http://blog.blockpartynyc.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:52:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was extremely excited to call Jo Hamilton today because I felt like this would be the conversation that would put this block party over the top. The phone conversation, however, did not go as planned. Ms. Hamilton said that she has an upcoming community board meeting (regarding ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/30/the-phone-call/ Jo Hamilton responded to my email today. Apparently she hadn't received my last one. She gave me her phone number and told me to call her so we can brainstorm for the party. I plan on calling her on Monday. http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/27/back-on-the-wagon/ I really have no idea who to contact next, so I am going to send another email to Jo Hamilton.  Maybe my old email got caught in her spam filter?  Anyway here goes nothing: Dear Ms. Hamilton, I wrote to you the following email on June 5th and I still have not heard ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/26/last-ditch-effort/ And now the city's rejection of our block party (it arrived via snail mail today): Given that Jo Hamilton still hasn't responded to my email, I really have no idea what steps to take next. http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/17/rejection-part-2/ Our block party was officially rejected by the community board today. This was the letter that I got in the mail: I am dissapointed, but obviously not surprised.  My favorite line of the rejection is when the community board suggests that "the applicant ... work with the neighbors and return to ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/07/rejection/ I just sent an email to Jo Hamilton.  This is what it said: Dear Ms. Hamilton, I am an employee of The Open Planning Project and I met you at a community board meeting a few weeks ago.  At the meeting, I proposed the idea for a TOPP sponsored block party on ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/05/contacting-jo-hamilton/ I finally got a response Amanda Kahn today!  She told me to contact Jo Hamilton, who is Vice-Chair of CB.   I plan on sending Jo an email as soon as possible so I can get the ball rolling on this TOPP blockparty. http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/06/04/finally-a-response/ I still haven't gotten a response from Amanda Kahn. Maybe I don't have the correct email address? I just called Community Board 2. They said that though they wouldn't give me her email address, they could pass a message on to her. I told the community ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/05/29/still-no-response/ I emailed Amanda Kahn today. This is what the email said: Amanda, My name is Anil Makhijani and I met you at the Community Board meeting last week. Just to remind you, I filled out an application for a block party that is supposed to take place on June 28th. You recommended ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/05/12/time-to-meet-the-neighbors/ Today Rebbecca and I went to our community board meeting. If I had to use one word to describe the experience it would be “frustrating”. This is how the events of the meeting transpired: Rebbecca and I arrived to the meeting at 6:30 took a couple of seats on ... http://blog.blockpartynyc.org/2008/05/05/frustration/