I'd like to follow up on the notion of establishing a board of docents for OlyBlog. Below is a list of roles that would seem to be important to the function of OlyBlog.:

1. Email submissions. One docent should be designated to receive content via email. This is not a lot of volume, so shouldn't take up much time.
2. Local lists. One could track the activities on omjp and tesccrier, or other relveant distribution lists that turn up.
3. Blogs. One could track Olympia-related activity on other blogs (I think Sarah has dibs on this job).
4. City council. This is obviously Emmett's portfolio.
5. The Olympian. One could track content in the Olympian for issues that would benefit by dicussion on OlyBlog.
6. Video. One could track content coming on Google Video, YouTube, and the many other sites that are hosting video these days.
7. Events. One could be responsible for seeking out and posting events.

These roles would be in addition to the general assistance provided to the many users who need help periodically getting their posts banged into shape. Of those who have been nominated to be a docent, please feel welcome to choose a role, or suggest a new one (and remember, these are just suggestions).

1. To blog more, here and there.
   
2. To get out and exercise at least 320 times next year.
3. To hike in the Alps.
4. To scan and organize all of my grandfather's slides (over 3500) and 16mm movies (over eight hours-worth).

Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition (WROC)

Join us for WROC Night Out on Monday, January 8th First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE Potluck 5:30 6 – 8 pm Last will and testament party! Read famous people’s wills. Write you own. An attorney will be on hand to help. On site childcare provided.

We hold Volunteer Meetings and make sock monkeys Every Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 WROC office, 701 Franklin Street SE in the Payne Room of the First Christian Church.

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Poverty should not be accepted as a necessary evil or an insoluble problem but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures.

A Parking Advisory Committee plays to recommend to the City Council next week (January 2nd) that Olympia end 18 years of free parking in the downtown core and adopt a metered system.Parking Manager Kip Dernovich says meters could be in place by October if the council adopts the idea.The council decided to study paid parking because of concerns that workers have been tying up downtown parking spaces by moving their cars among the free stalls, preventing customers from getting to businesses.The Olympia newspaper says a city study showed that about one-third of the free spaces were tied up by people moving from place to place.