[Vision2020] Re: NewCity Cheerleaders was Re: Candidate Chastisement

[Nils Peterson]

Mike
I, too, was turned off by Ms. Lovely. Lame.

I see two options. Ignore the whole New Cities effort, or take matters into
our own hands. Surely this community is able to facilitate input gathering
if we want.

The disadvantage of doing the vision gathering that New Cities suggests
using V2020 is that all the ideas can¹t be seen in one place ‹ they are
scattered in the archives among other conversations.

To that end, I made space for it to happen in MoscowWiki
(http://moscowwiki.editme.com/NewCities) . Maybe no one will take me up on
it, we'll see. Personally, I'd rather take a few minutes composing my vision
of Moscow ( see http://moscowwiki.editme.com/NewCitiesBeHeard) than spend
several hours, get my minute at the mic, and then have it poorly transcribed

I think it would be valuable to have a Be Heard section on distopias to be
avoided, in addition to the NewCities prompt.


On 10/3/05 4:09 PM, "Michael Curley" <curley at turbonet.com> wrote:

> Nils:
> Will the folks who facilitate this event know a little more about
> Moscow than those who talked about getting a good potato at Hyper
> Spud last time?  Maybe we need spirit, maybe we need a kick in the
> butt, but if we need a cheerleader, let's not hire one from out of
> town for a bunch of money.  The UI, WSU, and for that matter, the
> local high schools have plenty--most of whom probably know that we
> don't grow many potatoes in this part of Idaho.
> 
> Enthusiasm is great, but uneducated forced enthusiasm is a real turn-
> off.
> 
> Mike Curley
> 
> 
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