[WEC] Inviting select people to join us in our "design storming"?

[Gary Wildish]

Rob, your list would, if all greed could represent 1/3 of the people in
attendance. I have always liked the idea of the balance we have
maintained on the WEC in terms of representation. I would hate to lose
that.

            Thanks,

            Gary

 

-----Original Message-----
From: wec at westeugenecollaborative.org
[mailto:wec at westeugenecollaborative.org] On Behalf Of Rob Zako
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:45 AM
To: West Eugene Collaborative
Subject: [WEC] Inviting select people to join us in our "design
storming"?

 

Dear West Eugene Collaborative friends,

Yesterday, the Land Use and Transportation Committee discussed
recruiting "design scribes" and other details in preparation for our
March 13-15 "design storming" meeting. We also began discussing possible
next steps, including when and how to best involved the larger public.

Out of this discussion came a specific suggestion to invite select
people to join us in our "design storming" activities on March 13-15.
These could include:

*        former members of the WEC 

*        interested elected officials 

*        representatives of stakeholder groups that are underrepresented
on the WEC 

*        people who might try to "torpedo" any agreements we might reach


Please note that the suggestion is NOT to expand the membership of the
WEC, nor to extend a general invitation to the public, but rather to
invite select people on a one-time basis to participate in this critical
activity. 

We talked quite a bit about the importance of involving especially
skeptics in our work early before we have formed any clear ideas, rather
than later when it would be easier for them to be critical and to
complain that they did not have an opportunity to be involved. Note that
insofar as the "design storming" activity is intended to expand our list
of possible solution elements, more participants and points of view are
better (within reason). Also note that the "design storming" activity is
explicitly set up to be non-critical: We are not asking anyone what they
don't like but rather to suggest their constructive ideas. Such an
activity could serve well to diffuse some existing skepticism, even
antagonism, around our work.

In particular, we could invite the following people:

*        Ed Durkee 

*        Ric Ingham 

*        Anita Johnson 

*        Charles Snyder (or Illona Koleszar) 

*        Bonny Bettman 

*        Betty Taylor 

*        Bill Fleenor 

*        Bobby Green 

*        Pete Sorenson 

*        Clayton Walker 

*        other representatives from neighborhoods along West 11th 

*        Mark Robinowitz


(Note: The above list is somewhat expanded from the specific people the
LUT Committee discussed, and is intended merely to be suggestive.)

I am writing to the full WEC now in the interest of time, and will leave
it to John and Dennis to help us all decide if we want to pursue this
suggestion and, if so, who specifically to invite.

Thanks,
Rob Z

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