Request for information
Last night's discussion on the pool had several facets, but one of the recurring themes was the inability of several opponents to answer the question...
What is a "request for information?"
Fair enough. So after slogging away at researching this question for seconds on end... when I finally thought of going to google and typed in "request for information," this is what I got:
Request for information
Among the first ten hits, you'll find the NYC government, NASA, the Nat'l Institutes of Health, the Virginia DOT, the SEC and the University of Texas... and of course, Wikipedia was first... as it usually is... I assume because, as a website, it gets more traffic than any of the other websites.
And by dedicating a few more seconds of research to this effort, I googled:
definition of request for information
and found this:
Any specific time-sensitive ad hoc requirement for intelligence information or products to support an ongoing crisis or operation not necessarily related to standing requirements or scheduled intelligence production. A request for information can be initiated to respond to operational requirements.... (thefreedictionary.com)
It's a bit militaristic, but it seems fairly straightforward to me. What do you think?
And as a followup to the meeting last night... it was ridiculous and I'm sorry to anyone who saw it. I really had no idea it would get that ugly. I was just trying to do what I thought was in the best interest of the town. Hopefully I can get the video posted in the next week or so.
Tim White
5 comments:
I saw most of the meeting and was disgusted by the fact that Tim's motion was shot down. I wasn't surprised however as the majority never seems to work cooperatively with anyones suggestions (ie Liason committee suggestion or Tim's motion for an RFI on the pool).
It's clear to me that Tim was just trying to move the whole pool situation forward which is something the dems have not done.
Why couldn't the dems work with Tim and have ammended his motion to the satisfaction of the TM and other councilors? That's what should have happened. Altieri's comments were unnecessary and rude to say the least.
I hope you're able to post that segment of the meeting re: the pool so that everyone can see how ridiculous some of the comments were.
sz
Even the TM was in that state of "paralysis". Nobody knows what do do when it comes to the pool. I'm sure if one asks the citizens they would tell you. Good suggestion Mr. Squire.
sz... thanks. And I'll try to post it asap... but it does take some time... not my time really... just time... as in doing laundry... a four hour video takes me 8-10 hours to get online, including 10-15 minutes of my time.
I do want to get it online though. I've already had a couple people ask me about it.
9:40 the story I heard about the meeting was that when the TM was explaining his concerns, he held up his copy of the resolution... and basically one word was circled... the word "directs."
As in... The Town Council directs the Town Manager to... blah, blah, blah.
What I find interesting about that particular word is that it reminds me of this theory that Council members seem to have had in Cheshire for years and this theory that exists in other towns with Council/Mgr forms of gov't...
TMs don't like being told what to do. So if a Council "directs" a TM... they don't take kindly to it.
For instance, if a TM says that a Council is not allowed to consider a fund balance policy below 8%, then the appropriate Council response is "these aren't the droids we're looking for. move along." (btw, I really do respect our TM in this regard. It's those who fail to ask the right the questions who don't get my respect.)
Anyway, I was told that story... though I can't say it's true since I didn't see it.... I just thought I'd share it with you all and you can watch the video, perhaps see it there... and judge for yourself.
My comments mentioned in the article will likely come as no surprise to anyone who follows this stuff... I'm not going to vote to spend any more money on the pool, including for this consultant.
I wonder who said this?
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