We also saw how the first school building vote went. So concerns should be listened to unless we want to waste more money on a proposal that might have a good chance at failing
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:47 AM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > 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> 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> 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. >> 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. >> 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. > 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. > 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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