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.