Done.
And, if you has noticed, I have been encoring skeptics and enthusiast alike to 
do the same.

As Richard says, we do not want a repeat of the failed school vote.
We need to be students of that history to inform us now.





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Sara Mattes




> On Apr 20, 2023, at 10:52 AM, John Mendelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Then fill out the survey.  The last question provides a free form opportunity 
> to say whatever you like.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:51 AM Richard Panetta <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> We also saw how the first school building vote went. So concerns should be 
>> listened to unless we want to waste more money on a proposal that might have 
>> a good chance at failing 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:47 AM Sara Mattes <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------
>>> Sara Mattes
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 20, 2023, at 9:42 AM, John Mendelson <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[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>. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you.
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