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Introduction With lots of help from staff, this primer has been compiled by sitting commissioners who wish they had something like it when first starting out. This is the essential stuff that nobody tells you outright, or if they did, you may have missed it due to information overload. New Parks and Recreation commissioners face a steep learning curve during their first year and our hope is to help you familiarize the concepts and terms you'll hear discussed. What's our role? Feeling a little adrift when first starting is a given. We all did. Here are some initial points to consider as members of the Parks and Recreation Commission: • We serve! Parks and Recreation Commissioners serve the public, the citizens of Roseville, Roseville businesses, visitors to Roseville and we serve anyone using the parks, programs, facilities and natural resources in the Roseville community. There are ten of us, including a non-voting youth representative (volunteers all) who have been appointed to serve in an advisory capacity to the mayor, City Council, and Parks and Recreation staff (mostly Lonnie) regarding Roseville Parks and Recreation matters. • We rely on others! We rely entirely on staff (and each other) to run the system, provide information, explain what we are supposed to know, outline key issues, stay abreast of all upcoming matters and report to the City Council on a regular basis. We rely on citizens to give us feedback. • We interact with people! Our part is to disperse into the community, listen and talk to residents and key stakeholders, relay all relevant information to staff, advise and support the Parks and Recreation staff in whatever way we can. • We volunteer! This is a volunteer position. Everyone has different demands on their time. So, start where you are, use the gifts you have, and do what you can. We appreciate your energy, commitment and input! 2