Dear Dr. Callahan: Thank you for speaking with Carol. We appreciate yours and Jennifer's work in this regard. Nice work I await Carol's written response. Then, we'll go from there. Felecia Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Linda F. Callahan" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:12 pm Subject: Summary Responses of Carol Pardun To: 'FELECIA ROSS' <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] > > > Dear Colleagues: > I spoke with AEJMC President Carol Pardun today. I shared with > her the > sentiments expressed by CSM & MAC members regarding President > Obama and > Transparency. > > She is going to provide a written response to our conversation after > speaking with Advisory Board members; however, this is a summary > of her > response as to why the news release was sent. > > 1. It was a difficult decision that was discussed for several months. > 2. The release was not politically focused. > 3. "From our investigation, facts are clear that he hasn't had > full press > conferences as often as he should have." > 4. Despite the fact that he has had numerous press conferences > and uses > social media, "he's driving the communication channels instead > of giving > access that would allow reporters to do their jobs." > 5. She has received a lot of emails thanking them for "having > the guts" to > do the news release. > 6. She was shocked and surprised that some have suggested the > news release > was politically motivated. > 7. She was even more shocked and surprised that some have > suggested that > racism might have been a factor. > 8. They did not expect this response and did not expect this to be > controversial. They thought that net-neutrality would have > been a > controversial issue, but not this. > > NOTE ABOUT # 6, 7, 8. > [I did not bring up "politically motivated" or "racism." > So, someone prior > to our conversation had raised those issues. As for #8, I > suggested that > more diversity on the Advisory Board could have caught this problem]. > > MAC Chair Jennifer Woodard and I have spoken. We decided that we would > hold-off on the joint resolution until we receive a written > response from > Carol and the Advisory Board. She will send the response > to me with the > understanding that I will share it with CSM & MAC. (CSM is an > oversight body > of AEJMC). > > Thank you very much for your feedback. > Linda Florence Callahan, Ph.D. > Chair, Commission on the Status of Minorities > Professor > Journalism & Mass Communication > North Carolina A&T State University > Greensboro, NC 27411 > > > > > WARNING: This e-mail correspondence is subject to Public Records > Law and may be disclosed to third parties.