Dear Friends and colleagues, I have to apologize for any misunderstandings that may have been caused by the previous PRT marketing poster submitted to the community yesterday. I volunteered to make a graphic poster to help *The Sustainability Hub* (a Cornell student group) promote the PRT presentation they are hosting at *Cornell University on Tuesday Nov. 6th at Goldwin Smith Hall (4:30 - 6:00p)* - and may have taken too much liberty with the image I created for them. Considering that the event is being produced and hosted by a student group on campus, I used the *Cornell logo* as a way to indicate the location and foundation of the initiative. After submitting the poster to The Sustainability Hub, some of my peers warned that they may not be sanctioned to use that logo/seal - even though it is a student group and that they are students attending the University. I followed up with this inquiry and the consensus was to make a new poster for distribution (see attached - print and web versions). I apologize for any misleading this may have caused with the initial graphic - it was by no means my intent. To clarify, all printed posters have been trimmed to remove the aforementioned logo and all new posters and web ads have been altered graphically.
I know that this message could be no big deal to some - and a big deal to others*; so forgive the serious nature of this email if you are in the camp of the former. The use of an institutions identity should not be taken lightly and I made an oversight in assuming that students/student group have the right to use it; and for that - I am sorry. In addition, the presentation itself and it's message is a very serious topic and we do not take its purpose lightly either. Our collective energy is being spent to help Ithaca and Cornell University position themselves as a pioneer site for a revolutionary new transportation technology that could make a MASSIVE positive impact on the world we live in and greatly aid in the efforts to reverse our Carbon and Greenhouse Gas footprint (and that is just the beginning of the list of benefits to society and the environment!). One of the main objectives of the presentation on Tuesday is to give an open campus/public presentation about the subject matter of what is PRT and to help inform CU students and faculty about our objectives on Campus, in Ithaca and the Region. One of the core groups aiming to attend this presentation is the Cornell Student Assembly - student elected officials - who may want to officially support PRT (or not). The other main objective is to invite the public at large to take this opportunity to hear from Connect Ithaca, learn about the implications of this initiative and to hear from and question Christer Lindstrom, a highly regarded expert on these matters internationally, who will be our guest speaker that evening. Many of you received the invitation to attend (and I apologize if you get this email twice, as I wanted to make sure everyone gets it and was extra thorough!) and I sincerely hope you find the time to do so. Please circulate this email so that we do not have any confusion about the intent of our visit to Cornell's Campus. Many thank yous and I appreciate your understanding as I have just taken a good portion of your personal time with this note. Warm Regards, Jacob Alan Roberts Chair, Connect Ithaca *copied to this letter is the Department of Cornell University Communications
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