[Community Rights Network] crn Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13

[Caitlin Alexander]

Los Angeles has begun the process to ban fracking also. If these ordinances
are not rights-based, however, and I don't think they are - they can be
overturned by corporations as we have learned.


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>    1. A realization... (Scott Menzies)
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>    4. Re: crn Digest, Vol 2, Issue 12 (Madge Strong)
>    5. Initiative to Ban Fracking in Santa       Barbara Begins (SBView)
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> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 12:03:50 -0700
> From: Scott Menzies <scott.m.menzies at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Community Rights Network] A realization...
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> Hello all,
> It occurred to me that I likely sent my introduction e-mail to the wrong
> e-mail address, as I have two that come up for Peter Norris (and, Peter, is
> this what you mean when you say that I "only include part of the e-mail"?).
> It appears that Peter's e-mail is petersnorris at gmail.com. The one I sent
> the e-mail to is peternorris at gmail.com (no "s"). This would explain why he
> hasn't seen that introduction, which is a really unfortunate circumstance
> as well as a real reminder as to the perils of e-mail. I never got a
> "failure" notice for that e-mail, because it apparently is good for someone
> else, so I assumed it went through. For that, Peter, I apologize hugely.
> Really, really unfortunate, and could have helped avoid a lot of this.
>
> That said, I DIDN'T have access to the full e-mail list, so only the Coast
> people knew me. I know that full list was accidentally sent to another
> Coast member, who was admonished to neither to utilize nor disseminate it.
> I could have had access to it, but honored that request that it not be
> used.
>
> Anyway, hope that explains some things...
>
> Feeling the bummer,
> Scott
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> From: Jane McCabe <janemccabe44 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Community Rights Network] Thoughts to Share - Response
> To: Community Rights Network <crn at lists.mcn.org>
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> This was very helpful. Take nothing personally is the 1st agreement in a
> wonderful little book, The Four Agreements. It has helped my husband & I a
> lot. Ali suggested it to our group also. Jane
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Apr 7, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Lanny Cotler <lcotler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ahhhhhh...ah...men!
> >
> > I pray we all learned some good lessons from all this. Yes, we're the
> ones we've been waiting for, but we can also be our own worst enemy.
> >
> > In marriage as in highly focused, intense, community service work?we
> must learn to not take things personally.
> >
> > Amen, again, and onward. Peace follows justice,
> >
> > Lanny
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 7, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Baile Oakes <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I thought it might be nice to share a response from a sweet friend of
> mine in New Mexico (Mora County is her favorite place to visit for renewal)
> >>
> >> She is deep into community service through teaching and practicing
> permaculture in schools and through community food forests.
> >>
> >> I shared with her the heart felt work with which we are all involved
> and generally said there were some hardships with community relations.
> >>
> >> here is her response: can i get an Amen ?
> >>
> >> "... it's all happening' here in my food forest project too...  just
> shining my light, keeping things open and straight forward, honoring and
> focusing on the best in others, appreciating the wonderful group effort,
> allowing for surprising things to happen, breathing through times when they
> don't, comforting myself when I receive difficult communications, or when I
> don't live up to my own expectations, giving myself the time to process all
> that and the courage to keep on keeping on with the goal in mind!   not
> always easy :o) - but it's all a gift. "
> >>
> >> can i get an Amen ?
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> From: Jane McCabe <janemccabe44 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Community Rights Network] Thoughts to Share-response
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> Great, maybe we might suggest that small book Ali suggested, & I totally
> agree, The Four Agreements. The 1st agreement is to take nothing
> personally. Wonderful book that has, & does help me daily. It would give us
> a good starting place. Jane
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 7, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Baile Oakes <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I thought it might be nice to share a response from a sweet friend of
> mine in New Mexico (Mora County is her favorite place to visit for renewal)
> >
> > She is deep into community service through teaching and practicing
> permaculture in schools and through community food forests.
> >
> > I shared with her the heart felt work with which we are all involved and
> generally said there were some hardships with community relations.
> >
> > here is her response: can i get an Amen ?
> >
> > "... it's all happening' here in my food forest project too...  just
> shining my light, keeping things open and straight forward, honoring and
> focusing on the best in others, appreciating the wonderful group effort,
> allowing for surprising things to happen, breathing through times when they
> don't, comforting myself when I receive difficult communications, or when I
> don't live up to my own expectations, giving myself the time to process all
> that and the courage to keep on keeping on with the goal in mind!   not
> always easy :o) - but it's all a gift. "
> >
> > can i get an Amen ?
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> From: "Madge Strong" <mstrong at willitsonline.com>
> Subject: Re: [Community Rights Network] crn Digest, Vol 2, Issue 12
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> Doesn't a daily digest mean one email per day? (I think I got 4 or 5 in one
> day alone.) Let's try to stop disagreeing and get on with what we agree on.
> Thanks, Madge
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> From: Caitlin Alexander <caitlin29 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Community Rights Network]  Fwd: Further Introduction...
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> Scott may have introduced himself to Shannon and Peter but he was given a
> specific request by me to not attend our final day of Democracy School for
> the following reasons that I don't think Shannon or Peter were aware of:
>
> Several days before the third day of Democracy School, Scott sent an email
> to the whole group advising that we abandon our rights-based ordinance and
> instead focus on supporting an anti-fracking ordinance the County
> Supervisors were working on. This made it clear that Scott did not
> understand what a rights-based ordinance was despite his education and
> experience. I emailed Scott directly at that time and explained this as the
> reason for the Cienfuegos prerequisite, that rights-based ordinances are
> completely different from regular ordinances and that one needed to learn
> about this before attending the last day of Democracy School. He responded
> with his resume informing me that he had plenty of education and did not
> need to attend Cienfuegos or the educational portion of DS. Based on this
> response and his attitude at that time I understood that he was not
> qualified to attend our third day of Democracy School and for good reason.
>
> DS was exclusionary in the same way an advanced chemistry class is
> exclusionary, requiring prerequisites. The reasons to hold to this
> standard, as set by CELDF and Shannon from the beginning, (and probably
> learned from the experiences of many Democracy Schools and ordinance
> craftings) were important and reasonable, so that all involved were on the
> same page, moving forward with an advanced understanding.
>
> Even though Scott attended our last day of DS, in spite of my request which
> was of concern to me, in the last few days I have been emailing Scott the
> links to articles and videos that Paul Cienfuegos has been sending us.
> Scott has been receptive and responding with ideas that show he has taken
> the time to absorb the new information. Based on Scott's new attitude and
> willingness to learn I now think he would be a beneficial member of our
> internal teams.
>
> In the future, it is critical, to my mind, that each side of a dispute be
> interviewed directly in a respectful and unbiased manner so as to be able
> to provide a reasonably accurate and fair analysis and resolution. This was
> not done in this case.
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> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 09:45:51 -0700
> From: Lanny Cotler <lcotler at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Community Rights Network] Thoughts to Share
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> Ahhhhhh...ah...men!
>
> I pray we all learned some good lessons from all this. Yes, we're the ones
> we've been waiting for, but we can also be our own worst enemy.
>
> In marriage as in highly focused, intense, community service work?we must
> learn to not take things personally.
>
> Amen, again, and onward. Peace follows justice,
>
> Lanny
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Baile Oakes <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I thought it might be nice to share a response from a sweet friend of
> mine
> in New Mexico (Mora County is her favorite place to visit for renewal)
> >
> > She is deep into community service through teaching and practicing
> permaculture in schools and through community food forests.
> >
> > I shared with her the heart felt work with which we are all involved and
> generally said there were some hardships with community relations.
> >
> > here is her response: can i get an Amen ?
> >
> > "... it's all happening' here in my food forest project too...  just
> shining my light, keeping things open and straight forward, honoring and
> focusing on the best in others, appreciating the wonderful group effort,
> allowing for surprising things to happen, breathing through times when they
> don't, comforting myself when I receive difficult communications, or when I
> don't live up to my own expectations, giving myself the time to process all
> that and the courage to keep on keeping on with the goal in mind!   not
> always easy :o) - but it's all a gift. "
> >
> > can i get an Amen ?
> > _______________________________________________
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> > crn at lists.mcn.org
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 14:17:27 -0700
> From: Baile Oakes <baileoakes at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Community Rights Network] Initiative to Ban Fracking in
>         Santa   Barbara Begins (SBView)
> To: CRN <crn at lists.mcn.org>, Kelly Larson <solarkelly at asis.com>,
>         Charles Wood <ccwood at ix.netcom.com>,    Sheila Dawn Tracy
>         <sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com>, Sue Boecker <suzyl0l at aol.com>,
> Ali Boecker
>         <alis_element at yahoo.com>,       karinajoy Cotler <
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> This just in from Rachel Binah:
>
> We are not the only county in our State going for a fracking ban !
>
> whooooooweeeee !
>
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> From: Jillian Johnson <cookiesinheaven at gmail.com>
> >> Date: April 7, 2014 11:03:33 AM PDT
> >> To: unfrack-california at googlegroups.com
> >> Subject: [unfrack-california] Initiative to Ban Fracking in Santa
> Barbara Begins (SBView)
> >> Reply-To: unfrack-california at googlegroups.com
> >>
> >> This weekend, 150 volunteers and dignitaries, held a kickoff event in
> Alameda Park to start the process of gathering the necessary 13,200
> registered county voters to qualify ?The Healthy Air and Water Initiative
> to Ban Fracking? for the November ballot. The initiative prohibits land
> uses related to fracking, cyclic steam injection and other high-intensity
> petroleum operations.
> >>
> >> "We know that a majority of North and South County voters favor this
> ban, but we have been amazed by the level of support and enthusiasm.
> Hundreds of people have volunteered to help us gather signatures,? said
> Rebecca Claassen of Santa Barbara County Water Guardians. ?We have
> volunteers who are ranchers and farmers who have been directly impacted by
> these dangerous techniques. We just can?t risk polluting our air and water
> from thousands of unconventional wells. It?s not right.?
> >>
> >> The initiative will protect the health and environment of Santa Barbara
> County by amending the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan and related
> codes to prohibit the use of any land within the County?s unincorporated
> area for fracking and other high-intensity petroleum operations. For more
> information about the initiative, call Katie Davis, 805-451-4574. To help
> with the cause, click here. -
> >>
> >>
> http://www.santabarbaraview.com/initiative-to-ban-fracking-in-santa-barbara-begins/
> >>
> >>
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