I was asking you, not google. The latter was merely a preliminary check. I didn't even read very far in the site I quoted from. I knew your meaning must be different, but the quote was a way of narrowing the question.
Carrol > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:pen-l- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Walker > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:58 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Query re "Transformative Reforms" was Is 'post-work' a > social democratic fantasy? > > Better to ask me what I mean than ask Google. Maybe the NSA knows what > I'm thinking but they won't say. Transformative reforms are reforms that > change -- or potentially change -- the "conversation" or the terrain of > struggle. > > Please don't get hung up on the word choice. The Rose Community > Foundation is welcome to use the same words to talk about whatever they > are talking about. What I was commenting on was a critique by Andrew > Kliman, not an announcement from the aforementioned foundation. Either > consider my comment in the context it was presented or ignore it. > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tom Walker: "This doesn't mean such improvement can go on > indefinitely, but > such improvement as can be achieved has the potential of opening > up other > possibilities. That's the notion of transformative reforms." > > ========= > > This concept ("transformative reforms") sounds interesting, but I > would like > to see some clarification of its content. I googled the phrase, but > didn't > see much that fit the present context. One example is attached below > (in > part). I > > Carrol > > **** > Home > Press Releases > > CLF Announces Forward-Thinking Funding Support from Rose > Community > Foundation > CLF Announces Forward-Thinking Funding Support from Rose > Community > Foundation > Posted at June 25, 2013 | 0 Comment > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > June 25, 2013 > Colorado Legacy Foundation Announces Forward-Thinking Funding > Support from > Rose Community Foundation > > DENVER, CO - Today the Colorado Legacy Foundation (CLF) > announced another > significant investment by Rose Community Foundation to support > CLF's > sustainability. The $300,000 two-year grant will build organizational > capacity to support communications and development, project > management and > collaborative partnerships. > > "Rose Community Foundation has been an integral part of the > success of our > organization. More importantly, they have seeded transformative > reforms > throughout Colorado - reforms that are garnering national > attention," said > Dr. Helayne Jones, President and CEO of the Colorado Legacy > Foundation. "At > the Colorado Legacy Foundation, we believe that not one initiative, or > one > organization for that matter, can meaningfully and permanently > deliver on > the promise of a great education for every student in this state. And > this > investment by Rose Community Foundation is a critical statement of > support > for CLF's whole child, whole system, whole community approach to > engage with > multiple stakeholders cross the state and at every level of > education." > > Rose Community Foundation was one of the first investors in the > programmatic > work of CLF partnering with other organizations including Daniels > Fund, > Gates Family Foundation and The Piton Foundation to provide > support to > infrastructure needs that have not kept pace with CLF's rapid growth. > In > addition, the CLF's success in drawn national funding has been > bolstered > greatly by the widespread support of Colorado's local funding > community. > [snip] > > http://colegacy.org/2013/06/colorado-legacy-foundation- > announces-forward-thi > nking-funding-support-from-rose-community-foundation/ > <http://colegacy.org/2013/06/colorado-legacy-foundation-announces- > forward-thi nking-funding-support-from-rose-community-foundation/> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Tom Walker (Sandwichman) _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
