[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Could Channel 8 tape for broadcast the Speaker Series: FrackingSENSE--at the Center for the American West

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Sender: Cowles, Macon

Below is an email thread I started this morning that has included Patrick von Keyserling, Zan Jones, Elise Jones, Jane
 Brautigam and the Center for the American West regarding a fracking series that the Center is doing on Tuesday nights from Feb. 26 through May 21. The gist of the thread is my suggestion that
 the City and County participate in taping the lecture series and making it available on Channel 8 for people to stream.


Read from the bottom up, so you will see the titles of the various presentations and the invited speakers on the topics.



Macon Cowles
Boulder City Councilor





Dear all:


I have added the City Manager to the cc list so that this matter can be discussed by the right people at the City. Jane, please read the thread below from the bottom up, so that you can see what we are
 talking about: the Tuesday night fracking series that the Center for the American West is doing. 


Local officials, including the City Council, are increasingly being asked to take action on fracking. The FrackingSENSE series that the Center is doing on Tuesday nights from Feb. 26 through May 21 would
 be an excellent way for the Council and the Community to receive good current information about the subject.



I will post this email on the Boulder Hotline, to apprise other Councilors and members of the community about this series. And I will send an email to CAC asking that CAC take this up, and schedule for discussion if necessary. There is need for haste,
 though, as the kickoff lecture is next Tuesday evening, February 26.











Macon Cowles













Boulder City Council Member



PO Box 4623








Boulder, Colorado 80306
CowlesM at bouldercolorado.gov
Cell (303) 638-6884








On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Kurt Gutjahr <events at centerwest.org> wrote:

Dear Macon and all -

First of all, I second Patty's comment that Tuesdays are not our ideal day of the week (partially because I can't be there and I'm the one doing much of the organizing). But alas, we are stuck with it. We have been exploring filming options, but have come up
 short for budgetary reasons. We will be podcasting it, and we will be filming for archival purposes, but don't have the budget for much more. If you all have the resources and the means to work with us to create a film record of these events, we'd love it! 
 Just let me know what you think and what we can do to help realize this.

Best,

Kurt



Kurt Gutjahr
Managing Director
Center of the American West
282 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
303.492.6120



On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Macon Cowles <macon.cowles at gmail.com> wrote:

Patty,



It would be a loss not to have this fracking series captured on high quality video, and made available for watching on the web. If the Center is not going to do this, then perhaps the City, or the City and County together, would provide the expertise and
 technology to do so. We have an audience of as many as 8,000 for our City Council meetings on Channel 8, and we have pretty deep penetration into the community from the other Channel 8 programming. Patrick von Keyserling, the City's Communications Director
 is copied on this email.


On a similar note, the Council has an ongoing series that we call Science Tuesday where we invite distinguished scientists to make TED-length presentations on the science of global warming to the community at the beginning (when we have the largest audience)
 of our Council meetings. These presentations are captured digitally so that people can stream the presentations on the web at leisure.


Warm wishes.








Macon Cowles

PO Box 4623
Boulder, Colorado 80306

macon.cowles at gmail.com
(303) 381-3406 (w)
(303) 638-6884 (cell)
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On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Patty Limerick <patricia.limerick at centerwest.org> wrote:

Dear Macon,

Yes, we came to a recognition of this scheduling misfortune, when the horse seemed well out of the barn.  The Center of the American West didn't actually participate in selecting Tuesday nights; this was a sort of heritage from planning by Continuing Ed and
 a previous Center (Colorado Water and Energy Research Center) that is now merged into our NSF project. Continuing Ed reserved the room for Tuesday nights, and we simply took that as a starting point.

Oops.

I believe there will be at the least an audio tape, and maybe a film (though one involving simple technology, and not a professionally edited version filmed by a couple of cameras).  I am copying Kurt Gutjahr at the Center who can clarify the state of our filming
 plans.  We are very eager to have the presentations receive as wide an exposure as possible.

Thanks for writing about this,

Patty



On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Macon Cowles <macon.cowles at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Patty,


I am glad to know about the series that the Center is doing on Fracking, but very disappointed that all sessions are Tuesday nights, since that precludes City Council members from attending. We have meetings every Tuesday evening, and all of us would benefit
 from taking part in the series, or at least being able to watch them in some form.


Will the Center, or someone else with the skill to do it,  be taping the series, and making it available on the web?


Thanks very much.







Macon Cowles

PO Box 4623
Boulder, Colorado 80306

macon.cowles at gmail.com
(303) 381-3406 (w)
(303) 638-6884 (cell)
(303) 447-0597 (h)









Speaker Series: FrackingSENSE

Description, Speakers and Dates:

FrackingSENSE: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Hope to Learn about Natural Gas Development.

The Center of the American West, CU Continuing Education, Boulder County, and the AirWaterGas Research Network invite you to a new lecture series. Beginning on February 26th at 6:30pm, on Tuesday nights through May, a speaker with substantial expertise
 on natural gas development will provide a measured, honest exploration of this controversial topic. Each presenter will be scrupulous about acknowledging areas of uncertainty (“What We Don’t Know”), and emphasizing open questions that require careful deliberation.
 CU historian Patty Limerick will launch the series with a talk placing natural gas development in the history of Western American extractive industries. Throughout the series, Limerick will act as moderator. Recognizing that many members of the audience will
 hold strong opinions, we look forward to honest – and civil and respectful – discussions of a crucially important topic.

February 26th: Patty Limerick, Center of the American West (firm)

March 5th: Susan Tierney - Natural Gas Development - An Overview

March 12th: Reagan Waskom – Water Quantity

March 19th: Charles Davis -The Politics of Fracking

March 26th: No event – Spring Break

April 2nd: Kirby Wynn – Lessons from Garfield County

April 9th: No Event - Conference on World Affairs

April 16th: Joe Ryan – Water Quality

April 23rd: Jana Milford and Gabby Petron – Air Quality

April 30th: John Deutch (not yet confirmed)

May 7th: Professor Nick Flores – The Economics of Natural Gas

May 14th Dan Grossman, Environmental Defense Fund – An Environmental Perspective

May 21st: Bernie Goldstein – Public Health concerns and Natural Gas Development

Most Tuesdays, February 26th- May 21st
Location: Hale 270 
FREE and open to the public