\nInstead of the usual agenda suggestions, I thought to put out the following thoughts.
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\nIn the last week, I’ve sent out\n two follow-up reminders of tasks agreed to at our last meeting. I \nencourage folks to consult those reminders for discussions today \n(consult prior e-mails from\n Friday and Tuesday for reference). I would think we might want to \nfollow-up on the actions we spent several hours discussing last time \n(and in prior meetings). The fact that I’ve heard nothing from anyone \nafter those two reminders suggests that putting\n energy into creating and distributing a series of specific suggestions \nfor today’s meeting feels kind of foolish. Those attending the meeting\n can and will create their own agenda.
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\nC & A, as usual, will create its own agenda. \n
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\nAs for HUFF, I encourage folks \nto make street reports, continue supporting existing encampments, and \nsystematically organize potential survival campgrounds since it seems \nlikely City Council at\n its latest meeting of the year (December 10th) will do nothing \nsubstantive to address the crisis and continue funding police\/rangers \ndriving unsheltered folks out into the rain. Councilmember Glover will \nlikely be holding his usual 5:30 PM Friday Agenda Discussion\n meeting at City Hall in Room 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe\n Santa Cruz Homeless Union is presumably continuing to meet every Sunday\n at 5 PM at the Food Not Bombs meal, weather permitting. \n For more information, contact Alicia Kuhl (431-7766) or Keith McHenry \n(575-770-3377). Alicia and Keith have a Thursday radio show on KSCO \n(on the sufferance of owner Michael Zwerling) 2-4 PM at 1080 AM (ksco.com<\/a>). I do my show twice-weekly Thursday 6-8\n PM and Sundays 9:30 AM to 3 PM at freakradio.org<\/a>, archived at http:\/\/www.huffsantacruz.org\/Lostshows.html<\/a>\n . The Housing Mutters (former the Homeless Lack of Services Center) \ngroup\n will, I assume, be holding its Memorial for this year’s dead on \nDecember 20 or 21st. CACH, which met last night, will be presenting \nits “recommendations” at the Council meeting whose agenda will be \nunveiled likely Friday or Saturday on line and in the library. \nHoping to continue making \nPublic Records requests. If anyone is actually finding them useful or \nacting on them, it would be helpful to know that. \n \nSee you at the meeting today if you brave the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nRobert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Instead of the usual agenda suggestions, I thought to put out the following thoughts. In the last week, I’ve sent out two follow-up reminders of tasks agreed to at our last meeting. I encourage folks to consult those reminders for … Continue reading
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\n\nHopefully some actions will come out of today’s meeting. We have a lot of good energy and information. But I’m\npersonally finding it \nuncomfortable with commitments unacknowledged and not followed through \non. Doesn’t seem much point in listing more new suggestions, when the \nold ones serve mostly\n for talk without action. Hence, this letter.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n