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is selected from among a wide pool of representatives on a rotating basis, the invocation speaker <br />will be selected according to the following procedure: <br />a. The City Clerk will compile and maintain a database (the "database") <br />from a broad and diverse pool of volunteer invocation speakers from leaders of <br />any and all local religions, denominations, faiths, creeds, and beliefs, including <br />but not limited to, ministers, priests, chaplains, rabbis, deacons, clerics, and the <br />like. The database may be compiled through referencing the listings for <br />"churches," "congregations," and other similar groups and organizations, located, <br />or with an established presence, within the jurisdictional limits of the City of <br />Casselberry, through research from the Internet, consultation with local <br />organizations, and any other methods deemed effective by the City Clerk or her <br />designee. <br />b. Any church, congregation, entity, organization or group within the <br />jurisdictional limits of the City not identified within the database for participation <br />may request inclusion within the database by written communication directed to <br />the City Clerk that references the opening invocation. <br />C. If a resident of the City is a member of a church, congregation, other <br />group or organization which is located outside of the City, that group shall be <br />included in the database upon the resident's written request. <br />d. This policy is intended to be and shall be applied in a way that is inclusive <br />of diverse congregations, groups, and organizations. The database is compiled <br />and used for purposes of logistics, efficiency, and equal opportunity for all within <br />the jurisdictional limits of the City to choose whether to respond to the City <br />Commission's invitation. <br />e. The database shall be updated, by reasonable efforts of the City Clerk or <br />her designee, in her reasonable discretion, in November of each calendar year. <br />f. In December of each calendar year, the City Clerk shall communicate with <br />each group leader from each entry on the database using reasonable methods, and <br />shall post an invitation on the City's website. <br />g. The invitation shall read as follows: <br />Dear , <br />The City Commission of the City of Casselberry makes it a policy <br />to invite volunteer invocation speakers to voluntarily offer an <br />invocation before the beginning of its meetings, for the benefit and <br />blessing of the City Commission. As a representative of one of the <br />religious congregations or other groups with an established <br />4 <br />