They wanted to be universal," said Francine Klagsbrun, a writer and Jewish Book Council board member.
Leslie A. Ball, a council board member, says that would be a mistake.
"That's the big question," said a designers council board member.
There wasn't even a mayoral race to add spice; the down-ballot races were for city council, board of education and the baffling "Advisory Neighborhood Committee".
If none of us care to be on that council board then it's always going to be a board full of white folks.
"Since 1998, we have attended as many of the town council, board of finance and board of education meetings as we could," he said.
As chairwoman, Ms. Kain will preside over the 11-member council board, composed of people in the arts from all parts of Canada.
Sally Scudo, a council board member, said each book would be discussed separately using the Great Books method of "shared inquiry," in which nothing outside the text is considered relevant.
"It's a complete turnaround," said Pam Warhurst, a former leader of Calderdale Council, board member of Natural England and the person who masterminded the project – called Incredible Edible – and motivated her friends and neighbours to join in.
In September, the council board voted to sever relations with the office, after which the Parsippany office filed an appeal with the general assembly, which consists of all the bureaus.
A spokesman for Gwynedd council said the council board would discuss the review of care and residential homes in a meeting on Tuesday.
