Comments for UCityUnited http://ucityunited.wordpress.com United for a Better University City Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on UCU Town Hall Meeting Announced by Shelley Welsch http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-4305 Shelley Welsch Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:11:09 +0000 http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-4305 On behalf of the Board of Directors for UCityUnited, I want to apologize for the fact that we have not been monitoring this blog regularly. Our fault, which we hope to rectify very soon. If you can help us with the design and maintenance of the website, please let us know. You can respond to the blog or e-mail the group directly at ucityunited@ucitymo.com We do have our next Town Hall Forum coming up on November 1st at 7pm at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Center. The topic is the University City budget deficit. On behalf of the Board of Directors for UCityUnited, I want to apologize for the fact that we have not been monitoring this blog regularly. Our fault, which we hope to rectify very soon.

If you can help us with the design and maintenance of the website, please let us know. You can respond to the blog or e-mail the group directly at ucityunited@ucitymo.com

We do have our next Town Hall Forum coming up on November 1st at 7pm at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Center. The topic is the University City budget deficit.

]]> Comment on UCU Town Hall Meeting Announced by Jenna http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-137 Jenna Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:14:34 +0000 http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-137 Seems odd to me that someone would throw something like this out during a public meeting and then not back it up with any further information when asked a direct question. Maybe it is just that no one ever checks the boards here...... Seems odd to me that someone would throw something like this out during a public meeting and then not back it up with any further information when asked a direct question. Maybe it is just that no one ever checks the boards here……

]]> Comment on UCU Town Hall Meeting Announced by Ted Ficklen http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-122 Ted Ficklen Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:34:08 +0000 http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/ucu-town-hall-meeting-announced/#comment-122 I attended this very interesting town hall meeting last night and I was very pleased to learn more about UCityUnited. However, I did have a question: one of the moderators at the meeting said that UCityUnited had been formed after the devisive mayoral election--I'd be interested to hear about how the election was devisive or hurtful, because I don't remember it that way, but perhaps I was not paying enough attention. Thanks. I attended this very interesting town hall meeting last night and I was very pleased to learn more about UCityUnited. However, I did have a
question: one of the moderators at the meeting said that
UCityUnited had been formed after the devisive mayoral election–I’d be interested to hear about how the election was devisive or hurtful, because I don’t remember it that way, but perhaps I was not paying enough attention. Thanks.

]]> Comment on What is UCityUnited? by Petree Eastman http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/about/#comment-118 Petree Eastman Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:29:57 +0000 #comment-118 why didn't University City permit this organization to announce itself and the upcoming meeting? why didn’t University City permit this organization to announce itself and the upcoming meeting?

]]> Comment on Monitoring Report: School Board, 12/7/06 by Susan Mello http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/monitoring-report-school-board-dec-7-2006/#comment-8 Susan Mello Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:48:20 +0000 http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/monitoring-report-school-board-dec-7-2006/#comment-8 I wanted to doublecheck; did the admin really say the report from 12/06 was wrong. I checked the DESE website and as of 12/06 reports it shows we are on the bottomrung of provisional espe on middle school and high school I wanted to doublecheck; did the admin really say the report from 12/06 was wrong. I checked the DESE website and as of 12/06 reports it shows we are on the bottomrung of provisional espe on middle school and high school

]]> Comment on Monitoring Report: Library, 11/8/06 by Linda Ballard, Director, UCPL http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/monitoring-report-library-11806/#comment-6 Linda Ballard, Director, UCPL Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:17:21 +0000 http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/monitoring-report-library-11806/#comment-6 The tracking statistics mentioned above are for monthly use of our public access Internet computers ONLY, and the actual figures are somewhat different than reported. These figures do not relate to other uses of the library, its services, or circulation of materials. The tracking statistics mentioned above are for monthly use of our public access Internet computers ONLY, and the actual figures are somewhat different than reported. These figures do not relate to other uses of the library, its services, or circulation of materials.

]]> Comment on What is UCityUnited? by Shelley Welsch http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5 Shelley Welsch Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:17:17 +0000 #comment-5 Beverly, Thanks for your comments. An oversight on our part that you could not find contact information on this site (a temporary site until our website is up and running.) To join UCityUnited please contact: Bronwen Zwirner at bzwirner@aol.com or 314-726-2060. Bronwen is the Secretary of the Board and can add your name to the e-mail list we've set up. She can also give you information on where to mail your $5 membership fee. If you join UCityUnited you will be able to vote on the issues/campaigns that the organization imbarks upon. We have an ad hoc committee working now on determining how the organization will choose issues, what type of regular town-hall type meetings will be held. Our thought has been to have at least four general meetings a year where an informational program might be presented, and then people will have the opportunity to bring up whatever issues concern them - and link with others with the same concerns. And we want to have a U City blog on the formal website. We have an e-mail list but have not used that for discussions yet - thinking the blog format is more appropriate for that. As I mentioned above we have said we want to link people who are interested in working on similar issues/topics. Our ad hoc group is figuring out how that will happen. It did happen in one fashion at our meeting in October. A group of environmentalists came to our meeting and asked for support for their efforts to make U City live up to the Cool Cities Initiative it signed on to earlier this year. The guests got a few takers and that group is now off on its own, doing its thing. They will come back at some point to update UCityUnited and perhaps ask for support or help. We shall see. It's fun to start up a new organization and have a real impact on how it develops. So I hope you will come on board. Your input would be very welcome. (As would the input of anyone and everyone else who is reading this blog.) I think you have offered some of your services in the IT area, too. We will be in touch on that when we are a bit farther along. Ciao. Ciao. Beverly,

Thanks for your comments.

An oversight on our part that you could not find contact information on this site (a temporary site until our website is up and running.) To join UCityUnited please contact: Bronwen Zwirner at bzwirner@aol.com or 314-726-2060. Bronwen is the Secretary of the Board and can add your name to the e-mail list we’ve set up. She can also give you information on where to mail your $5 membership fee.

If you join UCityUnited you will be able to vote on the issues/campaigns that the organization imbarks upon.

We have an ad hoc committee working now on determining how the organization will choose issues, what type of regular town-hall type meetings will be held. Our thought has been to have at least four general meetings a year where an informational program might be presented, and then people will have the opportunity to bring up whatever issues concern them - and link with others with the same concerns. And we want to have a U City blog on the formal website. We have an e-mail list but have not used that for discussions yet - thinking the blog format is more appropriate for that.

As I mentioned above we have said we want to link people who are interested in working on similar issues/topics. Our ad hoc group is figuring out how that will happen. It did happen in one fashion at our meeting in October. A group of environmentalists came to our meeting and asked for support for their efforts to make U City live up to the Cool Cities Initiative it signed on to earlier this year. The guests got a few takers and that group is now off on its own, doing its thing. They will come back at some point to update UCityUnited and perhaps ask for support or help. We shall see.

It’s fun to start up a new organization and have a real impact on how it develops. So I hope you will come on board. Your input would be very welcome. (As would the input of anyone and everyone else who is reading this blog.)

I think you have offered some of your services in the IT area, too. We will be in touch on that when we are a bit farther along.

Ciao.

Ciao.

]]> Comment on What is UCityUnited? by Beverly Brandt http://ucityunited.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4 Beverly Brandt Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:52:43 +0000 #comment-4 I think UCityUnited is a concept that has been long overdue and I'm glad to see this blog. However, I have a few questions and in a way, this comment is a test of how these questions get answered: - I don't see any contact information on how to join UCityUnited. I'd like to, and the dues are inexpensive, but who do I contact and what are the benefits of joining if I do? - How and where do regular citizens or members of UCityUnited - discuss issues? This blog or an email group? Other avenues? Thanks, Beverly Brandt I think UCityUnited is a concept that has been long overdue and I’m glad to see this blog. However, I have a few questions and in a way, this comment is a test of how these questions get answered:

- I don’t see any contact information on how to join UCityUnited. I’d like to, and the dues are inexpensive, but who do I contact and what are the benefits of joining if I do?

- How and where do regular citizens or members of UCityUnited - discuss issues? This blog or an email group? Other avenues?

Thanks,

Beverly Brandt

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