[UC] The "process" and PRAXIS CONSPIRCY..EEEK!!

[Mark Krull]

Dear Al.

I agree with you that there is some self-importance and flowery verbage

by the Praxis group (love that name). I must state the Anti-Penn

Conspiracy  stuff is getting really old and counterproductive. Hell,

If Penn moved out of West Philly....then there would be alot more to

complain about. Instead of complaining about the Penn monster,

encourge "average" folks to come out to these meetings Invite the

media out.

I am not saying Penn is perfect and the Apologists    for Penn are

so transparent who they serve , but please get real and try to be positive

and make the "process" work 

Regards

Marki


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mar 15, 2004 8:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UC] What's your point?

In a message dated 3/14/2004 1:17:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Not really Ray. The dialogue is happening
on the 40th Street web-site and at the
forums, not on this listserv which does
not qualify as "community involvement".

Post to the website forum and come out
tomorrow night and really "get in the game!".

Golly -- I've been checking the 40th Street website fairly regularly. A few minutes ago, in fact. And I don't see much of a "dialog" happening there. Mostly some posturing by the people who are trying to make careers for themselves out of either this silly "process" or what they hope will be a 40th Street revitalization for which they can take credit, a question by me about engaging folks who aren't predisposed to come to meetings and sit in circles like good little boys and girls, other interesting questions about the "process" by Ray (laserbeam) Rorke, Matt Wolfe's thoughtful (misguided, but thoughtful) Republican essay, some weak rationalizations (AKA weaselwording) by a couple of members of the steering (now known as the publicity) committee, and a few but not nearly enough inputs from solid citizens.

 

The absence of "dialog" on the forum goes to the point that very few people are inclined to go to meetings, yet may be affected by or have great ideas about a topic. Were the Praxis people and other organizers of this effort truly innovative, they'd be approaching it in a way more innovative than calling meetings at which only the usual suspects show up, and later saying "we had meetings" to justify plans that fail the test of inclusively.

 

 

Always at your service and ready for a dialog,

Al Krigman

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