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Committee agrees to forward Dave Bugney's nomination as chair to the Board of Forestry
Summary
The committee discussed term expirations and succession, debated vice chair and citizen-at-large replacements, and voted by voice to forward Dave Bugney to the Board of Forestry as the committee's recommended chair; the Board of Forestry must approve the appointment.
The committee moved from policy discussion to procedural business about term expirations and leadership. The chair said they will rotate off in June because of term limits and recommended Dave Bugney as a successor. "I thought Dave Bugney might be an excellent chair to succeed me," the chair said, and several members praised Dave's experience and organizational skills.
Members discussed whether appointing a chair restarts term limits, whether the vice chair should be selected now or later, and the charter requirement that the citizen-at-large not own forest land. The chair explained that the committee will recommend a chair to the Board of Forestry, which must approve appointments.
The committee then took a voice vote on forwarding Dave's nomination to the Board of Forestry. Multiple members answered "aye," and the chair concluded, "So the committee has agreed that we'll put Dave forward to be proposed to the Board of Forestry as chair of the CFF." There was no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
The group did not appoint a vice chair; members agreed to brainstorm vice-chair candidates and to seek a citizen-at-large nominee who does not own forest land. The committee asked members to email suggestions to staff and to revisit appointments at a future meeting.
