Hi Karen, It seems he is committed to working with us and that he wants to be the point person for the entire project. I think we work with Matt and his strategy, and trust his approach, for now. I am available to attend if needed. Thanks, Lester From: passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Gourgey Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:11 AM To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [passcoalition] Update, Matt Hi All, Got a call from Commissioner Sapolin yesterday. He is anxious to move forward with adapting the prioritization tool. Also, he asked pretty directly that we work with him and that we and his office approach DOT as a united front. He has asked for a meeting next Wednesday with me and Gene to work out the tool and then strategize on a way forward. I also received the famous list of aps requests that DOT has. They sent it to Matt, and then he sent it to me. (and, I can't send it out till Monday due to a network outage at Baruch today.) Matt said in our conversation that he's committed to moving on the other issues we have, but that he wants to get a little traction on the APS's first, and he asks us to try this strategy with him. I told him I for one would be willing to try this. I think his idea is to present some places for DOT to start and just keep feeding them direction . So, are you all willing to have us try to work with him? He seems really to want to try and seems to be asking us to give his way a chance. Please let me know what you think Also, that meeting is 2:00, possibly running till 4:00. Does anyone have an interest in coming? Thanks and talk soon. Karen Karen The Lighthouse Store is your source for helpful, vision-friendly products! Shop our NEW online store at http://shop.lighthouse.org The information contained in this email transmission and any attachments may contain information that is privileged and or confidential and is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering this communication, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the original communication and any attachment from any computer, server or other electronic recording or storage device. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege.