DPPA Elects board members and officers By Patty McNulty The Duluth Public-Policy Alliance annual business meeting was held on Saturday March 29, 2003 at the Chester Creek Café. Members were asked to vote on bylaw changes as well as to elect new board members. Marshall Stenersen was elected to a two-year term on the DPPA board. Stenersen moved to Duluth in 1978 from Minneapolis and attended the College of St. Scholastica, where he majored in Behavioral Arts and Sciences. Marsh is currently a staff representative for AFSCME in Duluth. ``Through the years there have been a number of issues around open government and labor,'' he observed, when asked about his interest in DPPA. ``This is true particularly at the board level of various authorities. So, the connection between open government and labor is of considerable interest to me.'' Also elected to two year board terms were Immediate Past President, Barb Olsen, and Terry Brown, who had served as Secretary/Treasurer since the inception of DPPA in 1999. In a regularly scheduled session, the new DPPA board elected officers for the upcoming year. Andrew Slade was elected Treasurer, Jan Karon Secretary, Patty McNulty Vice President and Terry Brown President. ``I'm very interested in any role DPPA can take in developing resources to foster public participation in local government,'' noted Brown. ``I'd like to see a better system of alerting residents about city meetings and gatherings that allow for public input and discussion. It's important for people to be heard.'' Originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, Brown moved to Duluth in 1996. He is an ecosystem analyst at the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI). ``The mission of DPPA is important for Duluth,'' Brown commented at the DPPA Civic Activist Award ceremony. ``I'm pleased to be able to help further that mission. Barb (Olsen) has been a fantastic leader for DPPA I will do my best to follow her example.'' These articles are retained on the web for historical interest and do not necessarily reflect the views or goals of DPPA today.

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