Petition update

Date: May 4, 2004

Petition update

Date: May 5, 2004

I love this petition FS and Andrea but how does it get to the Board exactly? Or how do we let them know to go see it?

Date: May 5, 2004

Well, I will need help to get it physically to the IHL Board since I'm 400 miles away. My thoughts when I set it up were to shoot for a number (perhaps 1000?), and then print it out and have someone deliver it physically to the IHL Board. I'm thinking now that we might want to have someone deliver it to them at their next board meeting (May 20, I believe?). So, I will need a volunteer to be the "point person" to travel to Jackson to do this. If you want to be involved, please email me at truth@FireThames.com. I will want to have someone that I "know" that I can trust...someone affiliated with USM (a professor? an alum? a student?) would be appropriate.

Andrea AKA Truth

Date: May 5, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
"Well, I will need help to get it physically to the IHL Board since I'm 400 miles away. My thoughts when I set it up were to shoot for a number (perhaps 1000?), and then print it out and have someone deliver it physically to the IHL Board. I'm thinking now that we might want to have someone deliver it to them at their next board meeting (May 20, I believe?). So, I will need a volunteer to be the "point person" to travel to Jackson to do this. If you want to be involved, please email me at truth@FireThames.com. I will want to have someone that I "know" that I can trust...someone affiliated with USM (a professor? an alum? a student?) would be appropriate. Andrea AKA Truth"

My suggestion is that you simply print it, and send it via US Post Office to the IHL with "signature confirmation" to confirm the delivery. It isn't that expensive and you'd know that it had been delivered.

Date: May 5, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: friend
"My suggestion is that you simply print it, and send it via US Post Office to the IHL with "signature confirmation" to confirm the delivery. It isn't that expensive and you'd know that it had been delivered. "

I thought of that, but it wouldn't have the impact (and media coverage) that delivering it in person would have. Thanks for the idea, though.

Date: May 5, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: present professor
"I love this petition FS and Andrea but how does it get to the Board exactly? Or how do we let them know to go see it? "

It may also be good to begin e-mailing the link to the petition to the governor, state legislators, media, etc. It seems important to continue adding signatures even AFTER the "resolution" of the G/S affair in order to show that interest in matters at USM has not diminished.

It would also be good if someone could compile a list of the results of all the recent (post-agreement) polls that inidcate continued lack of confidence in the SFT administration. I will try to do this myself when I have some time.

Fire Shelby · Status: Offline

quote:
Originally posted by: present professor
"I love this petition FS and Andrea but how does it get to the Board exactly? Or how do we let them know to go see it? "

This is Andrea's petition. I can't answer any questions about it.

Fire Shelby · Status: Offline

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
"I thought of that, but it wouldn't have the impact (and media coverage) that delivering it in person would have. Thanks for the idea, though."

You need to file a request to get on the agenda if you want to have this delivered to the board during the meeting.

Date: May 5, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by:
"You need to file a request to get on the agenda if you want to have this delivered to the board during the meeting."

How soon do we have to file the request? I still need to get someone to deliver it in person. Again, if anyone is interested in helping me with this, email at: truth@FireThames.com

Fire Shelby · Status: Offline

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm?AH
" How soon do we have to file the request? I still need to get someone to deliver it in person. Again, if anyone is interested in helping me with this, email at: truth@FireThames.com "

I would contact IHL today to ask this. I know that some state commissions ask that agenda requests be filed in writing two weeks in advance, to give them time to prepare the agenda and distribute it to commissioners.

I am not sure with IHL. (They may not require that you do so, but I would find out so that they have no reason to exclude you. Plus, this would give the delivery person an opportunity to speak. I would have several choice comments picked out from the petition for the delivery person to read to the board before handing the petition over.)

I would just mind my Ps and Qs so that they cannot disallow the petition delivery person to speak.

Date: May 10, 2004

bump!

Date: May 10, 2004

589 signatures as of 10 am on May 10. Momentum seems to have slowed lately; pehaps boosting the number of signatures, before the poll is presented to the new IHL, would be another productive way to spend our time this week.

Date: May 10, 2004

bump

Date: May 10, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: educator
"bump"

Date: May 12, 2004

5 signatures away from 600!

Date: May 12, 2004

2 away from 600.

Date: May 13, 2004

603 signatures (including Dr. Terry Kinney!) at 1:40 p.m. CST.

Date: May 15, 2004

A last push-anybody you can email to add his/her name in support of justice?

Date: May 15, 2004

3:15 CST and the number continues to rise - it's at

625!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, recent graduates, you may feel more comfortable signing your name now. Those of you who have already signed should check out some of the illustrious names that have recently signed the petition. What a community!!!!

Date: May 18, 2004

bump (630 strong).

Welcome Chemistry professors!

Date: May 18, 2004

I just e-mailed the on-line petition to the IHL; it is now up to 631 signatures.

Date: May 18, 2004

632 - 68 away from 700. I'm looking towards 1,000 right now.

Date: May 20, 2004

636 - continues to climb 9:45 a.m. CST

Date: May 26, 2004

What is going to happen with the petition?

Date: May 26, 2004

Has anyone purged the duplicate "signatures?" They are there.

Date: May 26, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: cockeyedoptimist
"What is going to happen with the petition?"

The link has been sent to the IHL board (I believe USM Symphathizer did that). No one has volunteered to take hardcopies directly to them, and since I live over 400 miles away, I'm not able to do it myself. If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know!