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Campbell and Members o f C o u n c i l , You have b e e n h e a r i n g some n e g a t i v e t h i n g s a b o u t t h e C a r n e g i e Community C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n .

Here a r e some p o s i t i v e t h i n g s .

More t h a n 1 , 9 0 0 p e o p l e u s e C a r n e g i e e v e r y d a y .

Hundreds o f v o l u n t e e r s make C a r n e g i e go r o u n d .

The v o l u n t e e r s c o n t r i b u t e o v e r 5 8 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n - h o u r s o f l a b o u r p e r y e a r . A t a minimum wage r a t e , t h a t ' s t h e I t ' s the volunteers that e q u i v a l e n t of 32 e x t r a f u l l - t i m e s t a f f . a r e t h e h e a r t o f C a r n e g i e , n o t t h e Board.

No o t h e r community c e n t r e has t h i s record.

C a r n e g i e h a s n ' t s t o p p e d w h i l e t h e Board h a s b e e n engaged i n i t s navel-gazing.

I n f a c t , i n t h e p a s t few m o n t h s , C a r n e g i e v o l u n t e e r s and members h a v e t a k e n a number o f i n i t i a t i v e s t o b r o a d e n t h e C a r n e g i e program and make i t b e t t e r s e r v e t h e n e e d s o f t h e community.

These i n i t i a t i v e s h a v e been t a k e n i n d e p e n d e n t l y o f t h e Board. * E s t a b l i s h n e n t o f a C a r n e g i e g a r d e n p l o t i n t h e S t r a t h c o n a Community Gardens.

S p r i n g p l a n t i n g i s g o i n g on r i g h t now. T h i s w i l l s u p p l e m e n t i n d i v i d u a l members' d i e t s , a n d a l s o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e k i t c h e n program a t C a r n e g i e . * F u n d - r a i s i n g . Members h a v e s t a r t e d a Bingo program t h a t i n j u s t t h r e e months h a s r a i s e d more t h a n $ 8 , 0 0 0 a n d w i l l s o o n wipe o u t t h e a s s o c i a t i o n ' s d e b t - a d e b t t h a t t h e Board h a s been u n a b l e t o deal with. * Goals f o r Vancouver: C a r n e g i e members o r g a n i s e d a m e e t i n g f o r a l l downtown e a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s two weeks ago t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h i s program.

Two members o f t h e Vancouver C i t y P l a n n i n g Commission a t t e n d e d , and acknowledged t h a t t h e a r e a would n o t have been w e l l r e p r e s e n t e d i f ' C a r n e g i e members h a d n ' t g o t t e n i n v o l v e d . * Oppenheimer P a r k : C a r n e g i e members t o o k t h e i n i t i a t i v e i n r e v i t a l i z i n g t h e downt9wn e a s t s i d e p a r k p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s . The p a r k s p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e h a s now won a p p r o v a l from t h e P a r k Board t o p a r t i c i p a t e t h i s s p r i n g i n p l a n n i n g t h e new Oppenheimer P a r k F i e l d House. * The most c o m p r e h e n s i v e p u b l i c o p i n i o n s u r v e y o f C a r n e g i e members e v e r c o n d u c t e d h a s j u s t been c o m p l e t e d by C a r n e g i e members thems e l v e s . More t h a n 280 i n - d e p t h i n t e r v i e w s w e r e t a k e n i n March on t h e s u b j e c t o f t h e p l a n n e d $700,000 r e n o v a t i o n program.

A public m e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d t h i s Sunday, A p r i l 5 , a t 7 p.m. a t C a r n e g i e t o go i n t o t h e s u b j e c t f u r t h e r . A l l c o u n c i l members a r e i n v i t e d . * More t h a n 300 h o t m e a l s a r e s e r v e d e a c h week i n t h e C a r n e g i e k i t c h e n . The k i t c h e n h a s one p a i d s t a f f member, and t h e r e s t o f t h e work o f c o o k i n g , c l e a n i n g and s e r v i n g i s done by v o l u n t e e r s .

I t ' s a t e a c h i n g program.

The v o l u n t e e r s a r e e s p e c i a l l y proud o f t h e new program of b a k i n g c o o k i e s . The c o o k i e s a r e n u t r i t i o u s and cheap, and a g r e a t f a v o u r i t e i n t h e b u i l d i n g .

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A t i t s March 3 1 s t m e e t i n g , C i t y Council r e j e c t e d an ahplication for a grant t o assist t h e S m a l l ~ u s i n e s sI n c u b a t o r p r o p o s e d by t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e Economic Development Soci e t y (D.E.E.D.S.).

During t h e d e b a t e on t h i s i s s u e t h e r e were s e v e r a l q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d and some s t a t e m e n t s made. .one s t a t e m e n t made by Ald. E r i c k s o n was, a n d I q u o t e : " P e o p l e on w e l f a r e a r e n o t i n terested i n s t a r t i n g businesses."

This i s b l a t a n t l y untrue a n d , i n my o p i n i o n , i s i n d i c a t i v e o f a most c a l l o u s d i s r e g a r d f o r t h e p o o r . Alderman E r i c k s o n , I c h a l l e n g e you t o come t o D.E.E.D.S. and s e e . what i s g o i n g on t h e r e . F u r t h e r more, I would s u b m i t t o you t h a t i n many c a s e s p e o p l e on w e l f a r e a r e most i n t e r e s t e d i n s t a r t i n g businesses, but lack t h e r e s o u r c e s t h a t t h e Small B u s i n e s s I n c u b a t o r would have g i v e n them.

The i s s u e o f t h e c o s t t o t a x p a y e r s was a l s o r a i s e d , s o l e t ' s l o o k a t t h a t . The c o s t o f unemployment w i l l c o n t i n u e t o r i s e , the cost of policing w i l l r i s e t o t r y and stem t h e r i s i n g crime r a t e , t h e c o s t of s o c i a l service support w i l l continue t o r i s e , t h e c o s t of incarceration i n penal i n s t i tutions w i l l continue t o r i s e , t h e c o s t o f w e l f a r e payments w i l l c o n t i n u e t o r i s e , t h. .e

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c o s t of medical c a r e t o t h e homeless and d e s t i t u t e w i l l continue t o rise.

Aldermen E r i c k s o n , B e l l a m y , P u i l and D a v i e s , I s u b m i t t o you t h a t y o u r v o t e t o r e j e c t t h e D. E . E . D. S. p r o p o s a l d i d n o t s a v e money f o r t h e t a x p a y e r s . Your s h o r t - s i a h t e d n e s s has c o s t t h e taxpayers more t h a n i f you had s u p p o r t ed t h e B.E.E.D.S. proposal.

DAVID LENZI

Dear K e w s l e t t e r , During t h e h e a t o f p o l i t i c a l p a r a n o i a a few weeks a g o , A l d .

Ralph C a r a v e t t a o f f e r e d t o e s t a b l i s h an o f f i c e i n C a r n e g i e ; a s he s a i d - t o l i t e r a l l , "move i n " and r u n t h i n g s f o r 11s.

Previous t o h i s recent e l e c t i o n a s Alderman, Mr. C a r a v e ' was p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Gastoc Businessmen's A s s o c i a t i o n , r a n f o r o f f i c e u n d e r t h e NPA b a n n e r ...a b u s i n e s s - o r i e n t e d par'ty b e s t d e s c r i b e d by H a r r y Rankin a s "The S o c r e d f a r m team " M i s t e r C a r a v e t t a ' s c o n c e r n fo: Carnegie 'problemst stems d i r e c t l y from h i s p e r s o n a l p o l i t ; i c a l f r i e n d s h i p w i t h DEEDS 1 members and a s s o c i a t e s who h o l d a majority of executive p o s i t I I I

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M i s t e r C a r a v e t t a would l i k e t o f i r e t h e Carnegie s t a f f , move j u r i s d i c t i o n t o P a r k s Bd. and i n s t a l l himself a s C i t y L i a s o n - which would s i m p l y r e s u l t i n him r u n n i n g t h e C e n t r e a s i t s new d i r e c t o r .

I n t h i s way, DEEDS c o u l d t a k e C a r n e g i e o v e r from w i t h i n and w i e l d t h e power o f C i t y H a l l over us b u t , Guess What?

I t a i n ' t gonna happen - n o way, Ralph! You a n d y o u r f a s t l a n e p o l i t i c s a r e on s e l f - d e s t r u c t . Of c o u r s e , you c o u l d a l w a y s move t o Richmond and open a theme p a r k n e x t t o a s h o p p i n g m a l l . . t h a t m i g h t workRICHARD POOLEY

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4 0 1 Main S t r e e t , Vancouver, B. C. V6A 2T7 Att. Mr. Tony S e a v e r Dear M r . S e a v e r ; Further t o our correspondence and t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s regarding t h e implementation o f t i l e a p p r o v e d j o b Development p r o j e c t #7432 RX4, I want t o a d v i s e you o f my c o n c l u s i o n s .

You have n o t c o m p l i e d w i t h t h e i n t e n t o f ' my l e t t e r o f F e b r u a r y 1 6 , 1987 r e q u e s t i n g a written o u t l i n e of the h i r i n g p r o c e s s f o r p r o j e c t manager. ( a l t h o u g h you d i d p r o v i d e i n formation about a board r e s o - ' l u t i o n ) . According t o t h e i n f o r m a t i o n I h a v e a t hand, there i s continuing i n s t a b i l i t y i n t h e a s s o c i a t i o n - such t h a t w o u l d , , i n my j u d g e m e n t , impede t h e e f f e c t i v e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e p r o j e c t and t h e p r o d u c t i v e t r a i n i n g and employment of t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s .

Hence, I b e l i e v e i t would be i n y(:+ur b e s t i n t e r e s t s t o v o l u n t a r i l y w i t h d r a w from t h e sponsorship of the project.

While t h e c o n c e p t o f t r a i n i n g embodied i n t h e - p r o j e c t i s c e r t a i n l y s o u n d , t h e Cornmission w i l l not contract with sponsors unable t o c a r r y out t , h e mandate o f t h e program.

An i n f o r m e d d e c i s i o n t o v o l u n t a r i l y w i t h d r a w from s p o n s o r s h i p w i l l n a t p r e j u d i c e any further applications.

P l e a s e inform your p r o j e c t o f f i c e r , Susan C a t h c a r t about your d e c i s i o n i n w r i t i n g bef o r e A p r i l 3 , 1987.

Yours s i n c e r e l y , Rene d e VoS:.

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By C l a u d i u s I v a n P l a n i d i n Again I g i v e my o f f e r i n g , t h i s t i m e t o you. My p r a y e r i s f o r a moment o r two we may r e a l i z e o u r o n e n e s s is stronger than the i l l u s i o n of o u r s e p e r a t i o n , o u r o n e n e s s i s a yoke t h e s e words b e a r w i t n e s s t o m o m e n t a r i l y I hope a n d I hope t h i s e n g r a v e d cup i s f i t f o r d r i n k i n g a t o a s t t o you.

Words, Such a l a c k o f , When n e e d e d .

S o f t s i b i l a n t sounds to create desire, A l l have d e s e r t e d .

Wretched words Lost, i n the prevailing silence.

Words l o s t But a poem could s t i l l be sung i n sensual surrender, Carnal chorus rung by my t r e a c h e r o u s t o n g u e .

What w o r d s , w h i t h e r , where c o v e r e d , g i v e n , gone Held, h a l t i n g , hidden?

Love, S i n g w e now Unsung poem Together, s i l e n t tongues.

Tom Lewis

I n Heat You s n i f f me l i k e a p a c k o f d o g s Tracking -a b i t c h i n h e a t !

Those puppy-dog e y e s , b r a z e n l y g l u e d , T e a r i n g away a t my f l e s h .

V u l t u r e s ! impaling your v i c t i m w i t h b l a d e s , While e n d l e s s o t h e r s , s c r e e c h i n g , c r a z e d , Barely a b l e t o c l i n g t o a branch Snap l i k e a w h i r l w i n d o f s h e e t s , While l i c k i n g f l i e s t a s t e t h e wounds Of l i f e n o t l i v e d anymore.

Anita Stevens

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What f o l l o w s i s a c r i t i q u e of S. R o n i n ' s a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Knight Fork", which a p p e a r s i n t h i s i s s u e of t h e Newsletter.

R e a d e r s o f . R o n i n ts a r t i c l e w i l l most l i k e l y n o t i c e t h a t i t i s a r a t h e r odd mishmash o f kindgarten anarchism, condesc e n s i o n ( i . e . " M r . T o r a " ) , Redb a i t i n g" and u r i n e - r e l a t e d v u l g a r i t i e s . To t o p i t a l l o f f , Ronin e n d s t h e p i e c e by s t a t i n g " I l o v e you ~ r . - ~ o r a . . - i snp i t e of y o u r s e l f . " This i s l i k e l y t h e most o b v i o u s c a s e o f u n r e quited love t h a t I've ever enc o u n t e r e d . But s e r i o u s l y f o l k s , i t seems t h a t Ronin c o u l d n ' t come up w i t h a d e c e n t e n d i n g and r e s o r t e d t o t h e k i n d o f cosmic b l a t h e r t h a t was s o common i n 1 9 6 7 . T h i s i s n o t s u r p r i s i n g when we c o n s i d e r t h a t a r e a c t i o n a r y i s one who h a r b o u r s t h e r o m a n t i c n o t i o n t h a t we n e e d t o g e t back t o " t h e good o l d days."

Ronin w r i t e s t h a t t h e " r e a l c u r r e n c y o f a LETSystem i s t h e currency of t r u s t . " In the next s e n t e n c e he s t a t e s t h a t "....

D. E . E . D. S. i s s p o n s o r i n g t h e LETSystem r e s e a r c h . " T h i s makes i t o b v i o u s , t o me a t l e a s t , t h a t Ronin h a s had h i s w i r e s c r o s s e d from t h e s t a r t . When s e t t i n g up a s y s t e m b a s e d on t r u s t , he s u r e l y could have found a much more t r u s t w o r t h y s p o n s o r i f h i s scheme r e a l l y has anything t o o f f e r t o t h e community. He r a t i o n a l i z e s h i s c h o i c e ( ? ) o f s p o n s o r s by i n s i n uating t h a t progressive persons

and o r g a n i z a t i o n s somehow f e e l t h r e a t e n e d by Deads ( t h i s i s not a typo).

On t h e c o n t r a r y : Downtown E a s t s i d e r i g h t w i n g e r s u s e d t o d i s g u s t u s ; now we simply f i n d t h e i r incompetence amus i n g Ronin w r i t e s t h a t " . . . p e t t y m a r x i a n s a l w a y s have been a d a n g e r o u s i r r i t a n t and embarassment t o a n a r c h i s t s . " He seems t o t h i n k ( t h i s i s p r e t t y opaque s t u f f , a f t e r a l l ) t h a t Tora i s a M a r x i s t . Tora., i r f a c t , h a s n o t r e a d Marx. Nor d o e s he c o n s i d e r h i m s e l f a Marxist.

The k i n d o f shoddy p o s i t i v i s t , t r a s h t h a t comes from R o n i n r s pen i s v e r y much i n s t y l e i n Vancouver t h e s e d a y s . P e r h a p s he t h i n k s h e ' s some k i n d o f Non-Partisan Anarchist.

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* The Learning C e n t r e : A d u l t s a r e l e a r n i n g how t o read and w r i t e . s t week, t h e y went t o a p r o v i n c e - w i d e L i t e r a c y Conference o r g a n ed by t h e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e ' s Department. Our members made a v j d i m p r e s s i o n on t e a c h e r s from a l l o v e r B.C. They took p a r t i n rkshops and gave t a l k s . The Carnegie program was h a i l e d a s t h e l y example of a s u c c e s s f u l , working, community-based l i t e r a c y ogram i n t h e p r o v i n c e , and o u r s t u d e n t s and t u t o r s were c o n s i d e r " r e s o u r c e people" a t t h e c o n f e r e n c e .

These a r e j u s t a few of t h e new t h i n g s t h a t a r e going on a t Carg i e . This i s t h e p o s i t i v e s i d e . Carnegie i s a unique i n s t i t u o n , and i t needs a u n i q u e s t a t u s w i t h t h e C i t y t o f o s t e r t h e s e e a t i v e e f f o r t s . P l e a s e d o n ' t throw t h e baby o u t w i t h t h e b a t h w a t e r .

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VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION I n t h e army t h e y u s e d t o s a y : "1 want t h r e e v o l u n t e e r s - you, you and you" ...b u t i t ' s n o t t h a t way any more.

Community v o l u n t e e r s do i t because t h e y want t o - n o t b e c a u s e pays them o r r e c r u i t s them, o r f o r c e s them i n any way.

Everyone h a s h i s o r h e r r e a s o n s t o v o l u n t e e r . Some a r e r e t i r e d and j u s t want t o be a c t i v e d o i n g some k i n d o f u s e f u l and, h o p e f u l l y , i n t e r e s t i n g work. O t h e r s a r e sometimes mare i d e a l i s t i c and f o r some, v o l u n t e e r community work becomes a philosophy, almost a r e l i g i o n i n a way.

S t r a i g h t s o c i e t y ( t h e bureauc r a t i c jqmgle) v a l u e s v o l u n t e e r work mainly a s a way o f b r i n g i n g a l i e n a t e d p e o p l e back i n t o t h e workforce.

I t doesn't recognise volunteerisn a s a v a l i d a l t e r n a t i v e t o p a i d work i n t h e s y s t e m . Of c o u r s e government, b u s i n e s s and t h e media have no o t h e r a l t e r n a t i v e but t o p r a i s e v o l u n t e e r s - i t ' s a motherhood i s s u e - something no-one c a n d i s a g r e e with without looking l i k e a b l u e meany; s o t h e e s t ablishment pays l i p s e r v i c e t o v o l u n t e e r work, w h i l e a t t h e same t i m e c o n s i d e r i n g i t a "hobby" - something n i c e l i t t l e o l d l a d i e s do i n t h e i r s p a r e time.

Only t h e most e x p e r i e n c e d , g r a s s r o o t s v o l u n t e e r s , who've been a t i t f o r v e a r s , s e e v o l k-

u n t e e r community work a s t h e way o f t h e f u t u r e . When a u t o m a t i m h a s t a k e n p a i d work o u t o f t h e hands o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l , they say, people w i l l s t i l l g e t t o g e t h e r t o d o t h i n g s f o r thems e l v e s and t h e i r community.

T h a t ' s why t h e r e i s s u c h a g r u dging, formalised recognition p a i d t o v o l u n t e e r s by s o c i e t y .

I t seems l i k e s o c i a l i s m , a l most communism, t o have a l o t o f p e o p l e h a p p i l y working f o r n o t h i n g - n o wages. S o c i e t y doesn't q u i t e t r u s t t h e idea of p e o p l e working a t t h i n g s t h e y b e l i e v e i n , w i t h o u t b o s s e s and managers. P e o p l e who a r e c o n cerned about e t h i c s 6 c r e a t i v e f u l f i l l m e n t 6 community s e r v i c e - working w i t h o u t pay seems almost subversive - but they c a n ' t deny i t s v a l u e . I t j u s t p r e s e n t s t h e a v e r a g e wage s l a v e with a c o n t r a d i c t i o n - a moral dilemma t h a t i s t e m p o r a r i l y s o l v e d by b e l i e v i n g v o l u n t e e r work i s j u s t a hobby, something you do i n y o u r s p a r e t i m e , while you're trying t o get t h a t f a n t a s t i c paying job working f o r Jimmy P a t t i s o n , c o n n i n g p e o p l e i n t o buying t h i n g s t h e y d o n ' t n e e d and c a n ' t a f f o r d - t h e good o l d nine t o f i v e o f f i c i a l job t h a t makes you a w o r t h w h i l e p e r s o n !

I t h i n k i t ' s a b o u t t i m e comm u n i t y v o l u n t e e r s g o t f r e e bus p a s s e s and a l o t o f o t h e r p r a c t i c a l b e n e f i t s from t h e g o v t .

under attack East Ender, Letters t o the Editor PaulR T a y l o r , E d i t o r , Carnegie Newsletter.

RE: E.E. a r t i c l e - A p r i l 2 Dear S i r : E n c l o s e d i s a l e t t e r t o Mayor Campbell and C i t y C o u n c i l .

It was w r i t t e n and d e l i v e r e d t o C i t y H a l l t h e day a f t e r t h e March 3 1 s t m e e t i n g of t h i s c i t y ' s h i g h e s t e l e c t e d body.

Your Honour and r e s p e c t e d Members of Council, A t C i t y C o u n c i l on Tuesday, March 3 1 s t , t h e a c t i o n s o f Ald. C a r a v e t t a a p p a l l e d me and seeme d t o c o n t i n u o u s l y impugn t h e d i g n i t y o f y o u r s e l v e s and t h e public.

He d i s p l a y e d an a r r o g a n t a n d o v e r - b e a r i n g manner when h e began t o q u e s t i o n M r .

Max Beck, D i r e c t o r o f S o c i a l Planning.

A t one p o i n t , a f t e r M r . Beck r e m i n d e d him o f an e a r l i e r attempt t o explain a s i t u a t i o n , Caravetta jeered w i t h t h e C a r n e g i e Board members t h a t h e s u p p o r t s a n d on c u e s a i d , "You'd b e t t e r s t a r t t e l l ing the t r u t h , mister."

T h i s manner a n d a t t i t u d e o f a l m o s t r a b i d s u p p o r t o r condemn a t i o n of d i f f e r i n g opinions, u s i n n h a l f - t r u t h s and s c a n t v info-has a l r e a d y been displHyed a t C a r n e g i e C e n t r e . When C a r a v e t t a c a u g h t t h e e n d of a publ i c meeting, o f f e r i n g r e s i d e n t s i n p u t t o t h e G o a l s f o r Vancouv e r S u r v e y , he s a i d :

By PAUL TAYLOR

for trashing - " T h i s i s a l l COPE. I t ' s w o r t h less."

T h e r e were o v e r s i x t y p e o p l e i n t h e room a n d h e b a s e d t h i s s t a t e m e n t on t h e p r e s e n c e o f Ms. J e a n Swanson, employed by t h e C i t y a t Town P l a n n i n g .

-"The s e n i o r s t a f f i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a l l your problems."

This i s t h e l i n e o f t h e voting m a j o r i t y on t h e b o a r d , who blame t h e s t a f f when t h e members don't endorse t h e i r actions.

-"The s e n i o r s t a f f g e t 8 6 . 6 % o f your budget i n s a l a r i e s . " He r e p e a t e d t h i s f o u r t i m e s , a s i f r e p e t i t i o n made i t more t r u e .

S e n i o r s t a f f means s i x o r s e v e T p e o p l e , and s i m p l e a r i t h m e t i c shows t h a t he t h i n k s t h e y g e t o v e r $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 EACH!!!

-"I'm g o i n g t o come i n h e r e 7 A c l e a n house. " C a r n e g i e i s n o t a b a r i n nee" 1: of a d e l u d e d ' b o u n c e r ' . Car works e x t r e m e l y w e l l e x c e p ? t h e o b s t r u c t i o n and d i s t r u s ~ c a u s e d by t h e c u r r e n t v o t i n g m a j o r i t y on t h e b o a r d .

the Wil l of Members The p e t i t i o n , a copy o f which t h e Mayor r e c e i v e d , h a s been s i g n e d by o v e r 250 memb e r s , demanding t h e d i s s o l u t i o n o f t h e p r e s e n t b o a r d and an immediate e l e c t i o n . C o n t r a s t t h i s s t a t e m e n t of t h e w i l l of t h e membership w i t h t h e 50-60 who o r i g i n a l l y v o t e d a t t h e Annual G e n e r a l M e e t i n g l a s t

J u n e . The v a s t m a j o r i t y o f members a r e d i s g u s t e d w i t h t h e c o n t i n u a l a t t a c k s on s t a f f a n d a c t i o n s t o s t o p o r d i s r u p t posi t i v e i d e a s o f t h e membership.

Alderman C a r a v e t t a h a s p r o p osed himself a s t h e Aldermanic l i a s o n t o Carnegie.

Please, Please, Please don't i n f l i c t t h i s p e r s o n on t h i s C e n t r e ! ! !

He works i n t h i s a r e a , b u t a s a n owner o f a h o t e l t h a t was responsible f o r evictions d u r i n g Expo 8 6 . Many h e r e know t h a t and w i l l n o t c h a l l e n g e him o r even a t t e n d m e e t i n g s where he w i l l speak.

I f , a s he has s a i d , he " s e t s up h i s o f f i c e I N Carnegie", t h e n t h i s Centre w i l l degenerate i n t o a p o l i t i c a l football instead of continu i n g a s t h e l i v i n g room o f t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

The S p e c i a l G e n e r a l M e e t i n g w i l l o c c u r on Wed., A p r i l 2 2 , and a new, more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e body w i l l be i n s t a l l e d .

Thank you f o r y o u r a t t e n t i o n .

Respectfully submitted, PaulR T a y l o r

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M r . C a r a v e t t a h a s made common cause with t h e c u r r e n t v o t i n g m a j o r i t y on t h e C a r n e g i e B o a r d ) who seem t o be engaged i n a n ongoing a t t e m p t t o d i s r u p t t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h i s C e n t r e . Bef o r e t h e " r o o k i e " Alderman b e gan h i s a t t a c k on Mr. Beck, t h e p r e s i d e n t o f t h e b o a r d - Wally RarAvqh

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n e g a t i v e and d i s p a r a g i n g r e p o r t on t h e a c t i v i t i e s and p r o g r a n s h e r e . Mr. Bardysh h a s no phone and h a s h i s a d d r e s s l i s t e d a s 450 Powell; t h e c e n t r e of Oppenheimer P a r k . He i s i n t h e C a r n e g i e C e n t r e o n l y when he h a s been t r a c k e d down and t o l d o v e r and o v e r t h a t h e must come i n and p e r f o r m some d u t y o r assume r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a s P r e s .

The a s s u m p t i o n o f many members/ u s e r s i s t h a t h e must g e t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n from some c l o u d y crystal ball.

The h e a d i n g on t h e s t o r y r e - ' f e r r e d t o is a l s o m i s l e a d i n g .

A 'Probe" b r i n g s a c r i m i n a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o mind, b u t t h e recommendations o f t h e D i r e c t o r of S o c i a l Planning s t a t e only ' t o r e s e a r c h d i f f e r e n t forums o f r e p r e s e n t a t i v e b o d i e s and f i n d t h e b e s t one f o r C a r n e g i e .

DANGER A s t h e c u r r e n t v o t i n g majori t y has almost completely l o s t t h e s u p p o r t and t r u s t o f t h e members/users, perhaps t h i s was d e s i r e d . P e r s o n a l a t t a c k s , d i s r u p t i o n and d e s t r u c t i o n o f new i n i t i a t i v e s , a l l e g a t i o n s have a l l s e r of dishonesty ved t o c a u s e a w o r k a b l e f o r m a t t o be i n d a n g e r o f b e i n g

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I f City Council wishes t o p l a c a t e Alderman C a r a v e t t a , he may v e r y w e l l be i n f l i c t e d on t h e C a r n e g i e ~ Z m u n i t yC e n t r e .

M r . C a r a v e t t a h a s had v i r t u a l l y no i n p u t i n t o t h e most s u c c e s s f u l community c e n t r e i n Canada.

IIe s t a t e s t h a t h e grew up down here, but i n the f i v e years t h a t I ' v e been i n C a r n e g i e , almost d a i l y , he h a s n o t been h e r e e v e n o n c e t o my knowledge.

Suddenly h e t a l k s a s t h o u g h he has l i v e d i n t h e b u i l d i n g , with a repeated c i t a t i o n of a volunteer being h i s b a b y s i t t e r when h e was a c h i l d . The p o l i t i c a l l y apropos statement

"NPA and COPE".

Carnegie w i l l d i e an agonizing death i f it becomes a n o t h e r p o l i t i c a l football.

This Centre runs extremely w e l l , but t h e Executive of t h e board has seen f i t t o cause negative p u b l i c i t y t o reach t h e f o r e over a l l e g a t i o n s couched i n m i s i n f o r m a t i o n , h a l f - t r u t h s a n d even o u t r i g h t l i e s . The o n l y d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h t h e s t a f f employed by Social Planning i s i n t h e minds of t h e c u r r e n t p r e s i d e n t Wally B a r d y s h , v i c e - p r e s i d e n t Tony S e a v e r s and D i r e c t o r - a t Large J o n n Olldym. ( C o r r e c t i o ~ l :

Gimme a Break !! t h a t he d o e s n ' t want C a r n e g i e t o go t o t h e P a r k s Board i s a bandwagon jump t o be i n r a p p o r t w i t h t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f members/users.

I f Carnegie i s put under t h e a u s p i c e s of Parks i t w i l l become one o f 2 2 commu n i t y c e n t r e s a d m i n i s t e r e d by them.

The money b u d g e t e d f o r h e r e w i l l simply be added t o P a r k s ' f u n d s , and expended a c c o r d i n g t o n e e d . The p r e s e n t methods f o r a q u i r i n g sums from Parks involve very e f f i c i e n t l o b b y i n g by p e o p l e who n e v e r had t o worry where t h e i r n e x t meal i s coming f r o m ; w h e t h e r t h e y w i l l h a v e a n y money l e f t f o r t h e l a s t two weeks o f e v e r y month; i f t h e i r c h i l d r e n w i l l be t a k e n away from them because t h e y a r e t o o poor t o f e e d them p r o p e r l y . . .

M r . C a r a v e t t a seems t o s e e Carnegie a s an i d e a l s e t t i n g f o r h i s p l a y i n g "Cops and r o b bers".."cowboys and I n d i a n s " . .

Seavers, seeing t h e w r i t i n b on t h e w a l l a f t e r a p e t i t i o n bearing over 250 s i g n a t u r e s o f members was p r e s e n t e d , resigned.)

The w i l l o f t h e members i s t o s t o p t h i s p r o cess of maligning s t a f f , c i r c u l a t i n g rumours o f m a l f e a s a n c e and growing d i s s a t i s faction.

A s Editor of t h e Newsletter I r e c e i v e one m i n o r c o n ~ p l a i n t f o r every twenty i n s t a n c e s of p r a i s e and e v e n a d m i r a t i o n f o r t h e t r e m e n d o u s work t h e s t a f f does here.

Selling off a family 1qt10, WHAT, iVHEN, WHERE,

The d i f f i c u l t i e s a t C a r n e g i e have r e c e i v e d much a t t e n t i o n i n t h e l a s t few m o n t h s . Much h a s bcen n e g a t i v e d u e t o t h e same p e r s o n / p e o p l e f e e d i n g c e r t a i n w r i t e r s and TV p e r s o n nel a line alleging criminal b e h a v i o u r on t h e p a r t o f t h e s e n i o r s t a f f . T h i s h a s been done u s i n g s c a n t y i n f o r m a t i o n , m i s i n f o r m a t i o n and e v e n o u t right lies.

Following i s a s y n o p s i s of a twenty-page r e p o r t , w i t h seven pages of documentation, t h a t I c o m p i l e d f o r a n a t t o r n e y . Each r e s p e c t e d member o f C i t y Counc i l has one, a s w e l l a s t h e D i r e c t o r of S o c i a l P l a n n i n g , hiax Beck. To w h i t :

First, Muggs - t h e f i r s t p o i n t was on how Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n was c o e r c e d i n t o resigning f o r n o t having h e r membership 6 0 d a y s p r i o r t o h e r becoming p r e s i d e n t ; a v e r b a l p r o m i s e made by Tony S e a v e r s and Wally B a r d y s h t o g e t p a s t t h e t e c h n i c a l problem by h e r s t e p p i n g down and t h e n b e i n g n o m i n a t e d and a p p o i n t e d with t h e i r s u p p o r t ; t h e promise becoming h o t a i r a s t h e y band t o g e t h e r and a p p o i n t MacLeod.

then, Irene

By PAUL TAYLOR

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- I r e n e Schmidt was a c c u s e d o f " f r a u d e n t l y " s i t t i n g on t h e Bd. a f t e r i s was d i s c o v e r e d t h a t s h e ' d purchased her c a r d 18 days a f t e r t h e deadline.

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s i m i l a r ' o f f e n c e 1 b u t a check showed t h a t s h e had been a menb e r f o r more t h a n t h r e e y e a r s -

and Peter - P e t e r Imm was f o r c e d t o r e s i g r a s t r e a s u r e r a f t e r one month b e . cause of $ 2 . 3 0 i n b u s f a r e ; slow repayment o f $ 2 . 8 0 i n c h a n g e ; approving a cheque t o h i s accus e r f o r h o l i d a y pay w i t h o n l y two s i g n a t u r e s i n s t e a d o f t h e t h r e e r e q u i r e d by p o l i c y ; f o r making marks on bank s t a t e m e n t s and g e t t i n g m a i l o t h e r t h a n what was s u p p o s e d l y h i s and n o t gettfng s a i d mail d i r e c t l y t o t h e bookkeeper.

The " q u a s i j u d i c i a l inquiryt1 t h a t occured a r o u n d t h e s e m a t t e r s was completely against'the Constitution and R o b e r t ' s R u l e s o f O r d e r and t h e S o c i e t y ' s A c t . The m o t i o n o f n o n - c o n f i d e n c e was made by I I Harvey Bowers, who came o u t s t r o n g l y on t h e s a c r e d n e s s o f d i r e c t o r s f o l l o w i n g Board P o l i c i e s . When h e was P r e s i d e n t , Harvey was g e t t i n g p a i d c a s h f o r running fundraising dances, d i r e c t l y a g a i n s t Board P o l i c y .

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- The members i n t e r e s t e d came t o a Board m e e t i n g t o h o p e f u l l y a s s i s t i n t h e s e l e c t i o n o f new d i r e c t o r s ( v a c a n t s e a t s ) . The t h r e e m o t i o n s p u t up a s k e d f o r n o m i n a t i o n , a n d an open b a l l o t w i t h a l l members p r e s e n t v o t i n g

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b u t e a c h was d e f e a t e d . The t a l l y was 6 - 6 and Bardysh stopped each motion, breaking t h e t i e f o r d e f e a t . The r e s u l t i n g f o r m a t was o n l y t h e d i r e c t o r s n o m i n a t i n g and t h e n v o t i n g i n a s e c r e t b a l l o t . Kathe r i n e Galan and ~ a c L e o dbecame

grunt fiasco - a g r a n t from C E I C was awarded t o t h e Learning Centre f o r a manager a n d f i v e t u t o r - t r a i n e e s t o l e a r n and develop s k i l l s t o help i l l i t e r a t e adults to lepi-n t o r e a d a n d w r i t e . T h i s g r a n t was f o r $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 . Normal h i r i n g p r o c e d u r e was t o r e w a r d t h e p o s i t i o n o f manager t o t h e b e s t q u a l i f i e d a p p l i c a n t and t h a t p e r s o n b e i n g s e l e c t e d by a s i m p l e m a j o r i t y v o t e of t h e h i r i n g c o m m i t t e e . The p r e s i d e n t Pardysh, r a d i c a l l y a l t e r e d t h i s p r o c e d u r e t o make o n l y a c o n s e n s u s v o t e (unanimous) be a c c e p t a b l e f o r h i r i n g anyone.

M s . Linda F o r s y t h e had come o u t f a r ahead of h e r n e a r e s t c o m p e t i t o r f o r manager. Bardy s h , upon i n v e s t i g a t i o n , had a l l e g e d l y made u n s u c c e s s f u l a d vances toward M s . Forsythe; had a l l e g e d l y p u t h e r i n i t i a l s on h i s t u t o r v o l u n t e e r c a r d t o g e t c o f f e e t i c k e t s ; had a l l e g e d l y made f u r t h e r u n s u c c e s s f u l a d v a n c e s t o w a r d a n o t h e r woman who t h e n a p p l i e d f o r an i n f o j o b and h a d n ' t e v e n been g i v e n an i n t e r v i e w u ~ ~ t sihle t h r e a t ened t o t a k e t h e A s s o c i a t i o n ( i . e . B a r d y s h ) t o Labour R e l a tions.

Because of h i s f r u s t r a t i o n / i n f e r i o r i t y complex Bardysh d e c i d e d t o b l o c k M s .

F o r s y t h e from t h i s j o b .

CEIC was made aware o f t h i s s e l e c t i v e s t u p i d i t y and f i n a l l y asked t h e Association t o volu n t a r i l y withdraw i t s a p p l i c a t i o n . The g r a n t i s n o t coming.

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- i t was discovered, again through investigation, that the President(Bardysh), Vicepresident(Seavers) and Director-at-Large(0lldym) and MacLeod had each purchased his membershi2 after the deadline, with MacLeod getting his the SAME DAY as his appointment, The sane people who had forced Ms. Siyuryeirson to resign for being 'illegal' were as in violation, but refused to follow the Rules that they insisted others follow. MacLeod must have told the Executive that lie had no card when they approached him to be chosen, but he was deemed acceptable since he would support them.

- after MacLeod stonewalled the hiring of Ms. Forsythe, presumably on the orders of the Executive, both Bardysh & Seavers went to a Learning Centre meeting and said that it had been Sheila Baxter who had done the deed.

selective stupidity - Dennis McCowan, who had found that Irene was invalid as a director, somehow missed seeing Seavers' name on the same page, just four names above Ms. Schmidt's,His was the loudest voice in the campaign to eliminate as many of the directors not votincj as the Executive voted. McCowan then applied for one of the five tutor trainee positions, but

before that had made comments, suggestions and aided in the structuring of the Personnel Committee. He was made aware that as a director this was not legal or fair; that being recorded as abstaining on subsequent votes pertaining to this did not excuse him from being ethically bound to void all input to the process of personnel and hiring policy.

He continued to do so anyway.

The consensus procedure in hiring had stopped the one person who could have made comments on McCowants difficulties in keeping students that he was to tutor. Several have threatened to stop coming if he was assigned to them.

new strategy - a group of members/users with the acronym FOCUS (Friends of Carnegie Users Society) was formed to do the work of Carnegie that the Board just did not do (i.e. the Executive and supporters on it). FOCUS held public meetings to get community ideas and input on: CRAB and the Main St. overpass, knives, the

p r o p o s e d f i e l d h o u s e a t Oppenheimer P a r k , and most r e l e v a n t t o C a r n e g i e a m e e t i n g a n d week l o n g s u r v e y on how t o b e s t u t i l i s e t h e $700,000 a l l o c a t e d by t h e C i t y f o r r e n o v a t i o n s .

A second improtant p u b l i c meeting gave r e s i d e n t s t h e i r f i r s t i n p u t i n t o t h e G o a l s f o r Vanc o u v e r S u r v e y . FOCUS h e l p e r s a l s o t r a n s f e r r e d t h e Bingo l i c e n c e t o S t a r Bingo and h a v e r a i s e d almost $10,000 t o d a t e .

The work and a n x i e t y a r e p e r i o d i c a l l y p r a i s e d by t h e Exec. b u t t h e y h a v e done v i r t u a l l y n o t h i n g t o c a n c e l t h e d e b t . An ongoing f r u s t r a t i o n f o r t h e c o - o r d i n a t o r i s t o t r a c k down the Executive s i g n i n g o f f i c e r s f o r c h e q u e s t h a t must be t a k e n ! t o pay f o r k e e p i n g t h i s e v e n t a l i v e . Losing t h i s f u n d r a i s e r c o u l d be blamed t h e n on Carne g i e , b u t would b e t h e f a u l t of t h e p e r s i s t e n t i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e Executive.

8 - Ball - Bardysh arid S e a v e r s - t h e n b e gan t o s c h e d u l e P e r s o n n e l and t h e n Board m e e t i n g s a t e x a c t l y t h e same t i m e a s t h e p u b l i c m e e t i n g s , knowing t h a t t h e Brd. members o p p o s e d t o t h e i r a c t i o n had c o m m i t t e d t h e m s e l v e s t o the p u b l i c gatherings. This

l e t the eight directors attending, with their"officialdoml, d e c i d e how t o r u i n c r e d i b i l i t y ; a l l o w e d them t o p a s s m o t i o n s w i t h o u t d i s s e n t o r even s c r u t iny. Motions i n c l u d e d f i r i n g Nancy J e n n i n g s and any o t h e r s t a f f p e r s o n who d i d n ' t meet the 'standards' of the eight directors so voting; t o k i l l t h e N e w s l e t t e r by s t o p p i n g p a y ment f o r p r i n t i n g ; t o t a k e t h e Bingo money and u s e i t i n s t e a d t o h i r e a l a w y e r t o s u e FOCUS! To f u r t h e r e n s u r e t h a t anyone opposed t o t h i s a r r o g a n c e c o u l d n o t a t t e n d , t h e m e e t i n g was c o n d u c t e d " I n Camera" - o n l y Board members a l l o w e d - b u t Alderman C a r a v e t t a was t h e r e . The agenda f o r t h i s meeting, held subseq u e n t t o t h e March 5 t h d e b a c l e , had been p a s s e d on t h e S t h , b u t m o t i o n s v o t e d on were n o t made c o n c e r n i n g a n y t h i n g on t h e a c c e p t e d a g e n d a . Board members not supportive of t h e Executive d i d n ' t r e c e i v e any n o t i c e o f what would be v o t e d o n ; t h e y d i d n rt even g e t c o p i e s of t h e ~inutes.

whitewash A c o n d u c t r u l e makes d i s t r i b u t i o n o r p u b l i c d i s c l o s u r e of " I n Camera" m i n u t e s m a n d a t o r y T h a t was a l w i t h i n 24 hours. most a month a g o , and n o t h i n g on p a p e r h a s a p p e a r e d . I had e x p e c t e d some whitewashed v e r s i o n t o appear, even i f only t o g u l l naive readers, but nothing.

- similar t o t h i s point is a missing s e c t i o n i n minutes of a p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g , when T o r a asked t h a t a statement of h i s be e n t e r e d w o r d - f o r - w o r d .

It w a s n comment o n t h e E x e c l ~ t i v e

wanting a f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t p r e p a r e d by P e t e r Imm r e a d a n d a c cepted j u s t a f t e r t h e y had eng i n e e r e d a "rion-confidence" v o t e on h i s a b i l i t y t o BE T r e a s u r e r ! The s t a t e m e n t -gone.

The E x e c u t i v e w a n t s a n y image of t h e m s e l v e s t o b e one o f comp e t e n c y and r e s p o n s i b i 1 i t y ; c o v e r m g up m i s t a k e s , m a n i p u l a t i o n of r u l e s and t h e i r hidden age n d a w i t h h i g h - s o u n d i n g words.

Simply p u t : "The end j u s t i f i e s t h e means." rn

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t h e D i r e c t o r of5'Social Plann i n g a s k e d f o r f i v e m i n u t e s on t h e agenda o f t h e March Board m t g . b u t was r e f u s e d ; t h e s c r i p t f o r Executive behaviour had a l r e a d y been w r i t t e n and r e h e a r s e d a b o u t many o f t h e c o n t e n t i o n s l i s t e d above.

- T h i s m e e t i n g (March 5 t h ) saw members t u r n i n g o u t i n u n p r e c e d e n t e d numbers t o q u e s t i o n t h e e x e c u t i v e and t h e i r c r o n i e s on t h e s e e x p o s e d m a n i p u l a t i o n s .

They saw t h e P r e s i d e n t t r y t o refuse recognition of speakers; n o t have anyone b u t d i r e c t o r s s p e a k ; employ " b r o a d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s " of p l a i n C o n s t i t u t i o n a l Rules; and t h r e a t e n t o c l e a r t h e room - w i t h t h e p o l i c e , i f n e c e s s a r y . Then M r . Beck o f S o c i a l F l a n n i n g was s u p p o s e d t o s e e them a s u p r i g h t , c o n c e r n e d c i t i z e n s t r y i n g t o " g e t on w i t h b u s i n e s s " u n t i l s t y m i e d by " u l t r a - l e f t radicals".

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- Alderman ~ a r a v e t t awas nomi n a t e d t o be l i a s o n f o r Carne g i e and C i t y C o u n c i l by a

p e r s o n whom h e ' d k i c k e d o u t o f h i s b u i l d i n g ; he l a t e r s a i d t h a t h e ' d be g l a d t o s e t up h i s o f f i c e I N CARNEGIE! ! !

A t C i t y C o u n c i l on March 3 1 s t , C a r a v e t t a t r i e d t o d r a g Nancy J e n n i n g s ' name t h r o u g h t h e mud e v e n a f t e r h e ' d been t o l d t h a t personnel matters weren't t o b e d i s c u s s e d . H i s l i n e of a t t a c k was i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h a t o f t h e E x e c u t i v e o f o u r Board.

T h i s was j u s t a f t e r Bardysh gave a n e g a t i v o and u n t r u e r e p o r t on C a r n e g i % a l l i n g a r e p o r t o f t h e D i r e c t o r a "whitewash", l a b e l l i n g members/users a s "rent-a-card, staff-bought radi c a l s " and t h e n j o i n i n g w i t h h i s c r o n i e s t o i e e r and s l a m C o u n c i l members and C i t y employ e e s . C a r a v e t t a was t h e i r " h i t man", u s i n g h i s a b s o l u t e p r i v i l e d g e as a n o f f i c i a l t o s l a m s a n e C o u n c i l members, t h e D i r e c t o r of S o c i a l P l a n n i n g and t h e D i r e c t o r of Carnegie.

hidden Agenda And t h e n he h a s t h e g a l l t o promote D.E.E.D.S. when t h e E x e c u t i v e o f C a r n e g i e Board a r e d i r e c t o r s and employees o f D.E.E.D.S.

s u r e g l a d we d i d n ' t s t e p i n i t !

Wally Bardysh, Tony S e a v e r , Jonn Olldym March 23, 1987.

I ~ E : Carnegie Newsletter Finance ~t h a s come t o my a t t e n t i o n t h a t t h e i s s u e o f t h e Newslett e r , p u b l i s h e d on March 1, 1987, h a s n o t been p a i d f o r . The i n v o i c e was g i v e n t o Wally G a r c i a , b o o k k e e p e r , and he drew up a cheque f o r $ 1 4 1 . 2 4 t o be s i g n e d when you t h r e e dropped i n .

He t h e n t o l d me t h a t a f t e r you had come and s i g n e d a l l cheques w a i t i n g , t h e cheque f o r Budget P r i n t i n g had been l e f t u n s i g n e d .

The i n f o r m a t i o n was r e l a y e d t o me a f t e r r e t u r n i n g from Budget, h a v i n g j u s t l e f t t h e i s s u e f o r March 1 5 t o be p r i n t e d .

This s e c o n d i n v o i c e , f o r $117.70, b r i n g s t h e t o t a l t o $258.94.

S p e c u l a t i o n , c h g u e s s i n g , a s t o why h a s been i n c l u d e d i n a l e t t e r t o Max Beck, a s k i n g him t o p u t t h e C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r account under t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e C i t y s t a f f - c i t i n g your i r r e s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n s and g e n e r a l u n a v a i l a b i l i t y .

A t t h e i n i t i a l m e e t i n g o f t h e ' E d i t o r i a l Review' g r o u p , 1 was dismayed t h a t , b e s i d e s you t h r e e and me, you t h o u g h t i t e i t h e r a p r o p o s o r n e c e s s a r y t o have MacLeod p r e s e n t t o engage i n i r r e l e v a n t t a l k and moronic c r i t i c i s m o f t y p o s , e t c . , e t c .

I was s i n c e r e when I s a i d t h a t I t r u s t e d you, y e t t h e ' i n c i d e n t a b o u t L e n z i ' s l e t t e r - which you s a i d you had a l r e a d y s e e n made me wonder.

The l i b e l o u s s t a t e m e n t s were f a i r l y o b v i o u s , b u t I wanted t o o b s e r v e t h e k i n d o f o b j e c t i v e i n t e g r i t y w i t h which you would r e v i e w t h e c o n t e n t s o f s u b m i s s i o n s . S a y i n g , ''We won't t o u c h any l e t t e r s " h a r d l y e x c u s e s you from p a s s i n g a s good a l e t t e r c o n t a i n i n g s u f f i c i e n t l i b e l t o c o s t t h e Assoc i a t i o n thousands of d o l l a r s .

I have had t o , a g a i n , t a k e a l o a n t o pay Budget - $258.94 and w i l l exchange t h e r e c e i p t f o r a cheque made p a y a b l e t o me f o r t h i s amount. The money d o n a t e d by PLURA ($1,000) and t h e ad r e v e n u e a r e f o r p a y i n g t o keep t h e C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r a l i v e . The t r u t h a b o u t y o u r a c t i o n s t o r u i n , d e s t r o y , d i s r u p t , c o n f u s e and c r e a t e f e a r i n t h i s C e n t r e w i l l n o t be s t o p p e d by s u c h s l e a z y m a n i p u l a t i o n o f a s s i g n e d d u t i e s . TO HAVE NO V O I C E I S TO IIAVE NO POWER. You w i l l n o t t a k e t h e v o i c e o f t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s C e n t r e away.

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c c : Max Beck, Nancy J e n n i n g s , Gordon Campbell

- T r u t h h u r t s . So; t h e Exec. make t h e m s e l v e s t h e s i g n i n g o f f i c e r s on t h e N e w s l e t t e r a c c o u n t and r e c o n s t i t u t e t h e Edi t o r i a l Review p r o c e s s . I a s k ed t o see t h e e u i d e l i n e s i n

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w r i t i n g , a s w e l l a s t h e minu t e s i n which t h e y were r a t i fied.

I was t o l d t o f i n d them b u t i n t h e meantime I would h a v e t o TRUST t h e s e p e o p l e t o be f a i r and u n b i a s e d .

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would " j u s t make s u g g e s t i o n s Beand e d i t o u t l i b e l . . . I 1 . f o r e t h i s , t h e c h i e f of a l l Executive planning - Seavers t o l d me t h a t : " I f we d o n ' t l i k e i t , we w o n ' t pay f o r i t . "

Truth The f r o n t - p a g e s t o r y ' r e v i e w -<ed1was s t i l l i n f i r s t - d r a f t form, b u t was t h e r e s u l t o f a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f t h i s Exec. 6 some c r o n i e s ' membership c a r d s i . e . p u r c h a s e d a t e s . The o n l y s t o r y i n t h e paper , not w r i t t e n u n t i l two d a y s l a t e r , was a commentary on a n a r t i c l e a p p e a r i n g i n t h e Vancouver Sun t h a t d a y . S e a v e r s gave h i s v e r s i o n of C a r n e g i e d i f f i c u l t i e s , blaming " u l t r a - l e f t r a d i c a l s " f o r e v e r y t h i n g and t r y i n g t o make b r o w n i e p o i n t s by c a l l i n g himself a "non-partis a n m ~ d e r a t e " . My comments? " . . h y s t e r i c a l and p a r a n o i d . . "

hurts Thc t h i r d i s s u e from t h i s p o i n t was t a k e n t o Budget and t h e guy t h e r e s a i d t h a t "someone from C a r n e g i e came i n and t o l d u s n o t t o p r i n t anymore N e w s l e t t ' e r s b e c a u s e t h e Exec. a r e n ' t g o i n g t o p a y f o r them."

The l o a n n e e d e d t o pay f o r t h e i s s u e i n y o u r hands w i l l b r i n g t h e t o t a l owed t o o v e r $ 5 5 0 .

motives Nothing o f t h i s was s a i d t o me, b u t a s E d i t o r I t h o u g h t I would be t h e ' f i r s t t o know'.

S i m i l a r l y , when c r i t i c a l e d i t o r i a l s f i r s t began i n November I a s k e d members o f t h e Exec. t o r e s p o n d w i t h backup f o r

t h e i r a c t i o n s and some a n s w e r s f o r t h e many v a l i d q u e s t i o n s asked. A t f i r s t ; " I t ' s i n i t s s e c o n d d r a f t " ; t h e n "I'm answe r i n g t h a t today and y o u ' l l h a v e i t f i r s t t h i n g tomorrow."

Then, a t t h e E d i t o r i a l Review "Why i s e a s y . " (no e l a b o r a t i o n ) and "We d o n f t l i k e t h e t o n e of your e d i t o r i a l s . "

So f a r : t h e E x e c u t i v e and t h e i r few s u p p o r t e r s h a v e concealed t h e i r invalid s t a t u s ' while attacking ~ t h e r s f o r t h e same t h i n g ; i o r c e d one person o f f t h e board while s l a n d e r i n g another; going aga i n s t a l l r u l e s of proper cond u c t f o r a "non-conf i d e n c e " v o t e on a t r e a s u r e r ; b u g g e r i n g normal h i r i n g procedures t o s t o p t h e b e s t p e r s o n from g e t t i n g a job and t h e n l o s i n g t h e e n t i r e g r a n t ; stopping funding f o r t h e N e w s l e t t e r ; b e i n g made aware o f c o n f l i c t s - o f - i n t e r e s t b u t c o n t i n u i n g t o a c t anyway; e l i m i n a t i n g d i s s e n t and s c r u t i n y by h a v i n g m e e t i n g s a t t h e same t i m e a s i m p o r t a n t p u b l i c m e e t i n g s on t h e f u t u r e o f t h i s C e n t r e ; s l a n d e r i n g Nancy J . ; h a v i n g Alderman C a r a v e t t a be a "parrot" f o r t h e i r misinformation; power-tripping with p o l i c e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s on any p o i n t o f b u s i n e s s ; and r e f u s i n to acknowledge t h e w i l l o f a l m o s t t h r e e h u n d r e d members and c a l l a new e l e c t i o n .

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having s e c r e t meetings a t t h e same t i m e a s p u b l i c m e e t i n g s had g o t t e n m o t i o n s p a s s e d t h a t would h a v e been r i g h t l y c o n demned b u t w i t h ' o f f i c i a l ' Board s a n c t i o n , h e h a d a v o i c e on C o u n c i l t h r o u g h C a r a v e t t a and t h e C i t y had had t o d i v o r c e i t s e l f from t h e ' A s s o c i a t i o n , and f i n a l l y h e was s e t t o t r y t o h a v e o n l y h i m s e l f and h i s c r o n i e s s p e a k on b e h a l f o f t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . R e s i g n i n g a t 1 0 : 0 2 pm had e n s u r e d t h e d i s r u p t i o n of a l l f i n a n c e s o f t h e committees, s i n c e he was t h e a c t i n g T r e a s u r e r . The s u c c e s s o f t h e S t a r Bingo would g r i n d t o a h a l t , t h e N e w s l e t t e r would s t r a n g l e w i t h no money, t h e c r e d i b i l i t y o f C a r n e g i e Board was s h o t t o e v e r y t h i n g was g r e a t ! hell My g u e s s i s t h a t t h e c u r r e n t r i s e i n t h e awareness of t h e membership was a l i t t l e t o o r i g h t t o h e a l w i t h . Time makes p e o p l e f o r g e t , a n d t h e Annual G e n e r a l M e e t i n g i s i n June f o r another y e a r of ~ o l i t i c k i n e .. ( r e a d m a n i ~ u l a t i b n .l

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e v e c come h e r e more t h a n i s necessary f o r carrying out t h e i r longe -range plan. t h i s o f f e n d s my s e n s e o f r i g h t n e s s .

The p r e s e n t E x e c u t i v e and t h e i r 'supporters': WALLY BARDYSH, TONY SEAVERS, J O N N OLLDYM, HARVEY BOWERS, GREY MACLEOD, DENNIS MCCOWAN, PAT KENDAL, ROBERT ALLEN, RALPH CARAVETTA, DAVID LENZI.

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Leverage Before resigning, M r .

S e a v e r s a d m i t t e d t h a t he i s q u i t e agreeable t o using the C a r n e g i e Conmunity C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n Board a s a p o l i t i c a l s p r i n g b o a r d . The d a r k s i d e o f t h i s a n a l o g y : when one bounces on a s p r i n g b o a r d , it n e c e s s a r i l y c r u s h e s whatever is underneath. In t h i s c a s e , t h e h u n d r e d s and t h o u sands of poverty-stricken r e s i d e n t s who u s e C a r n e g i e a s t h e i r l i v i n g room seem t o be a p e b b l e on t h e p a t h .

To c o n c l u d e , t h e p l a n o f t h e E x e c u t i v e and t h e i r few s u p p o r t e r s ( i . e . Alderman C a r a v e t t a ) i s n o t conducive t o t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e Carne g i e Community C e n t r e a s a v i t a l and u n i q u e s o c i a l e n t i t y .

Support f o r t h i s contention s h o u l d b e made known t o t h e Mayor, C i t y C o u n c i l , S o c i a l P l a n n i n g , t h e P a r k s Board, and a l l media i n t h e p u b l i c domain.

Thank you.

PaulR T a y l o r , E d i t o r , Carnegie Newsletter.

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WEEK in recognition of the f a c t t h a t t h e y a r e b r e a k i n g new ground f o r t h e work e t h i c , showing t h e way i n t o a f u t u r e where a l l work w i l l be v o l u n t a r y , c r e a t i v e , worthwhile, s a t i s f y i n g and p r o v i d i n g a r e a l l y n e c e s s a r y s e r v i c e t o a communi t y b u i l t on t r u s t , c o - o p e r a t i o n and mutual r e s p e c t .

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VOLUNTEERS CREATE CASH FLOW Everyone whose income i s low enough n o t t o be t a x e d i s e n t i t l e d t o r e c e i v e a $50 c a s h " t a x c r e d i t " from t h e government - b u t t o g e t i t t h e y must f i l l i n and m a i l an income t a x form.

A l o t o f p e o p l e i n o u r corn-. munity need h e l p f i l l i n g o u t t h e s e forms and Norm M i t c h e l l , a Learning C e n t r e v o l u n t e e r , s t a r t e d performing t h i s serv i c e f o r t h o s e who needed i t on t h e 3 r d f l o o r .

Soon he was j o i n e d by v o l u n t e e r s Conrad E b e r l e 6 C o l i n Yardley, who worked t o g e t h e r w i t h Norm t o f i l l o u t a t o t a l of 2,200 t a x c r e d i t forms!

A t $50 p e r form, t h i s r e p r e s e n t s $110,000 b r o u g h t i n t o the neinhbourhood by t h e d e d i :ated d z f o r t s o f o n i y t h r e e Zarnegie V o l u n t e e r s !

I n a low income n e i g h b o u r -

hood s u c h a s o u r s , t h e b e n e f i t t h i s v o l u n t o e r work h a s a c h e i v ed i s overwhelming! I f i t was n o t f o r Normts i d e a , and Conrad C o l i n and Norm's work, none o f t h e s e p e o p l e , l i v i n g below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e , would have r e c e i ved one penny o f what t h e government owed them.

Three v o l u n t e e r s , working f o r n o t h i n g , c r e a t e d $110,000 worth o f buying power f o r poor p e o p l e - a t o t a l l y awesome accomplishment!

Goddess Descendant He d i d n o t s e e h e r p r o p e r l y when he p a s s e d h e r i n t h e s t r e e t . The anomaly s h e bore p a s t him was l o s t t o t h e cont e x t o f r e v e l a t i o n . When he dreamed o f h e r t h a t n i g h t s h e was c l o t h e d i n t h e c u l t u r e s h e o n l y walks t h r o u g h , c a l l i n g back t h o s e o f h e r c h i l d r e n s t i l l l o s t t o h e r power, a s i t happens, s o p e r h a p s i t i s c r u e l t o begrudge him t h e woman o f h i s dreams w h i l e y e t he s l e e p s .

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KNIGHT FORK

By SEBASTIAN RONIN In his less-than-brilliant analysis of the LETSystem, Mr. Tora makes the assertion that I might be "an innocent pawn in the D.E.E.D.S. gameplan."

In my opinion, this is a flimsy and naive grasp for some kind of tactical slur on the part of Mr. Tora. Nothing could be further from the truth. I know exactly where I sit. From this perch my vision of the political terrain and those upon it is quite clear. As a mistaken "pawn" I would like to take this opportunity to lay out the following knight fork.

The first option of the fork is visible; it is this article.

It is no more than furthering the educational process that has already been put into play.

Specifically, this refers to the LETSystem. However, I would also like to address D.E.E.D. S. ' initiative for Community Economic Development (CED) and some elements of Mr. Tora's sanctimonious dribble concerning, what he seems to think, are monopolistic virtues of the so-called 'left1.

Contrary to Mr. Tora's misguided and pious spleen, a LET tend System does, in effect, towards a computerised Potlatch.

-not stated that a LET System "isf1a Potlatch or even "is like" a Potlatch. In that it "tends towards" a Potlatch,

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the social and technological conditions that exist are taken into consideration while retaining the principle of sharing the wealth. For a LET System, a computer-as-tool would act to record transactengage in. ions that Mr. Tora's concern over computer llsimulations"and "calculations" are unfounded. His techno-phobias are his problem and no one need allow themselves to be guilted into taking his rabid projections.

A LETSystem would make it possible for Downtown Eastsiders to engage in local economic activity (mind you, only those who are willing and able to work, thereby automatically excluding the state-subsidized revolutionaries) through the motive of being obligated to their community. A local currency would tap some of the human capital (sucha nasty word, isn't it) that is prese tly not being utilized, not because people have nothing to offer, but simply because there is insufficient cash circulating in the community. It is possible to exchange services and goods on a limited scale without the medium of federal bucks, as the example of "traditional" societies makes so clear. The real currency of a LETSystem is the currency of trust.

Yes, D . E . E . D . S . i s sponsori n g t h e LETSystem r e s e a r c h . A s s u c h , a LETSystem would be a n a d j u n c t o f D.E.E.D.S. i n i t i a t i v e t o i n t r o d u c e CED t o t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . The economi c m o t i v e f o r CED i s s i m p l y t h a t t h o s e i n t h e community who c h o o s e t o , s h o u l d h a v e a c cess t o t h e opportunity of a s suming r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c r e a t i n g t h e i r own l i v e l i h o o d .

Not o n l y d o e s t h i s p r o c e s s f o r local i n i t i a t i v e s apply t o i n d i v i d u a l s , . b u t a l s o t o communities.

In a nutshell, this i s what D.E.E.D.S. p r o p o s e s t o i n t r o d u c e t o t h e Downtown E a s t side.

I s it r e a l l y such a sonspiratorial onslaught t o assume r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r o n e ' s l i f e ? I t comes a s no g r e a t s u r p r i s e t h a t D.E.E.D.S. i s s e e n a s s u c h a t h r e a t by those p o l i t i c a l l y - c o r r e c t s h i n e r s i n t h e community who c a n ' t cope.

M r . T o r a r a m b l e s on by s a y i n g t h a t a LETSystem "would only r e s u l t i n a competitive i n t e r a c t i o n of a b s t r a c t economic f o r c e s which p o w e r - m o t i v a t e d p e o p l e i n o u r community could use with great efficiency t o d o m i n a t e and c o n t r o l t h o s e who a r e h u m b l e r , more g e n e r o u s and f o r g i v i n g t h a n t h e m s e l v e s . " R i g h t . Gimme a b r e a k , p l e a s e !

F a r be i t f o r m e and my s u p p o r t e r s t o want t o compete with t h e neighbourhood b u l l y who a l r e a d y e x i s t s a n d d o e s

such a f i n e job a t following through on Mr.Torals concerns.

Having been s u b j e c t e d t o some o f M r . T o r a 1 s s p i r i t u a l m e a n d e r i n g s , i t r e i n f o r c e s my opinion t h a t local " l e f t i s t s " a r e b l i n d t o t h e i r own p o l i t i c a l f u t i l i t y and i r r e l e v a n c e .

Ilistorically , petty ~narxians a l w a y s h a v e been a d a n g e r o u s i r r i t a n t and embarassment t o a n a r c h i s t s . I n my m i n d ' s e y e , n e g a t i v i t y a n d f e a r masqueradi n g a s s p i r i t ~ a l i t yc o n s t i t u t e n o i h i n g more t h a n s p i r i t u a l bullshit.

I t is that quality t h a t o o z e s from t h o s e who a r e busy p i s s i n g i n t o t h e s p i r i t u a l wind a n d m i s t a k i n g t h e spray f l y i n g back i n t h e i r faces f o r enlightenment.

I l o v e you M r . Tora. . i n s p i t e of y o u r s e l f .

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Ten after two ...the magical

hour to many individuals. why?

The time in the film industry is magical. ..time stops, HOW fortunate that he was born in a modern hospital with both compassion and an excellent nursing staff - as, it was the New Westminster nursing staff; as, it was during the New Westminster nursing strike - and over-crowding! The year..1985.

Ten.after.two - time stops in the film industry; time stops..

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(ten after two; Bogart lights a cigarette, blows smoke lazily in the air .........)

Change chains: autistic behaviour..chains and lock-up DO NOT WORK. Using sexual puberty as a scapegoat. Damage done, answering yessir, nosir three bags full sir! The culprit says, "No, I was not at the scene of the crime when it happened. " Strike..stroke..struck.. like a duck being born into a suburbia culture, the limits on living, there from day one.

U I C problems getting legal assitance unsafe living conditions in hotels or apartments d i s p u t e s w i t h landlords income t a x

DERA i s l o c a t e d a t 9 East Hastings or phone 682-0931.

DERA HAS BEEi' SERVING THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE FOR 13 YEARS

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RECOMMENDATIONS A s t h e A s s o c i a t i o n i s e m b r o i l e d i n i n t e r n a l c o n t r o v e r s y , a s an e f f e c t i v e working r e l a t i o n s h i p between t h e A s s o c i a t i o n and t h e C i t y no l o n g e r e x i s t s , and a s t h e t u r m o i l i s t a k i n g up m a j o r amounts o f s t a f f t i m e and r e s o u r c e s , t h e D i r e c t o r o f S o c i a l P l a n n i n g recommends:

A. THAT t h e C o u n c i l s u s p e n d t h e w o r k i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e C a r n e g i e Community C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n .

B . THAT C o u n c i l r e q u e s t t h e D i r e c t o r o f S o c i a l P l a n n i n g c o n d u c t a r e v i e w o f t h e o p e r a t i o n s o i t h e S o c i e t y and t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p t o t h e C e n t r e and t h e C i t y .

THAT t h e D i r e c t o r o f S o c i a l P l a n n i n g c o n s u l t w i t h C o u n c i l i n t h e s e l e c t i o n o f members f o r a f i v e - p e r s o n r e v i e w p a n e l .

D. THAT s u c h r e v i e w be c o n d u c t e d w i t h b r o a d c o n s u l t a t i o n i n t h e l o c a l community a s o u t l i n e d i n t h i s r e p o r t .

E . THAT i n t e r i m o p e r a t i n g a r r h g e m e n t s ( o r a l t e r n a t e a r r a n g e m e n t s ) b e made f o r t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n o f m a j o r programs o p e r a t e d by t h e A s s o c i a t i o n .

F . THAT C o u n c i l a u t h o r i s e e x p e n d i t u r e s up t o $ 6 , 0 0 0 f o r t h i s r e v i e w t o i n c l u d e a r e s o u r c e p e r s o n , m e e t i n g e x p e n s e s and m i n o r e x p e n s e s f o r p a n e l m e m b e r s ; s o u r c e t o be C o n t i n g e n c y R s .

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THAT t h e C z r n e g i e Community C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n S o c i e t y be asked t o co-operate with t h i s review.

H . THAT upon c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e r e v i e w , t h e r e s u l t s be r e p o r t e d t o t h e Neighbourhood, C t l t u r a l a n d Community S e r v i c e s Committee and t o a l l a f f e c t e d p a r t i e s i n t h e community.

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*TheYmco~ver'-Sdn,~ue9d:da~; April 7, 1987

FHAT ALL 15 DIRECTORS OF

f THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION To the embers of Carn'egie Centre; i BOARD BE REMOVED FROM ' 1 401 Main Street OFFICE AND THAT IMMEDIA[ . Vancouver, 8.C. V6A 2T7 TELY THEREAFTER AN.ELECI 'TION BE HELD TO ELECT.15 r .Take. Notice-that a SPECIAL: i X N E R A t - M E E T I N G OF THE andatthatmeetingthef0ll0.*- NEW DIRECTORS UNTIL THE CCCA-will.TAKEPLACEON: SOCIETY'S NEXT ANNUAL a GENERAL MEETING; PURSUWednesda , Aptjl 22,.1987, ing is proposed resolut~on: . ..

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AT:.Carneg~eCommunity' SOCIETY'S ACT. IRENE SCHMIDT Centre Theatre Meetin called b 401 Main Street, I R E N SCHMIDT ~ -VANCOUVER, B.C. V6A 2T7 it Corresponding S e c ~ e t a r y , 665-2220

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What is needed is an emblem for the team of a fire-bird in various colours: wines, reds, greys, blues and blacks. .. !ill desi n are we co e and should be f a g e n to the Women s All designs are welcome and should be taken to t l l c Women's Centre at 217 !.fain St.

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