The "committee" process is to plan the public forums. And that..is it. Tony West will chair the next meeting.
Sharrieff, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that you put Mr West in charge of your next committee meeting. I made my opinions about a single community forum known to you and I hope you conveyed them to the committee. Let me reiterate. In order for residents of our diverse community to come together in an empowering way and call for UCD accountability, a single well-publicized community forum is a potentially important goal. UCD has shown an unwillingness to communicate and account to the citizens of this community. However, we stakeholders have few methods to ask for accountability in a transparent public way and few methods to organize to ensure it. A properly conducted town meeting could facilitate these important goals. . It becomes very important that such a forum be conducted impartially and professionally so it will be well attended and seen as a credible community reaction. Sharrieff, Mr West is one of the most engaged secret partners of UCD as leader of FOCP these past 4 years. He has shown that he is a big supporter of UCD's current operating practices. He has published a blatant hatchet job against our elected city councilperson in a veiled attempt to excuse the UCD from culpability for its violations of law. Mr. West's abusive ad hominem tactics and fallacious arguments are well known on this list. How do you expect any "public forum" to come from a Tony committee to be seen as credible? Please reconsider my earlier suggestion. Let's call for and seek an independent professional moderator to conduct a town hall meeting. Either Penn and UCD show up and answer our call for answers and transparency in front of the media and our elected officials or they do not. But it can't be Tony turning this into another UCD tightly controlled marketing presentation. Please reconsider this. When I and others voted in favor of facilitating a community forum to discuss Penn's UCD, I didn't vote for a Tony presentation. This isn't going to help the many diverse calls for reform which I'm hearing, and will probably hurt them. Very sincerely, Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: S. Sharrieff Ali To: 'Lewis Mellman' ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: RE: [UC] Clark Park Lew and All: I previously posted the notes and planning process, based on some of the e-mails I have received, many never read them! :-) no harm...no problem... The "committee" process is to plan the public forums. And that..is it. Tony West will chair the next meeting. We are not assembling UCD policy recommendations at this time within the planning meetings, however there were lively discussions about how we should proceed. Our meetings are limited to planning the forums and media, 1 1/2 hours, in and out. The real issue debates will happen during the public forums, a good time to voice any Clark Park related concerns and have them recorded. Based on your post, are you interested in sniffing comments from the UC-List to post to the FOCP Board list-serv? S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lewis Mellman Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: [UC] Clark Park S. Ali and others, I regret that I can't attend on 7/19, but I hope to be available for meeting number four. There are a number of issues related to Clark Park that I look forward to discussing with you all. I am curious what, if anything, concerning Clark Park has been considered at your previous meetings. I welcome anyone to contact me off-list to privately share concerns about issues in Clark Park or "cc" me if your post concerns Clark Park but does not specifically mention Clark Park in the beginning of the subject line (within the first 25-30 characters). -Lewis Mellman Planning Committee Meeting RE: UCD Date: Wednesday July 18th 20Time: 6PM Location: Walnut West Library Community Room 40th and Walnut Street Planning Meeting # 3 Duration: 1 ½ hours Agenda: Community Stakeholders RE: UCD, planning meeting Attendees: Current Committee Members and Public Great opportunity for everyone to voice concerns and have your proposals included. OPEN TO PUBLIC ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/883 - Release Date: 7/1/2007 12:19 PM
