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HARVEY: |
Pardon me. What did you say Ms. Johnson? |
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MS.JOHNSON: |
Call me Cynthia, please. I said, What will we call the organization.
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HARVEY: |
I
don't know. What does everyone think? |
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EDITH: |
Let's call it Community Led Environmental Action Now. |
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MALE: |
That's too long. |
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MS.JOHNSON: |
I
like environmental. |
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MARTIN: |
We
can call it CLEAN. C for Community, L for Led, E for Environmental,
A for Action, and N for Now. |
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LOUIS: |
I
don't like clean. Our neighborhood isn't dirty. We don't need to
clean it. We need to make it--neat. |
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MARTIN: |
That could be Needed Environmental Action Today. NEAT. |
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MALE: |
Or
maybe Necessary Environmental Action Today. It's still N-E-A-T.
NEAT. |
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HARVEY: |
I
like that. Let's vote on that name. NEAT. All of those in favor of
NEAT raise your hand. Good. That's everybody. The organization has a
name. Now, let's vote on some officers. |
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MS.JOHNSON: |
Can
you tell us what you do? Professor Hill, what do you do? |
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EDITH: |
I'm
Edith Hill. I teach psychology at the university. I also work at the
public clinic on the south side of the city. |
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MALE: |
We
need a psychologist. You know how to make people behave. |
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FEMALE: |
We
need Martin too. He's a writer. He can write anything we need.
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MARTIN: |
We
need Harvey. He's a businessman. |
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MALE: |
He
can pay for it! |
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HARVEY: |
Oh,
no. I can't pay for it, but I can help. |
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MS.JOHNSON: |
Dr.
Sanders can speak about health and the environment. |
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FEMALE: |
Ms.
Johnson is a teacher. She can help Martin write things for children
in school. |
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HARVEY: |
Excuse me. Quiet please. We have a lot of work. We must have
officers. Then we must decide what to do next. |
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FEMALE: |
I
nominate Martin for secretary. He can write. |
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MALE: |
I
nominate Harvey for treasurer. He knows about money. |
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HARVEY: |
Martin, can you write these down for us, please. Any more
nominations? |
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MARTIN: |
We
need more. We need a president. |
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MALE: |
I
nominate Edith for president. We need a psychologist for president.
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HARVEY: |
Any
more nominations? I think we need more. |
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MALE: |
That's enough. Let's vote. |
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HARVEY: |
Can
we do that? We have only one nomination for each officer. |
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MS.JOHNSON: |
Yes, we only need one. |
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HARVEY: |
All
right. All in favor of the nominated officers raise your hands.
Good. We now have a name, and we have officers. Edith, you are the
new president. You go on. |
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EDITH: |
Thank you. Let's begin with Webster Park. It's very crowded. It's
not very clean. |
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LOUIS: |
It's not very neat. |
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EDITH: |
It
has paper, glass bottles, and trash. |
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