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----- Original Message -----<br /><div class="replyForwardedMainHeader"><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">From:</div> "" <dougmck@mcn.org></div><br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">To:</div> crn@lists.crn.org<br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Cc:</div> <br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Sent:</div> Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:34:17 -0700<br /><div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Subject:</div> Beth's letter<br />
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I feel the need to reply to this just for some clarification as I have
had no communication with Beth until recently and did not even know who
she was until last Sunday. <br /><br />As someone who has participated in
every "core group meeting" I do not recall her listening in to any of
them. I know that Micheal Dean has not participated in the campaign for
some time and never spoke with him myself. My feeling on this is that
perhaps they "listened in" to a Process group meeting as those meetings
were advertised on this list serve as open and all were invited. If so,
this explains why they spent the entire time talking about process.<br /><br />It
is possible that they listened in to our "core group meeting" with the
knowledge only of the person who facilitated the meeting. If so, they
did this without telling the rest of us and we got no feedback from them
as to how to run our meetings more effectively and efficiently. Any
feedback on this would be much appreciated as I for one am new at this
and need all the help I can get.<br /><br />While I have the utmost
compassion for Beth's feeling of burnout, as myself and more than one
other member of the core group have expressed the same, I wonder why she
feels like herself and a few others outside the core group are running
the campaign. If they feel they are doing so, I would ask that they
consider joining the core group as we have been looking for help. It
seems to me we should be working together on this and at least trying to
follow the protocol set up by the CRNMC during campaign day and the
follow up group meetings that the core group worked hard to organize.
While I am sympathetic to the many of you who are very focused on the
campaign for Measure S (and obviously with less than 10 weeks to go we
are all becoming more so) it has been my feeling as a member of the core
group to be inclusive of those members of the CRNMC who desire to focus
on process and organizational structure. It is my hope that we can
create an organization that does not alienate any member of our
community who wishes to help in any capacity. Personally, I do not see
how we can run a campaign without some such structure and I seek to find
a balance in my own work between making sure the organization is
functional and getting the job done on Measure S. For me these are one
and the same.<br /><br />I thank Beth for making her concerns known and
invite her and others to consider joining the core group. We are also
creating a system whereby members of the CRNMC can listen in to our
meetings and provide feedback as there is always room for improvement.
Also, in the spirit of transparency we will begin to post our core group
agenda and meeting minutes in the archive section at crnmc.org, which
will be up and running ASAP.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Doug McKenty<br /><br /><br /><br /></body></html>