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• FUJIOKA: Unless the Administration takes action immediately, and - IRVINE: So somebody would need to, maybe, give the Mayor and the County Council - The County Council has a 45 -day time frame; the Mayor does not, for appointing, as far as I can tell on 13.4(b). FUJIOKA: an alternative. If there is a time frame given, that would be helpful. That would be RAY: Marni. HERKES: Rather than changing the Charter to fit the Administration's appointment schedule, one of our problems here is finding people to be on Boards and Commissions. We don't find a huge volume of volunteers. Can you help us in any way that we could make it more amenable, to be on a Board or a Commission? Make it easier for people to volunteer? Is there anything that you see that would make it more fun to be a volunteer? Can we do teleconferencing? You know, there's a whole bunch of different ways. FUJIOKA: commitment. HERKES: I don't know about the fun but, you know, five years is a very long So you think shorter is better? FUJIOKA: It may be helpful. I'm not sure, and yet, like I said earlier, it takes a long time to learn the process, and to really be comfortable. HERKES: have people - And one of the reasons you have staggered terms, is it so that you FUJIOKA: Yes. HERKES: Who know the process that can bring the people along, and if you subvert that process by appointing for five years, you get out of that schedule? FUJIOKA: That staggered term. Yes, that's right. HERKES: So I see a problem with that, in that you're liable to have, within a year, or two years, you might have all new ones. You don't have that - FUJIOKA: See, on the Board right now, we already have a vacancy, and then two people are going off, and unless those slots are filled immediately, there is no way that the Board can be effective. I mean, there just won't be a quorum.