{"id":1318,"date":"2011-11-03T10:47:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T14:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-can-we-do-as-a-community-to-better-cooperate-dr-noll.html"},"modified":"2011-11-03T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T14:47:37","slug":"what-can-we-do-as-a-community-to-better-cooperate-dr-noll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-can-we-do-as-a-community-to-better-cooperate-dr-noll.html","title":{"rendered":"What can we do as a community to better cooperate? &mdash;Dr. Noll"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Update 3:45 PM 3 November 2011:<\/strong> Better transcript and pictures. See also <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/after-the-vlcia-meeting-brain-storming-sessions-dr-noll.htm\">what happened after the meeting.<\/a>\n<br>\nDr. Michael Noll, longtime opponent of the Industrial Authority&#8217;s formerly\nproposed biomass plant, asked that same board at their most recent meeting:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-9P0N28abQ&#038;list=PLD4C8C05254AF9DD1&#038;index=14&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6227\/6309636313_7d5c535aba_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<blockquote>\nWhat can we do as a community to better cooperate, to better communicate?\n<\/blockquote>\nHe also referred to the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/all-about-school-consolidation.html\">\nschool consolidation issue<\/a> and to the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/he-is-in-the-business-of-selling-energy-not-saving-it-michael-g-noll.html\">\nnuclear vs. renewable energy issue<\/a>\namong the reasons he gave,\nalong with some suggestions on how to proceed, and said he would take\nthe same message to other bodies.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-9P0N28abQ&#038;list=PLD4C8C05254AF9DD1&#038;index=14&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nthe video,<\/a> and a transcript is appended.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-9P0N28abQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nWhat can we do as a community to better cooperate? &#8211;Dr. Noll\n<br>\nRegular Meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\n<br>Norman Bennett, Tom Call, Roy Copeland chairman, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett,\n<br>Andrea Schruijer Executive Director, J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Project Manager,\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 18 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nDr. Noll sent an edited transcript removing some of the repetition\nto clarify what he was trying to say:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6309635659\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6099\/6309635659_015dc7592c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8230;as I was reflecting on our community &#8230; it seems we&#8217;re\nin the middle of yet another divisive issue&#8230; [yet] we need\nto work together as a community, no matter what those issues\nmay be. These may be economic, they may be political issues,\nand other things too.\n<p>\nAnd this may sound like a question, it is a question, but\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6310155782\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6218\/6310155782_991c52b785_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nI&#8217;m not expecting an answer to the question, but: what can\nwe do as a community to better cooperate, to better\ncommunicate? Because I&#8217;m concerned that we seem to be\nrepeating mistakes over and over again. All of us! I&#8217;m not\npointing fingers at you in particular, but in general at the\ncommunity.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6309637049\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6094\/6309637049_fdf2db3594_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n&#8230; for example &#8230; the visit of the CEO of Georgia Power\n&#8230; where I think I would have liked to be able to\nparticipate in this, to &#8230; perhaps correct certain notions\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6309637273\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6032\/6309637273_ed26687fe5_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nin terms of whether or not nuclear is less expensive than\nsolar, or simply to come up with ideas and ask questions\n[about] what [we can] do to conserve energy, to be more\nenergy efficient.\n<p>\nThis may be true in terms of other aspects as well. And I\nwonder what we can do, what kind of forum we can provide in\nthe community where the Industrial Authority, the city and\ncounty [can work together] &#8230;\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6309637605\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6214\/6309637605_5393edc109_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe may have disagreements at times, but no matter what we\nhave, [there is] the need to better communicate and\ncooperate. Community is about cooperation and communication\nultimately.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6309637605\/in\/set-72157627921079927\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6223\/6310157100_66e53fee18_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nSo what can we do? And I&#8217;d like to find out if there is some\nway that we, and you as an entity, can also provide some\nsort of a forum &#8230; not just at these meetings here, but in\na more informal setting, perhaps some brainstorming\nsessions, where we can exchange ideas. You may disregard\nsome [suggestions], you may consider others, but we need\nthat as a community in general.\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s all; thank you.\n<\/blockquote>\nMy previous transcript is below. -jsq\n<blockquote>\n&#8230;as I was reflecting on our community,\nand it seems we&#8217;re in the middle of yet another divisive issue.\nAnd at some point the report David [S. Rodock, VDT reporter] did on\nwhat was mentioned in the Valdosta Daily Times: we need to work together\nas a community, no matter what those issues may be.\nThese may be economic, they may be political issues, and other things too.\n<p>\nAnd this may sound like a question, it is a question, but I&#8217;m not\nexpecting an answer to the question, but:\n<blockquote>\nWhat can we do as a community to better cooperate, to better communicate?\n<\/blockquote>\nBecause I&#8217;m concerned that we seem to be repeating mistakes over and over again.\nAll of us!\nI&#8217;m not pointing fingers at you in particular, but in general at the community.\n<p>\nWhere for example, the visit was interesting to read about,\nanother article, the visit of the CEO of Georgia Power came\nto the community to talk about certain issues.\nWhere I think I would have liked to be able to participate in this,\nto make perhaps to correct certain notions in terms of whether or not\nwhether or not nuclear is less expensive than solar, or simply to come up\nwith ideas and ask questions what can we do to conserve energy,\nto be more energy efficient.\n<p>\nThis may be true in terms of other aspects as well.\nAnd I wonder what we can do, what kind of forum we can provide in the community\nwhere the Industrial Authority, the city and county&#8230;.\nAnd the same suggestions will be made when I have the chance to do that,\nwhere we can better work together.\n<p>\nWe may have disagreements at times,\nbut no matter what we have the need to better communicate and cooperate.\nCommunity is about cooperation and communication ultimately.\n<p>\nSo what can we do and I&#8217;d like to find out if there is some way that we,\nand you as an entity, can also provide some sort of a forum where you have&#8230;.\nNot just at these meetings here, but in a more informal setting perhaps\nsome brainstorming sessions where we can exchange ideas.\nYou may disregard some, you may consider others, but we need that\nas a community in general.\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s all; thank you.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 3:45 PM 3 November 2011: Better transcript and pictures. See also what happened after the meeting. Dr. Michael Noll, longtime opponent of the Industrial Authority&#8217;s formerly proposed biomass plant, asked that same board at their most recent meeting: What can we do as a community to better cooperate, to better communicate? 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