[Summit] meetings

Wed Sep 26 17:26:30 UTC 2012

I agree with Michael. I'm always still at work at 6 or 6:30.
Craig Borges

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>   1. Meetings (Michael McGlynn)
>   2. Re: Editing Users (Emlyn Addison)
>   3. Re: Meetings (Greg Gerritt)
>   4. Re: Editing Posts (Hope for Health)
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> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:05:24 -0400
> From: Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Summit] Meetings
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> A general comment about meetings. I notice that many of the meetings that
> are held by various entities relevant to neighborhood issues start at 6:00
> p.m. I am going to go out on a limb to say that this is a close to
> impossible time for working folks to attend. A person working bankers hours
> but outside of Providence (say Warwick, Cranston, Johnston etc.) would be
> hard pressed to get to a meeting by 6.
> 
> This is, understandably, a mostly unsolvable issue, but perhaps could
> considered when leeway in meeting times is an option.
> 
> When the question is, "why weren't you at the meetings?" comes up, my
> supposition is that many would answer "I was at work" or "I was picking up
> my kids, making dinner etc.".
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> Thank You,
> Michael McGlynn
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> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:10:47 -0400
> From: Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Summit] Editing Users
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>> 
>> Is there any pressing reason why people can't trim (delete in most cases)
>> earlier posts when replying?
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> Yes:
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> 1. Laziness
> 2. Rudeness
> 3. Laziness
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> (Exactly how many times has this topic appeared here? Right, so I give
> up...)
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> Emlyn
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:34:08 -0400
> From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
> To: Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>,    Summit Neighborhood
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> 6 was necessary this time due to the short days.  At 7 it was dark.  But
> many other meetings have been 6:30 or 7, and those times are preferable
> unless it is work related.  Then as close to 5 as can be arranged. greg
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> From:  Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>
> Date:  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:05:24 -0400
> To:  Summit Neighborhood <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject:  [Summit] Meetings
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> A general comment about meetings. I notice that many of the meetings that
> are held by various entities relevant to neighborhood issues start at 6:00
> p.m. I am going to go out on a limb to say that this is a close to
> impossible time for working folks to attend. A person working bankers hours
> but outside of Providence (say Warwick, Cranston, Johnston etc.) would be
> hard pressed to get to a meeting by 6.
> 
> This is, understandably, a mostly unsolvable issue, but perhaps could
> considered when leeway in meeting times is an option.
> 
> When the question is, "why weren't you at the meetings?" comes up, my
> supposition is that many would answer "I was at work" or "I was picking up
> my kids, making dinner etc.".
> 
> -- 
> Thank You,
> Michael McGlynn
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> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:54:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com>
> To: Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com>, Robert Mathiesen
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> Sorry to disagree on this - I find it a convenience to have previous posts on the 
> same subject in one E-Mail.? It informs as to the thread, and I can keep the 
> messages without having to save and go through a bunch of them.
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> Blessings,
> 
> Liberty G
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> --- On Tue, 9/25/12, Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Editing Posts
> To: "Paul Wilde" <zenyente at gmail.com>
> Cc: "summit" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 6:02 PM
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> My email program seems to mask the previous posts that I have already read, so I have to go and take extra steps every time even to see whether there is even a thread there that could be trimmed.
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Paul Wilde <zenyente at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey All,
> Is there any pressing reason why people can't trim (delete in most cases) earlier posts when replying? ?It is a courtesy to everyone on the list, and we have been around the block several times before on this issue. ?Based on the volume of "tot lot" posts, I, for one, would be greatly appreciative if people not doing so already would please begin this practice immediately. ?Thank you.
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> best regards,Paul
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