A cautionary note-
Where there’s smoke, there is fire.

The heated/fiery  debate during a chaotic Spc.TM indicated lots and lots of 
concern(s).
The vote was a compromise and a way to move forward.

Smoke continues to surface.

It  should not be so readily dismissed.



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Sara Mattes




> On Apr 20, 2023, at 9:42 AM, John Mendelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Does a few people emailing Lincoln Talk really constitute "widespread 
> concern"?  The email clearly states that the survey is intended to get more 
> feedback from Lincoln residents "as it develops plans for a community 
> center."  This does not mean the survey itself is flawed.  
> 
> The community already voted at the town meeting last November to spend 
> $325,000 to  "develop “a range of Community Center design choices and 
> budgets, including options not to exceed 75% and 50% of the current project 
> estimated cost of $25 million, for the Hartwell Complex, supplemented or not 
> with existing available town space.” There will be a vote on the preferred 
> option at another STM a year from now, and a funding vote in March 2024."  
> See:  
> https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/12/voters-ok-community-center-design-funds-after-lengthy-debate/
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM Anne Warner <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Krystal - there is pretty widespread concern about this survey. Nowhere on 
>> it is there a question about whether the person taking it wants the 
>> community center at all. Every question assumes it will be built. The o my 
>> place to register dissatisfaction is the blank section at the end for 
>> additional comments. Also, we have heard that the CCBC is presuming that if 
>> people do not answer the survey that they support the center. This is very 
>> far from being the truth. People who don’t fill out the survey may not do so 
>> because they are opposed or don’t care, but they certainly should not be 
>> assumed to support it. 
>> 
>> The only way to correct this situation is for the CCBC to send out a second, 
>> separate survey that asks people to say, on a scale of 1-10, how much they 
>> support the center at all. Or, it could simply be a multiple choice: do you 
>> support the center or not or are you neutral? Without this additional data, 
>> the first survey must be disregarded. 
>> 
>> 
>> - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! 
>> 
>>> On Apr 18, 2023, at 8:02 PM, Krystal Wood 
>>> <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> CCBC Values Survey <https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey>
>>> 
>>> REMINDER:  
>>> 
>>> Your responses on the Values Survey for the Community Center Building 
>>> Committee will help the committee to understand the priorities of Lincoln 
>>> residents as it develops plans for a community center.  
>>> 
>>> If you haven’t already completed the survey, please do so by Friday, April 
>>> 21.  
>>> 
>>> You can find the survey here <https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey>. 
>>> 
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