[CRNMC] Contacting CELDF there is a wrong way and a right way

[dougmck at mcn.org]

 Yes,
I contacted CELDF yesterday as I was asked to do by our point
committee 4-6 weeks ago but did not have the time or energy to do it
at that time.  Frankly, there has been some consternation expressed
by a few in our community about the accessability to those who wrote
Measure S by those of us working so hard to get it passed in
November.  

While I appreciate that CELDF is working hard on multiple issues
throughout the country, I also understand the feelings by those who
want to learn more about CELDF and so acted upon them yesterday to
get a little more information about the ideas behind the legalese
written into Measure S in order to better respond to those who have
expressed these concerns.

Ben was clear that their partnership with Global Exchange was such
that communication should go through Shannon.  Nonetheless, he did
spend some time on the phone with me to ensure that we were all on
the same page.  

I do feel that a confrence call would be appropriate in order to
further solidify our relationship and build trust with the
organization that has promised legal representation should Measure S
be challenged.  I would recemmend the confrence call be with the
chosen members of the point committe so as to follow the protocal
currently accepted by the group with all interested members of the
CRNMC able to listen in as they wish.  If others, such as Meg, wish
to participate as well, I have no problem with that personally, but
do feel it should be discussed at next Thursday's point meeting just
to make sure everyone is on the same page.  I will make sure this is
on the agenda, as well as the idea that others should listen in, to
see if we reach consensus.  I would not expect this to be a
problem.  We are already planning to discuss allowing members of the
CRNMC listen in to all point committee meetings and feel we will
probably reach consensus on this as well.  

Should this be the case, we could schedual a meeting with Thomas soon
after that.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meg Courtney" 
To:"Community Rights Network" 
Cc:
Sent:Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:10:07 -0700
Subject:Re: [CRNMC] Contacting CELDF there is a wrong way and a right
way

 I would like to be a part of that conversation. I think you know
what my concerns are so you could forward them along.
 Meg

 On Aug 22, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Shannon Biggs wrote:

 > 
 > Greetings all, 
 > 
 > Doug and others have attempted to contact Thomas Linzey. He will
not speak with anyone that way without going through me and not one
at a time. That goes for Ben too. :-) 
 > 
 > If folks want me to put together a group call with Thomas I can
arrange. Doug if you can send me your questions ahead of time I can
make this happen and let you all know when he's available. 
 > 
 > Best, Shannon 
 > 
 > Sent from my iPhone
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