Fw: community retreat

["Lois Melina" <lmelina@moscow.com>]

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> From: Lois Melina <lmelina@moscow.com>
> To: Bill London <london@wsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: community retreat
> Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 1:58 PM
> 
> Bill,
> 
> I was at the Living and Learning session. I think I would like to see the
> school board appoint committees in each prioritized area to recommend a
> plan for implementation. That would include fleshing out the objectives,
> identifying impediments to implementation, and suggesting a short-term
and
> long-term plan of action. There may be similar roles for city council,
> historical society, library, chamber of commerce, PCEI, UI, etc. In the
> absence of an obvious "agency" or "entity," perhaps a citizens committee
> could be formed. It would be tragic to let these ideas die for lack of
> followup.

Although I didn't attend the entire retreat, the whole idea was exciting,
and the segment of the experience that I had seemed stimulating and
productive. Congratulations to those visionaries, Susan, Priscilla, Lori,
Bill, who pulled this together.
 
> Lois
> 
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> > From: Bill London <london@wsu.edu>
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: community retreat
> > Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 10:03 AM
> > 
> > For those who missed the retreat on Saturday....
> > 	Too bad you missed it.  'Cause it really worked.  Good discussions.
> > Tangible suggestions for Moscow's future.  Good feelings all around.
> > 	Rebecca Huntington did a fine job of summarizing the event in Sunday's
> > Tribune (page 2C).
> > 	BL
> > ps. We really never discussed what we do next.  Does anyone have a
> > suggestion for how we can best implement the ideas that came from the
> > retreat participants?  We will be producing a report ready to circulate
> to
> > elected officials, etc.  How would we best present those reports? 
Please
> > post ideas on this list.