[WEC] Consensus Check: Letter from WEC to Eugene City Council - 20101130-01 Draft

[Tim McCabe]

Greetings WEC Members,

Many thanks to Kevin and the subcommittee for writing this letter to the
city council. We have had a number of "Thumbs-ups" or "green cards"  for the
letter (20101130-01). I suggest that we leave the comment line open until
COB tomorrow, then have the final formal copy available for signatures at
the Mayor's office beginning Friday, December 3rd.

Kevin has offered to create a formal copy and deliver it to the Mayor's
office. If this is done in a timely way, there may be a possibility to
deliver this letter to the city council on or before the next council
meeting on December 13th. Kitty, do you think it would be possible to get
this on the council's agenda for that day?

The other item discussed at Monday's meeting was the need for WEC members to
meet with individual council members and spread this message. Jan said he
would be able to meet with his council member, but I was wondering if this
group would like to take a more coordinated approach to this and whether or
not a meeting needs to be scheduled before this letter goes to the council.

Thanks again for everyone's timely and hard work! I look forward to hearing
from you. 

Warmly,

Tim



On 11/30/10 2:58 PM, "Kevin Matthews" <matthews at artifice.com> wrote:

> Dear WEC Members,
> 
> I'm feeling a sense of the group that the draft letter to the Eugene City
> Council is ready for a consensus check as it now stands, without further
> elaboration.  We could certainly say more, or continue to fine-tune, but
> perhaps what we've got in hand is the right thing to produce, in a timely way,
> now.
> 
> Of course if someone feels a real need for further changes, please speak up,
> and we'll work to accommodate those ideas.
> 
> Otherwise, please let us know if you support this "20101130-01" version, which
> is the same as the version "20101129-01" last circulated, except for the
> addition of the one short phrase suggested by Jim Welsh and supported by
> others.
> 
> Having heard general agreement with no unaddressed-objections so far, if this
> version receives a preponderance of support and no objections over the next
> couple of days, then I think we could call consensus.
> 
> And then I'd be happy to produce a formal copy to be held for signing at the
> courtesy of the Mayor's office.
> 
> And of course if there's an alteration to make to this proposed process, like
> the draft letter itself, please let us know!
> 
> with best wishes,
> 
> Kevin 
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Timothy M. McCabe, M.S.
Associate, Oregon Consensus
Portland State University
Courtesy Research Assistant
University of Oregon, School of Law
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