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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>OMG Greg this is exactly what
happened at the Kitchener parks so-called" open round table"
discussions? with the out of town parks consultant " Fred
Galloway" from London;brother to Tom Galloway. We were made to name
ONLY ONE on the list of needs and priorities and
when questioned about this limitation,like a BULLY , he kept
saying "No not 2 not 3 ONLY
ONE." Daphne and Gord and Yvonne and many of us were
angry and should have ALL walked out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>They will not allow freedom of choice or multiple choice
in degrees because then those bullies lose control.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have an old friend from long ago who was in high upper
management (long gone now) and he gave me the best definition of a
"Consultant" that I've ever heard.....and there are very few for whom I
have gleaned any respect because most don't know a pittance about the subject
they "consult on" especially in another community.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My friend told me that "A consultant is a guy who
borrows<STRONG> your</STRONG> watch to tell you what time it is ".
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes, that means he picks the brains of those in the
know or aught to be; finds out what answers they want to 'reach?'
and then takes charge to do it come Hell or High Water over the backs of the
common folks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>He was dead on for 90% of the ones I've met or had
to tolerate. Kinda like "Them that can't-- Consults"
Ginny</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca
href="mailto:gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca">Gregory C. Michalenko</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=butterflybluelu@rogers.com
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">Louisette Lanteigne</A> ; <A
title=all@gren.ca href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [All] Strategic Plan
consultation: the most shameful and stupidest I've ever attended.</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; DIRECTION: ltr; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Re:
Waterloo strategic plan consultations. I went last night -- and
walked out. We were put in small groups - only 4 in mine. We
talked productively about our visions and hopes for Waterloo for about an
hour, and then each of the 3 groups gave short summaries. Before there
was any chance for us to comment on the ideas coming from the other groups,
the hired consultants swung into action. We were each handed a gizmo
that looked like a remote control for a tv. Then they started explaining
that we were to compare the "6 pillars" (eg, environment, economic) of the
strategic plan to each other. Since there were 6 pillars, that made 15
possible combinations (eg 1+2, 1+3, 1+4...3+4, 3+5 etc.). The gizmo allowed us
to pick which of each pair we favoured and rank on a score of 1-10. And
instantly it all would get added up and we would know what mattered most!
I put up my hand and asked what that was supposed to prove: they
cut us off from productive group interaction and were reducing us to
individuals in a secret ballot voting at the same time for something and
against another. I mentioned how the School Board at a big public
consultation after the Harris cuts tried to do the same thing: they tried to
lure 200 people by giving each of us 3 votes to select our favourite things
from a list of about 20 (eg, outdoor ed, special ed, music) so that they would
know what to cut. I spoke out and said that we needed all these things
in an educational system, and chopping any of them would be like hacking off
the leg or ears or liver of a body and expecting it to still function.
Now we were doing the same thing again. The consultants just
bulldozed me aside and kept on going. I walked out and was joined by
only one other person.
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<DIV>So if you go - don't be afraid to challenge such shenanigans.
Insist that you came to talk together and interact, not generate a bunch
of numbers using gee-whiz technology. Tell them that this is not public
consultation but a shell game, and they should be ashamed of themselves</DIV>
<DIV>- Greg Michalenko<BR>
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size=2><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="'Times New Roman'" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">a</SPAN></FONT><B>From:</B>
all-bounces@gren.ca [all-bounces@gren.ca] on behalf of Louisette Lanteigne
[butterflybluelu@rogers.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:48
PM<BR><B>To:</B> all@gren.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [All] Strategic Plan, Nuclear
not profitable and Tar Sands update<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT size=3>Hello folks<BR><BR>Here's the latest<BR><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Waterloo
Strategic Plan</SPAN><BR>Tonight is the last evening where Waterloo
residents can participate in a workshop regarding the Strategic Plan.
The meeting starts at 6:30 at Forbes room at RIM Park. <BR><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Nuclear still
not profitable</SPAN><BR>After 50 years, Nuclear power still relies
heavily upon subsidies. The industry is still not economically viable
according to a report released today by the Union of Concerned
Scientists. (UCS).</FONT><FONT size=3><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
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<FONT size=3>To view the press release and the link to the report visit
here: </FONT><BR><A
href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html"
target=_blank>http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html</A><BR><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Europe &
Tar Sands update</SPAN><BR>The European Union is rejecting the Tar Sands
oil saying it would circumvent their efforts to reduce emissions. They
knew that Canada may challenge them at the World Trade Organization if
they took this stance so prior to doing so the European Commission
conducted their own analysis and published the data showing how dirty
Tar Sands oil really is. That report is published on line here: <BR><A
href="http://ec.europa.eu/clima/studies/transport/fuel/index_en.htm"
target=_blank>http://ec.europa.eu/clima/studies/transport/fuel/index_en.htm</A><BR><BR>The
issue is said to be threatening the European Free Trade deal:<BR><A
href="http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE71K2FL20110221?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews"
target=_blank>http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE71K2FL20110221?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews</A><BR></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style,new york,times,serif" size=3><BR
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 16px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT-VARIANT: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Currently
the EU is on the verge of approving a law that aims to cut the
carbon pollution from vehicles: the Fuel Quality Directive as seen in
this PDF: </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:140:0088:0113:EN:PDF"
target=_blank>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:140:0088:0113:EN:PDF</A><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style,new york,times,serif" size=3><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 16px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT-VARIANT: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN
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<BR>This legislation will result in suppliers of petrol, diesel and gas
oil reducing emissions of greenhouse gas by 2020 but
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: rgb(71,71,71); LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; FONT-FAMILY: 'helvetica neue',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">the Canadian government is lobbying heavily to
change the legislative text and undermine EU's climate policy in an
effort to promote Tar Sands oil</SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style,new york,times,serif" size=3><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 16px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT-VARIANT: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> The World
Wildlife Fund has a <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">quick sign
petition</SPAN> to address this issue to help keep Tar Sands oil out of
Europe. Here's the link:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><BR><A
href="http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/campaign/ac_detail.cfm?ActionUrl=http://buffy.bluegecko.net/action/c489daab-6f4f-49fb-804c-96028eb782f1"
target=_blank>http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/campaign/ac_detail.cfm?ActionUrl=http://buffy.bluegecko.net/action/c489daab-6f4f-49fb-804c-96028eb782f1</A><BR><BR><FONT
size=3>Meanwhile, several prominent scientists are still demanding
further studies for toxins in Alberta. <A
href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Potent+toxins+need+studied/4309179/story.html"
target=_blank>http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Potent+toxins+need+studied/4309179/story.html</A></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
size=3><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>That's it for now. <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
size=3>Lulu
:0)</FONT></FONT><BR></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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