Here’s my response to

Col. Ricketts’ recent message. -jsq

From: John S. Quarterman

To: “Allan Ricketts” <aricketts@industrialauthority.com>

cc: “‘John S. Quarterman'”, “‘Michael Noll'”, “‘Susan Wehling'”,
“‘Brad Lofton'” <blofton@industrialauthority.com>,
“Mary B. Gooding”, Roy Copeland, Kay Harris

Subject: Re: Wiregrass Power, LLC

Col. Ricketts,

It’s good to hear from you.

I wondered during your re-presentation of slides you’d already
said the entire VLCIA board had seen at the recent VLCIA biomass
event, whether you would provide copies to interested parties,
such as those sitting in the room, but you did not at the time.

Considering the increasing amount of public interest in this topic,
as evidenced by the attendance and

questions at the VLCIA Rainwater Conference
Center event, and by recent newspaper activity, probably the
public would like to see those press releases directly from

the VLCIA’s web site. However, LAKE is always happy to link
to relevant material, so if you will please send me the URLs of
those press releases as you found them on the web, LAKE will be
happy to link to them.

Similarly, if Dr. Teaf’s information is as good as you indicated,

I’m sure the public would like to see it on the VLCIA’s website.
If you let me know where they are, LAKE will be happy to link to them
on the

LAKE web pages, just as for Dr. Sammons’ slides, which
have been available for some time now:


http://www.l-a-k-e.org/topics/biomass/save_forum/index.php

LAKE will also link next to Dr. Teaf’s slides the video I took
of you presenting them.

I also look forward to seeing on the VLCIA’s website the
professional videos the Valdosta city videographer took
of the recent VLCIA biomass event. Brad Lofton told me
that evening that they would become available there.
By the way, who paid for that videography?

Thank you for the invitation to attend further VLCIA meetings;
as you heard, several board members already invited me to do so.
Unfortunately,

according to the VLCIA web site, that was the last one!
None are scheduled for next year.

Please let me and the public know when any VLCIA board meetings or other
events are scheduled for next year, by placing them on the VLCIA website.
If you let me know when they are there, LAKE will be happy to link to
that schedule from the LAKE web site.

I look forward to attending future VLCIA board meetings and other
events, and I will encourage other people to do so as well.

Incidentally, unlike the Lowndes County Commission and most of
the local city governments,

the VLCIA has no email addresses on its website for its board members.
Could you add those?
I have copied the board members whose addresses I know.

I have posted the present correspondence with
the tax-funded VLCIA to the LAKE blog.
I’ve also copied the editor of the Valdosta Daily Times.

Thanks again,

-jsq

John S. Quarterman

PS: If VLCIA is having difficulties maintaining or updating
their website, I’d be happy to inquire around about finding
someone you could hire to help you.