I thought this was an illuminating article given that it contains perspective from one of the citizen advisory committee members.
Rybak considers U student for civil rights position http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2004/04/30/9531 ________ Excerpted from the article: University junior Ibanga Umanah served on the 20-member citizen advisory committee that interviewed the four finalists for the position. �We went through the pros and cons and gave those to the mayor,� Umanah said. �He was very responsive to what I had to say. He was very interested in making this a good person for the job.� Umanah said he liked Khalifa�s management skills and philosophy of participatory leadership � involving community members and organizations in decision-making processes. �I liked her a lot,� Umanah said. �When she came into the room she had a clear idea of what she wanted to do. She has 19 years of public service, and she knows the institutions involved.� ________ Also, for those, like me, who may not have paid as much attention to this issue until a few days ago, resumes are still posted for the four finalists: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/news/20040416civilfinalists.asp After having looked them over, I'm having a difficult time understanding why anyone would have an issue with Ms. Khalifa's selection. It appears she easily has the best combination of management experience and civil rights experience of the four finalists. Question to her detractors: is there someone else among the four finalists that you think should have been selected instead? If so, what made that person a better candidate in your eyes? Mark Snyder Windom Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
