Manhattan Community Board 10 - Executive Committee - December 29, 2010

[1]  On arrival a Harlem Resident was noted to be standing in the hallway of the 4th floor where the Manhattan Community Board 10 Office is located. The Resident indicated that he was told the Executive Meeting that was being held that evening was a private meeting.  This was puzzling since Community Board Excutive Meetings are a public meeting.  When both of us (Harlem Residents) walked into the Manhattan Community Board 10 Office the Conference Room Door was closed.  We opened the door and walked in. I asked why a Harlem Resident was told this was a private meeting.  Board Member Barbara Nelson indicated that she had made a mistake telling him that.  Questions are: [A] Why was the door closed to the Conference Room that the meeting was being held in?  [B] There were two lawyers present in the room at the time the Harlem Resident was given the incorrect information (William Franc Perry, III Esq and Joshua Bauchner) .  Why did they not immediatelyy correct Board Member Barbara Nelson? [C] Why did no one go out in the hall and call the Harlem Resident back?    [2]  Mr. Lohdi was on the phone and was "warned" by Chairman William Franc Perry III, Esq the Chairman of Manhattan Community Board 10 that community people were in the room.[3]  Plans appear to be in the mist to limit the Community's Speech at the January 2011 General Board Meeting on January 5, 2011.[4]  Appears to be a plan to change the tone of the Resolution and the Vote from a "No Vote" to a "Protest Vote".  [5]  Mr. Perry would not answer a question why there was no notification to the public that the Executive Committee meeting was cancelled the previous Wednesday and why there was no notification to the public that the meeting had been rescheduled for December 29, 2010.  He also offered no apology for the non-notifications.  He was told repeatedly by Board Member Keith Taylor that he did not have to respond to the questions. [6]  Mr. Perry appeared to not want to answer a question about the Manhattan Community Board 10 Bylaws and announced abruptly that the meeting was going into Executive Session.  The way he did this caused concern from the Community present. Community Board Members Present Joshua Bauchner Deneane Brown-Blackmon Daniel Nathan Clark Michael Downie Candi Halbert Earl Keller Crystal McKay Barbara Jean Nelson W. Franc Perry III Beatrice Sibblies - Possibly came when meeting was over. Keith L. Taylor