Carnegie Members Respond To CBC Interviews

Hey thanks, Kaitlin,

I'm not sure what is going to happen, but it does seem that more Carnegie members are speaking out and up.  I've encouraged Rachel Davis to write her own stories here as she has about the most knowledge related to the William Simpson barrings as well as other issues at the Carnegie, and she's an excellant writer.  She's a woman of many talents -singer, musician, activist, Mother and friend to a lot of Carnegie members.  I had tea with her at the Carnegie yesterday and there was a constant stream of people saying hi and stopping to talk with her.

I have my own story as well as a relatively new Carnegie member and direct experiences with various Carnegie members, board members, security and Ethel Whitty.  I hope to relate some of it in future stories.

Mostly, I'd like to see a resolution of this situation, and I think some things need to be pointed out for starters, like making a distinction between the personal issues people have with William (I have some of my own) and his rights as a member of the Carnegie. 

For starters there are 2 barrings he has been subject to which have not been properly handled and addressed.  The one where he was barred by Capilano College from the Learning Centre at the Carnegie for being the blogger, and then the other one by the City for linking to the blog and other things stated in a very confusing letter. 

For me the priority needs to be resolving these issues with William and then through this process, maybe the other grievances at the Carnegie and in the community that have led him and others to label people as "povertarians" etc. can be addressed. 

There really is a lot going on and I think it represents a golden opportunity to use the Carnegie Centre as a template for people working at working together.  The nasty rhetoric and personal attacks are not needed.