<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>John Wrote:</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>"The October 29th Coalition never bothered to elect a coordinator ("big chief"). Thank heaven<span></span> </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>Chris is coordinating Outreach and Karen was coordinating Permits and Jason is </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>coordinating Media and Nick is coordinating the Web Site and maybe Brian on finances. </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>I am not sure who is coordinating </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>our other activities."</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>To other ends, John puts his finger on what I think is a major organizational problem with the coalition: Lack of designated and accountable leadership (i.e. "I'm not sure who is coordinating other activities."). Perhaps if a "coordinator" of a "coordinating ctte" existed we wouldn't be seeing suspicions about unnamed "Big Chiefs." John "Thanks Heaven" for this, and has gotten a few laughs as a result of this amorphous structure, while a demand that Arlene raised in August for Sign Language Interpreters
</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span>has gone unattended. When she posted a request to the list for follow up there was no one to answer her. </span></font></div>