I agree that the Sp. TM was chaotic. It went on far too long! Many folks had left before the vote. Those of us who remained (to nearly midnight?) were exhausted. I agree that the vote was a compromise – we just wanted to get the process finished and go home. The CCBC asked the attendees to trust them to do the right thing. In my mind that meant listening to varying opinions and exploring a range of options. Let’s hope that they will honor this commitment.
June Matthews From: Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> On Behalf Of Sara Mattes Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:46 AM To: John Mendelson <johntmendel...@gmail.com> Cc: Lincoln Talk <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] CCBC Values Survey Reminder! A cautionary note- Where there’s smoke, there is fire. The heated/fiery debate during a chaotic Spc.TM indicated lots and lots of concern(s). The vote was a compromise and a way to move forward. Smoke continues to surface. It should not be so readily dismissed. ------ Sara Mattes On Apr 20, 2023, at 9:42 AM, John Mendelson <johntmendel...@gmail.com<mailto:johntmendel...@gmail.com>> wrote: Does a few people emailing Lincoln Talk really constitute "widespread concern"? The email clearly states that the survey is intended to get more feedback from Lincoln residents "as it develops plans for a community center." This does not mean the survey itself is flawed. The community already voted at the town meeting last November to spend $325,000 to "develop “a range of Community Center design choices and budgets, including options not to exceed 75% and 50% of the current project estimated cost of $25 million, for the Hartwell Complex, supplemented or not with existing available town space.” There will be a vote on the preferred option at another STM a year from now, and a funding vote in March 2024." See: https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/12/voters-ok-community-center-design-funds-after-lengthy-debate/ John On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM Anne Warner <warneran...@gmail.com<mailto:warneran...@gmail.com>> wrote: Krystal - there is pretty widespread concern about this survey. Nowhere on it is there a question about whether the person taking it wants the community center at all. Every question assumes it will be built. The o my place to register dissatisfaction is the blank section at the end for additional comments. Also, we have heard that the CCBC is presuming that if people do not answer the survey that they support the center. This is very far from being the truth. People who don’t fill out the survey may not do so because they are opposed or don’t care, but they certainly should not be assumed to support it. The only way to correct this situation is for the CCBC to send out a second, separate survey that asks people to say, on a scale of 1-10, how much they support the center at all. Or, it could simply be a multiple choice: do you support the center or not or are you neutral? Without this additional data, the first survey must be disregarded. - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! On Apr 18, 2023, at 8:02 PM, Krystal Wood <ccbccommunicationscommit...@gmail.com<mailto:ccbccommunicationscommit...@gmail.com>> wrote: CCBC Values Survey<https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey> REMINDER: Your responses on the Values Survey for the Community Center Building Committee will help the committee to understand the priorities of Lincoln residents as it develops plans for a community center. If you haven’t already completed the survey, please do so by Friday, April 21. You can find the survey here<https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey>. Thank you. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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