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Jeremy Ginsburg

Subject: Re: Fwd: GWB ramp rebuild idea
2009-12-30 22:38
On 30 Dec 2009, at 21:20, Maggie Clarke wrote: > Have the two of you, who are so interested in ad
On 30 Dec 2009, at 21:20, Maggie Clarke wrote:

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> Have the two of you, who are so interested in adding Washington Heights to the name, looked at our website lately?
> What's the name of the group?  It is the Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets group.  It's been this way for a year at least, since the first person from Washington Heights to attend a meeting asked that the name be expanded.

I believe I am that person, and I appreciate Daniel's inclusion of WH in the name and logo.  But that is not the name that most members, yourself included, actually use to refer to the group.  If people did use 'Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets' or 'IWHLS', I wouldn't be complaining.  But this group is standardly referred to as 'Inwood Livable Streets' or 'ILS'.  From searching the list archives, I found only *one* instance in the last year where this group was referred to by its real name.  The standard practice of excluding WH when referring to the group is what makes WH members feel excluded.  (I might add that you yourself seem to think that 'Inwood Livable Streets' is the actual name of the group -- I've quoted you saying so below.)

Here's how group members actually refer to the group on this list (all from 2009):

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> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: Sept ILS meeting - Thursday evening 7pm - ALL COME!
> 2009-09-16 10:20
> Hi ILS members,

> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: September ILS meeting
> 2009-09-13 17:41
> Our Inwood Livable Streets September meeting is scheduled for

> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: ILS Outreach
> 2009-10-07 11:57
> The previous email about us not being on the WHIC website indicate how Inwood and its organizations tends to be forgotten unless you are already an institution.
> ...
> I did a search for inwoodlivablestreets and pulled up this:
> http://www.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?ci=12014&isc=icann99ad


> Jonathan
> Subject: Re: ILS Outreach
> 2009-10-09 19:27
> All,
> 
> survey monkey is convenient for simple free polling. I vote for
> inwoodlivablestreets.org

> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: Re: ILS Outreach
> 2009-10-13 10:28
> No.  We discussed this already at a meeting a couple of months ago and decided against NoMa.  There is already a Harlem livable streets group.  And we are not primarily interested in anything that is halfway down the island.  We decided on the name of the group as Inwood Livable Streets for simplicity but that we do cover the Heights as well.  


> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: Fwd: Sat. 6 June, 1:30-4:30 pm - PR workshop for activists
> 2009-06-03 12:48
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> This sounds like something that would be very useful for ILS members.

> Maggie Clarke
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Jackson, Stringer, Farrell & Schneidermann snub Dyckman's ask for camera
> 2009-01-25 23:47
> ...
> I think that this is a valid point for discussion (i.e. ILS joining an
> Inwood Coalition).


> Urbanis
> Subject: Reminder: ILS meeting tonight at RING Garden, 7:30 p.m.
> 2009-06-17 01:22
> Greetings,
> 
> The next meeting of Inwood Livable Streets will be


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