Local Advisory Board Selection Procedures
	Population	Number of Elected Officials	Appoint by voting as a body?	Do officials bring forward applicants?	Do officials recruit citizens?	Do officials fill vacancies by some other means?	Do boards recommend who should be elected?	Do boards or officials conduct interviews?	Do you use any other methods of appointment?
Chapel Hill	52,000	9	Yes	No, not officially	No, not officially, but if they did must still go through application process	No	Yes	Yes, in some cases	Yes, ocassionally by resolution
Orange County	119,000	5	Yes	Sometimes but not always	Yes	Advisory Bds. Often make recommendations	Yes	No	No
Wake County	500,000+	7	Yes	For some boards	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cary	101,715	7	Yes	No	Yes, but still must go through process	No	No	No	No
Raleigh	290,000	8	Yes, no application process, citizens contact council and nominations are made on the floor	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes, some boards require specific skills
Guilford County	421,000	11	Yes	They can, but any citizen can apply	They can, but any citizen can apply	No	Yes, required to	No	No
	Population	Number of Elected Officials	Appoint by voting as a body?	Do officials bring forward applicants?	Do officials recruit citizens?	Do officials fill vacancies by some other means?	Do boards recommend who should be elected?	Do boards or officials conduct interviews?	Do you use any other methods of appointment?
Greensboro	213,000	7	Yes	Yes, they may nominate candidates after names have been added to databank	Yes		No, City staff may make recommendation	No	No
Forsyth County	280,000	7	Yes	No	They can, but they must follow the same process as other applicants	No	Sometimes	No	No
Winston-Salem	185,776	9	Yes	No	Yes	No	They Can	No	The mayor may have the power to appoint
Charlotte	500,000	12	Yes	Yes, but still must go through process	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No