Communication in the Modern Era

In the coming weeks, I will be sending a letter to chairs of county commissions across the state. My desire is for each county (or at least each county that does not already have a member on the board of directors of TCCA) to designate a contact person for association communications. Preferably the designees will have an e-mail account that is checked regularly where they can receive communications from the association. In the modern era of legislative work, the time frames are all compressed. It is essential to the effectiveness of our organization for me to be able to quickly get information about legislative developments to our membership. My hope is that the contact person for each county can receive an e-mail and then disseminate the information to the other commissioners in the county. This will not only keep commissioners better informed, but will help our association communicate with State Representatives and Senators in each county about the issues affecting local government. If you are interested in serving in such capacity, contact the chair of your commission or contact my office. Unfortunately, with over 1600 members, it is cost prohibitive for me to regularly send hard copy mailings to the entire membership. To the extent we can utilize electronic communication, we can share much more information for virtually no additional cost.

Also, this website will hopefully serve as a place where commissioners can check regularly for information about the activities at the General Assembly. If you are reading this site and finding it useful and informative, encourage your fellow commissioners to check it out as well or feel free to print out and share content from the site.