VOTING SYSTEMS TASK FORCE
NOTICE OF MEETING
and
AGENDA
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 34 Lower Level
San Francisco, California
1. 4:30 pm — Call to order and roll call
Roger Donaldson
Jody Sanford
Tim Mayer
James Soper
Beth Mazur
Ka-Ping Yee
Gregory Miller
2. 4:35 pm — Introduction of the SF VSTF Draft “Recommendations Under Consideration” Document
The San Francisco Voting Systems Task Force has produced a draft work product entitled Draft VSTF Recommendations Under Consideration and is soliciting public comment. This draft document is available at/index.aspx?page=1866 (it is under the “Working Papers” heading). The document considers possible recommendations that might be included, with supporting narrative, in the VSTF’s final report to the San Francisco City & County Board of Supervisors. This is an early stage document and does not represent any final recommendations of the VSTF.
a. Public comment. Verbal comments on the Draft VSTF Recommendations Under Consideration are limited to two minutes per speaker. The public is also invited to submit comments to by email to voting.systems.task.force@sfgov.org or by mail to Voting Systems Task Force, City Hall, Room 362, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102. Written comments are requested by February 24, 2010.
3. 6:05 pm— Public comment. Verbal comments are limited to 1 minute per speaker.
4. 6:30pm — Adjournment
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For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:
Frank Darby, Administrator
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
554-7724
Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at.
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For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.
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For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 554-9510,
FAX (415) 703-1021, or visit its website at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics
