We near Finals, and the snow has caused problems for
many people right now.
If you find you can not attend the meeting with
the current _Undercurrent_ staff tomorrow but you
still want to make your voice heard, please e-mail
me your thoughts at [log in to unmask]
as soon as you might. Around 4:30 PM Friday, I
shall print up the e-mails and take them to the
meeting.
Please, in your e-mailing, be very specific about
your complaints, frustrations, or confusions.
Please don't simply point out flaws with the
current newspaper and its staff but offer specific
solutions. For example, if trust is an issue, how
might the current staff regain trust? If their
editorial selection policy seems to be arbitrary
or motivated by personal politics rather than by
assessment of quality and relevance, what would
you suggest they do to fix this problem?
If you think a specific individual is responsible
for many of the problems, such as some have
criticized Eric, well, you need to be there in
person. The issue of an individual's credibility
is not easily handled in an e-mailing. You may
mention your lack of faith in someone's credibility
in your e-mailing if you wish, but I won't be able
to speak on your behalf on that issue.
Finally, if you can actually give your full name
and give me permission to give out copies of your
e-mailing, that would help credibility all the more.
However, there are valid reasons for anonymity,
such as the rumors that one editor is violent when
criticized, so better your thoughts with a pseudonym
than no comments at all.
Thank you. If the _Undercurrent_ wants to consider
frustrations in the progressive/liberal communities
and take a Y approach to conflict, this should all
work out for the best. If the _Undercurrent_ has
no agenda beyond defending itself and being left
alone and/or takes an X approach to conflict, this
will be a difficult meeting at best.
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