[Peace-discuss] small correction: URBANA MAYOR TORPEDOES DN!/UPTV DECISION

[Randall Cotton]

A small correction, just to clarify for the record (see below):

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danielle Chynoweth" <chyn at ojctech.com>
To: <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace] UPDATE: URBANA MAYOR TORPEDOES DN!/UPTV DECISION


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: - a few days before the UPTV Commission was to meet to discuss the
: DemocracyNow! proposal (and my proposal to hire an outreach coordinator),
: the meeting was suddenly cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.

I hadn't yet contacted the UPTV Commission at this point, so DN!/FSTV was
not on the agenda for this meeting.

I first contacted the UPTV Commission chair (Barb Gladney) to request an
agenda item for my proposal on June 19th and I first presented my proposal
at the June 21st meeting.

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: - the next week, i was informed that i had been kicked off the commission,
: where i have been serving for 3 years and have brought in over 40 new
: public access members.  the mayor found a legitimate loophole to allow him
: to remove me and so i had no contest.
:
: - the week after, the UPTV Commission met and for the first time in my 3
: years of service, the Mayor was in attendance.  my input was relegated to
: the public participation section at the end of the meeting.

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Yes, this June 21st meeting was when I first proposed DN!/FSTV to the
Commission.

This is a small correction, but as Danielle says, the politics of this is
getting serious, so I think I should try to keep things as accurate as
possible.

I have a copy of the [unfortunately incomplete] audio recording of the
meeting now and I'll have an extensive report soon, so look for that.

R