I don't think West Philadelphia boasts any superstars in this
department. Certainly University City does not. Within UC, I'd say the
two most-experienced organizers of regular public meetings are Cedar
Park Neighbors and Friends of Clark Park. That's where you'd look to
find our neighborhood experts on this subject.
Mr.FOCP President,
An oboe manufacturer wants to attend the 989th open public forum regarding
the revitalization of UCD Park. Could you, Brian, and Melanie meet her for
coffee and take her $15?
Bring the death ray in case she asks malicious questions or has a
disobedient fearmongering opinion.
The District is lucky to have FOCP experts. I made such a fool of myself
when I didn't realize that open public forums must always be secret an
unannounced!
A hated fearmongering liar from the hated useless UC list,
The Wanker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "University City List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: Running fair community meetings [UC] (Was: Re: Renter-owner
conflicts)
Running public meetings is a skill that is improved by practice, just like
the skills of museum sign-hanging and apartment renting and newspaper
manufacturing and oboe playing and volleyball playing and community
recycling and whatever else we do, whether for love or money.
Philadelphia has well over 60 civic groups that hold public meetings from
time to time. Many of them commit to only one meeting a year, or periodic
meetings as needed. Many others commit to one public meeting per month,
come hell or high water. It is among the latter group that I would look
for real experts in public-meeting management.
I don't think West Philadelphia boasts any superstars in this department.
Certainly University City does not. Within UC, I'd say the two
most-experienced organizers of regular public meetings are Cedar Park
Neighbors and Friends of Clark Park. That's where you'd look to find our
neighborhood experts on this subject.
Without a doubt, people who have no experience in organizing public
meetings can still provide useful criticisms of them. Equally true,
though, total novices in community meeting management are the worst
possible candidates for planning better community meetings. To get good
results, you've got to look to your varsity-list organizers.
-- Tony West
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote:
not only that, but shca called this meeting, and barry grossbach wrote
that "neighbors will have a full opportunity to ask questions and offer
comments about the project, and the committee will take all comments into
consideration in its deliberations.... please feel free to share this
information with anyone who might be interested." this is in accordance
with shca's zoning committee's mission statement:
bear in mind that none of the neighbors would have to stand up and speak
about this in the first place, if uchs and shca had rejected, outright,
the hotel proposal when they first learned about it (prior to the october
2007 article). if uchs was truly committed to preservation it would have
rejected an 11-story hotel which is so out of character with the
surrounding blocks and attached to a 3 story historic mansion, leaving
the mansion in permanent shadow; if shca was truly committed to retaining
single-family housing and converting multi-family housing to
owner-occupancy, it would have rejected an 11-story hotel to be built
where it is.
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