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Hey guys! so the Tennessee Historical Commission meeting is next month on the 20th so unfortunately this committee has to hit the ground RUNNING so i’m thinking at some point this week we should def meet in person or on the phone to discuss plans for that meeting and maybe some awareness campaigns around campus leading up to it?
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alex (he/him) 9/22/2023 6:38 PM
The committee meeting is like 4 hours away btw
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6:38 PM
There’s a digital option though
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in fact it might be cool if we do a survey around campus to get public opinion about the issue considering the THC cited there was not enough public opinion against which is so not true
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6:38 PM
OH WHOA
6:38 PM
i thought it was in nashville?
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Nah, it's far out. @alex (he/him) checked during class yesterday
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alex (he/him) 9/22/2023 6:39 PM
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Piney flats is wayyy up in northeast tn iirc
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ohhh it’s next to johnson city
6:50 PM
that’s really weird bc they have an office in nashville
6:50 PM
and memphis
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I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist but
6:51 PM
That may have been intentional
6:51 PM
Nvm
6:51 PM
I thought it was something else 💀💀
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Ravel_PirouzniaJr 9/22/2023 6:52 PM
We can still join virtually
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alex (he/him) 9/22/2023 6:55 PM
Do you guys know how we go about getting Forrest hall on the agenda?
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the public comment section for that meeting is not available yet (edited)
10:48 PM
maybe we can email the commission itself i’ll look into it a lil tn
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alex (he/him) 9/22/2023 11:32 PM
epic thank you king
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I think a survey is a great idea. They’ve done it before virtually but maybe we could add flyers for emphasis?
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4:53 PM
Or table over it?
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we could definitely see what request we have to make to table on the corner at tucker that way we’re literally tabling RIGHT in front of it
7:12 PM
and handout pamphlets explaining why the name change is important and what the history of the name is as well as the history of the issue
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i think wednesdays general meeting will probably be on Forrest hall bc it’s coming up so soon so we could talk about it then for sure
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not entirely sure where this puts us lowkey
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alex (he/him) 10/6/2023 1:34 PM
Huh, I see
1:35 PM
Have you gotten any response from mcphee yet?
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well i’ll be honest i’m drafting the email now🤭
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1:35 PM
but i think that will kinda be what dictates our next move
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Dug ☭
well i’ll be honest i’m drafting the email now🤭
Do you think it'd be a good idea to see if we could interview McPhee and post it to our socials?
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alex (he/him) 10/6/2023 3:12 PM
We might not want to seem like we’re supportive of McPhee too much considering some other issues (edited)
3:12 PM
Idk
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yeah i would be pretty concerned about that too
3:16 PM
but idk
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...what's a petition for waiver??
4:48 PM
Also, if we decide to interview McPhee about it, I'm totally down to help on that
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that’s their attempt to change the name
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Gotcha
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What does “comments should be limited to that topic and not the merits of petition for waiver” really mean?
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essentially
2:09 PM
we can't talk about why it should be granted only who should be given written notice its being considered? I beleive?
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we can't talk about why it should be granted only who should be given written notice its being considered? I beleive?
alex (he/him) 10/7/2023 2:28 PM
Yeah that’s what I took away from it
2:30 PM
But just bc we can’t make comments on that topic doesn’t mean we couldn’t have signs or smth right?
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Well i guess thats true
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No I think that comments in this case include signs and such
4:03 PM
Because it's still a form of speech
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well depends on if you'd like to follow the rules or not
5:06 PM
they won't execute you by firing squad if you break some robert's rules of order
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Damn okay. THC making it harder for everyone then.
2:22 PM
I get it but damn
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Bourgeois democracy LOVES its complicated an unnecessary bureaucracy
2:25 PM
BUT hopefully Mcphee will give us the next steps in terms of when we could organize around the meeting even if we dont go to this one
2:26 PM
which could be better because that means we can agitate on campus more about the issue leading up to the meeting
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The Tennessee Department of Corrections is hiring nearly 20 contractors to build a $415 million law enforcement training center on state property.
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OH SHIT
12:37 PM
the state produced document had all the engineers and architects they were using
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Oh fr?? Damn wish they included it in the article
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