<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">You can count on me, Carrie and Charles, both of you are thinking well.<div>Let’s move forward in a loving way.</div><div>Onward,<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Linda</div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br></div><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Message: 3</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 08:17:28 -0700</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">From: Carrie Durkee <</span><a href="mailto:cdurkee@mcn.org" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">cdurkee@mcn.org</a><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">></span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Subject: [Community Rights Network] Signature Jam</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">To: </span><a href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Cc: Shannon Biggs <</span><a href="mailto:shannon@globalexchange.org" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">shannon@globalexchange.org</a><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">></span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Message-ID: <</span><a href="mailto:F77F9DEF-1E41-4E26-9224-14DD30EEA6DF@mcn.org" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">F77F9DEF-1E41-4E26-9224-14DD30EEA6DF@mcn.org</a><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">></span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Greetings all</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">I am securing coordinators all over the county and having conversations with each of them about the effort.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">As soon as I get the materials needed for the signature gathering, I will be on the road doing trainings. (Some folks have already volunteered to help with this)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">I plan to take materials to each area, meet the point person and their team, prepare them for the task at hand, and be in touch for follow-up. I will combine areas when possible.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Materials needed to be prepared?.as I see it at the moment: </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">I am checking with Shannon to determine what she has and what else we (I'm assuming Education and Outreach) ..need to create. (1, 2 and 3 below)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">1. Best practices for handling the petitions</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">2. Talking points</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">3. Handout:</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">this needs to include a synopsis of the initiative, references on how to get back to us, (Facebook, e-mail, etc) and websites on how to look deeper (CELDF, Global Exchange, etc. ) It could be "like an occucard" or a half sheet of paper?maybe blue?for water?)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">4. Voter registration forms </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">5. Volunteer sign-up sheet</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">When the best way to keep track of the results is in place, I will let everyone know how to handle the petitions and the results, probably on a weekly basis.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Ed Oberweiser is coordinating the output to the media committee at the moment.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Sue Boecker is working closely with me to help coordinate.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">HOLES in the net</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Ukiah.. Mike Dean has volunteered as point person and?need more people</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Boonville</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Covelo Even though Beth Brenneman is handling Leggit and Laytonville (does anyone know someone there in Covelo to help out?)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Westport</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Elk</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Gualala</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">So far there are coordinators in:</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Leggit and Laytonville</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Beth Brenneman</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Willits: </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Jane McCabe, Pat Collins</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Redwood Valley</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Peggy Back-up</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Ukiah</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Mike Dean, and we need more here</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Fort Bragg</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Caitlin Alexander (8 volunteers so far)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Mendocino</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Carrie Durkee</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Albion</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Peter White</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Point Arena</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Jane Jarlsburg</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Please ?feedback is welcome. </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">enough for now</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">All the best, </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Carrie</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Message: 4</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 08:56:33 -0700 (GMT-07:00)</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">From: Charles Cresson Wood <</span><a href="mailto:ccwood@ix.netcom.com" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">ccwood@ix.netcom.com</a><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">></span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Subject: [Community Rights Network] What this group is now</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">To: </span><a href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Message-ID:</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><</span><a href="mailto:25299888.1396972593782.JavaMail.root@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">25299888.1396972593782.JavaMail.root@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net</a><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">></span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; white-space: pre;"> </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Hello community rights and anti-fracking friends,</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">I have been saddened by a number of disputes recently that imply that something is seriously wrong, the group or a specific individual is acting dictatorially, that the group is unfair, or that the group is in some way is falling short of expectations about where it should be. For all of us, there can be a rush to condemnation and judgment without a full investigation of the facts, without taking the time to find out what really is going on. Such a response can come easily because we are under a lot of time pressure, we are required to do a lot of work, and at least so far, there is no structure with which to hold our work. But such responses can also indicate where a change is in order. But the type of change may not be the one that we initially expected.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">I suggest that this group is just a budding shoot of an organization. It has just lifted it's green shoot above the ground (note: I'm not making reference to Obama's mythical economic "green shoots" -- I'm talking about a newly planted spring plant that just popped up above the ground). Are we going to condemn this fragile and young plant because it has not yet lived up to our expectations? What's the matter with it - it has not yet bloomed! But I think the bloom should be purple, and it's not! Something serious must be wrong here... Worse yet, are we going to pull this plant up by the roots, and in the process kill it, by expectations that have run away with us? </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">Or are we going to nurture this very young organization? Are we going to give it our best knowing that it cannot yet give back? Are we going to embrace the reality that it cannot give us all of what we want, at least not yet? The organization hasn't even been truly created yet. We have no formal organizational structure, we have no policies or procedures, and we have no approved conflict resolution process. About all we do have is a some designated team point persons, some teams, and a draft referendum. </span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">This plant of an organization is still very young. It needs our nurturing to become strong, big, and significant in the world. Can we give to this effort for a while, without demanding that we receive back, and without demanding that we receive in the way we think we should receive? There will be a period of simply giving... we have to go through that period before significant results can be achieved. I invite you to, for a while, simply work with me without the demand to receive anything back. Join me as we tend the plant (our fledgling organization), help us to water it, fertilize it, clear away the weeds, and do what we need to do in order that it can flourish.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">/s/ Charles</span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></body></html>