Re: [UC] FOCP response

2010-04-12 Thread mcgettig
Does anyone know why Mr. Chance does not subscribe to this listserve? I would expect the leader of a local civic association to be connected to as many sources of local information and activities as possible. What about our other civic leaders (e.g. at the Spruce Hill Community Association,

[UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
Mary, I have been on this list since ~2001. I can name about about two dozen different community groups in the University City area, and I suspect I'm missing a few. Surely, during this time, a few of their leaders have lurked on UC-list. But I don't recall seeing any group that utilizes

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread campionef
I found this an insulting and crazy making post Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Anthony West anthony_w...@earthlink.net Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:11:04 To: UnivCity@list.purple.com UnivCity listservunivcity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] why community activists avoid

Re: [UC] FOCP response

2010-04-12 Thread Alex de Soto
Dear Mary, As a member of several UC Community Associations and as one of the Board Officers of Spruce Hill Community Association who helped to start the listserv that is now UC Listserv. Former resident Jeff Abramson took it from LibertyNet and put in on purple list from the Spruce Hill

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
Really, Liz? I thought it calm, informative, observant and factual. Of the numerous community groups in University City City, how many can you name whose activists use UC-list as an information medium? If they don't in fact, use it ... do you have an alternative explanation for why they

Re: [UC] FOCP response

2010-04-12 Thread Brian Siano
Relax, everyone. If anything important turns up here, I forward it to Frank Chance. I've even been known to forward him nonsensical garbage from this list as well. That should be sufficient for y'all. This list is bad enough, with the crazy accusations, insults at the other list, constant demands

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Alex de Soto
Well, Tony, Since the listserv began in 1996 and the Internet not so long before, University City was one of the first changing neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia to even HAVE so many on the Internet that we could even form a listserv. A prodigious achievement in this city that may now be

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Frank Carroll
On Apr 12, 2010, at 06:11 PM, Anthony West wrote: Most activists say it's a waste of their unpaid volunteer time to read this list. informative, observant and factual? Did someone do a survey or is this just your factual opinion? Frank You are receiving this because you are

[UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
I don't think the Councilwoman reads UC-list posts personally. She's not a big internet fan (and who can blame her?). Of course, someone on her paid staff always monitors UC-list. Other politicians, with budgets to hire employees, can direct their employees to read UC-list, along with the

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread Alex de Soto
No, Tony, Liz is right. I know this because she was here when our UC Listserv was one of the first in the city. It was formed by a community group, but that should not be a requisite criterion for its legitimacy. Pray tell why UCNeighbors represents community groups better and from where

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
Hi Frank. Always glad to talk with a fellow UC-list supporter. This is my opinion. I earn a humble living by determining which, among a welter of reports, are informative, observant and factual; so please excuse me if I extend my work habits to this listserve. Since it's an unmoderated

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
I can't tell what you think Liz is right about, Alex. I already have said, more than once, that I thought UC-list was one of the first in the city and that it brilliantly met my needs as a neighbor in University City. But it's beyond question that it no longer does so. Duh? Legitimacy is a

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread Alex de Soto
Sorry, Tony. It¹s just me Wilma. I changed my email account, but not ³Himself¹s ³name as first person. Her assertion that it was an insulting post is nearly the same as my, ³Wow! That¹s a slap in the face², post from last week. It is indeed! I shall try to re-instate my name. On 4/12/10

[UC] FOUND: older, chocolate lab (dog) - 43rd+Pine

2010-04-12 Thread Linda Lee
This was just posted to craigslist. Anyone know this pooch? Please forward to your doggy friends... -linda Older, Chocolate Lab Found (43rd Pine) Date: 2010-04-12, 7:45PM EDT Reply to: ruthieg...@gmail.com [Errors when replying to ads?] Older lab found wandering at 43rd Pine Street,

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list (Was: Re: FOCP response)

2010-04-12 Thread Frank Carroll
On the other hand, a moderated list runs the risk of reflecting only the views of the moderator. In this case I can't say that this hasn't happened. Frank On Apr 12, 2010, at 07:41 PM, Anthony West wrote: Hi Frank. Always glad to talk with a fellow UC-list supporter. This is my opinion. I

[UC] LOST: Mini Pinscher (dog)

2010-04-12 Thread Linda Lee
note: purple won't let me include the photo for this pooch. She is two tones of brown, is thin, and has tall, perky ears. and a tail that curls up. Not sure where she was lost from, but she could be anywhere now... -LL Begin forwarded message: From: Melissa jerzie_girl2...@yahoo.com

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread Anthony West
It does run that risk. No such thing as a risk-free, or perfectly reflective, neighborhood listserve! There is only better and worse. An unmoderated listserve runs an equal risk of reflecting only the views of discredited streetcorner ranters, because they are the only public speakers who

Re: [UC] why community activists avoid this list

2010-04-12 Thread campio...@juno.com
At 7:05 Tony directed some questions to me, in response to my post which stated that I found his comments about the UC list and its members insulting. I am seeing these questions now, along with several other posts by Tony, which continue to insult the UnivCity List and its members. Even when

[UC] Penn Alexander 100% low-income?

2010-04-12 Thread Kimm Tynan
Did anyone else notice that in the Inquirer¹s Report Card on the Schools, Penn Alexander is identified as having 100% low-income students? Does anyone else find this extremely hard to believe? I thought maybe it was an error on the Inky¹s part, but I looked at the raw data on the state¹s