For those of you monitoring the St. Johns County debate on instilling a charter government system, the next forum on that subject is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 9 at 6:30 p.m., according to a news release from the county Public Affairs Office.

This meeting will be at the Southeast Branch Library, 6670 U.S. 1 South, just north of County Road 206.

As with the other meetings, this one's open to the public. County commissioners will be there to listen to ideas and proposed changes to the draft. The draft is available now on the county Web site, www.co.st-johns.fl.us [1] and at all branches of the county library system, the release says.

Thanks to Karen Pan in the Public Affairs Office for keeping us updated on these meeting dates. If you have questions about the meetings, call her at (904) 209-0549.