WHILE ON HIATUS ANOTHER DAY

WHILE ON HIATUS ANOTHER DAY

From an email last June, 2005
I went to Wednesday's meeting of the North Hills West Neighborhood Council to witness their "committee huddles" -- a procedure mentioned and heralded by the host during the Coro seminar. I attended with the expressed purpose to steal the idea, or it's workable parts, for the Reseda NC.

Group had huddles during their formation and discontinued them. They were reconstituted when the group became bogged down in too many meetings during a month.
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There is 100% participation of the attendees; each stakeholder gravitates to the committee of their interest.
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When board reconvenes, committee reports are given. Any subsequent motions or actionable items were immediately addressed by the board.

The meeting also had a guest, ... who spoke and answered questions; and a public commentary period as well. Meeting had about 30 stakeholders present, apparently a low turnout. Boundaries include about 30,000 residents.
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WHILE ON HIATUS ONE DAY

WHILE ON HIATUS ONE DAY

iwitness from the viewing at the Reagan Library, Monday, June 7, 2004

Here are some transcribed notes & observations, bad punctuation and all.

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3-5,000 people in line at the remote site from where viewers were shuttled when i got there about 1:30pm monday. line took about an hr and 3/4, about 45 mins to get back. by that time the line could have been 10,000, but was impossible to see the end of.
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spent most my time talking w/ a family vacationing (tour of ballparks) from minnesota, the dad had voted for mondale--thinking mondale would have been better for minnesota than reaganspending the day doing my best trying to keep my politics to myself, i didn't share w/ him the speculation upon the odds of 2 mondale voters standing side-by-side in that line.coincidentally they had been to the nixon library saturday. mom had asked about the enemies list ... docents acted as if they'd never heard of such a thing
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metal detectors and no cameras allowed, no cell cameras allowed. they allowed cell fones but only if turned off. no radios. only small purses, diaper bags were the only large bags let through.

... no large bags. yet the bagged copy of the newspapers were ok, the bottled water was not.
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buses are covered with adverts for this coming weekend's season debut of the HBO series "six feet under" with taglines like "every day above ground is a good one" and "some day we'll all be six feet under"
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the honor guard was unearthly still. wax figures couldn't have been so stationary. the soldier from the army, was actually blinking. the marine had his eyes shut -- as if in deep concentration "please don't let me move, please don't let me move, please don't let me move, please don't let me move"
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i had been in line, on a bus, in line again for about 2 1/2 hrs and just as i'm entering the viewing room, a woman staff member asks if i'd mind if some local officials can step in... it's US congressman elton gallegly & wife and i guess his daughter & husband. congress has its priviledges. 20 yrs ago i interviewed him while he was simi mayor

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