Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Hi X! I'm glad the faux Dalai Lama piece struck a chord with you too. I think we will be walking on eggs as we try to keep a coalition of people who are against the war together with activists who have a lot axes to grind, and most of whom aren't particularly pacifist in their outlook. Which dovetails nicely into what I think about X... "The Left" accumulates a lot of alienated and somewhat disfunctional people, people with behavioral difficulties whose alienation from the mainstream attracts them to the anti-mainstream culture of the left.  Many of these people are exceptionally bright, if poorly socialized.  When they turn the bright light of their intellect upon a situation, the truth is revealed to them and, from that moment forward, the perspectives of others are simply not as important as the perspective they own. Perhaps X's agenda is self aggrandizement, or perhaps he has a political ax to grind, or maybe he is just rude and obnoxious. Regardless, he is on your committee so your challenge seems to be to work with him, work through him or work around him to make the policy committee be the best it can be. I think if someone volunteers for an important assignment (like contacting the Congressman) and they don't follow through or are unsuccessful, then the committee needs to support them and gently spread the responsibility out for getting it done. I guess even if he is an asshole we should treat him like we'd want to be treated.  The dilemma is, how do we remove him as a roadblock and still be kind?  No easy answer. I think you should advertise the next meeting of the policy committee on the MAPC mail list and try to attract a larger number of people so X's BS can be diffused.  What do you think? X >--- Original Message --- >From: "X" <X> >To: "X" <X> >Date: 10/11/01 9:36:16 AM > > > >Hi X - Just wanted to say thanks for the Dalai Lama piece - I don't care >who wrote it, it was exactly what I needed to read today. It really echoes >my own beliefs.  I found it really supportive to receive it. > >BTW, that guy X showed up unexpectedly at the Kohl meeting (missing our >45 minute preparation mtg beforehand).  He also sent out a snide response to >my email in which I expressed a sense of urgency to set up the X and >X meetings.  (He volunteered to set up the X meeting and has >not yet done so).  I really feel like it is more important to him to attack >me, than to be a productive committee.  This is very strange for me, in that >I have never encountered this kind of treatment from anyone before (maybe I >am lucky) - but feels very hurtful and difficult.  I have heard from >numerous people that he is an "asshole", but nonetheless I am really not >sure how to handle his attacks.  Any suggestions? > >Keep the faith! > >X > September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:29 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. [X] September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. RE: dalai lama Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RE: dalai lama 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-10-11