick addresses members of the Higher Education Working Group and the public before community meeting

Workforce Development Community Meeting

When: Friday, December 1, 2006, 9:30 am

Where: Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley St., Boston

What: Members of the Workforce Development Working Group hear from the public on the issue of workforce development 

There is much more to come, of course — every working group will be holding public meetings like these.  We at Civic Engagement are still working out some logistics for our public meetings, but look for an announcement by sometime tomorrow (he said, optimistically).

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    • The press releases should be posted promptly on the Deval Patrick Transition Web site. I thank you for posting the information here, but people shouldn’t have to go to a privately run blog with a political viewpoint in order to get this information promptly. Nor should they depend solely upon the traditional press to reprint the information and spread the word for them, although having the local media disseminate the information is also very important. I’m sure the transition team is REALLY busy, but I do think it’s worthwhile to add this to someone’s duties. Heck, if someone wanted to give me access, tell me how to do it and send me the files, I’d be willing to volunteer to do it if everyone on the team is flat out busy with other transition-related work. I’ll be around through the inauguration.

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    * I’d like to reiterate my suggestion from another post about creating RSS feeds that people could subscribe to, depending on the topic area of interest (higher ed, workforce development, grassroots, etc.)

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