to get you started on your letters and/or emails... the first 3 Supervisors
listed are the ones who attended the meeting but I'm also including contact info
for our Mayor as well as the other Supervisors:

John Avalos - District 11
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
Room 244
San Francisco, Ca 94102-4689
Voice: (415) 554-6975
Fax: (415) 554-6979
John.avalos@...


Ross Mirkarimi - District 5
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
Room 244
San Francisco, Ca 94102-4689
Voice: (415) 554-7630
Fax: (415) 554-7634
Ross.mirkarimi@...


Carmen Chu - District 4
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
Room 244
San Francisco, Ca 94102-4689
Voice: (415) 554-7460
Fax: (415) 554-7432
Carmen.chu@...


Mayor Gavin Newsom
City Hall, Room 200
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 554-6141
Fax: (415) 554-6160
Email: gavin.newsom@...


Other Supervisors:
Eric Mar - District 1
Voice: (415) 554-7410
Fax: (415) 554-7415
eric.mar@...

Michela Alioto-Pier - District 2
Voice: (415) 554-7752
Fax: (415) 554-7843
Michela.alioto-pier@...

David Chiu - District 3
Voice: (415) 554-7450
Fax: (415) 554-7454
David.chiu@...

Chris Daly – District 6
Chris.daly@...

Sean Elsbernd - District 7
Voice: (415) 554-6516
Fax: (415) 554-6546
Sean.elsbernd@...

Bevan Dufty - District 8
Voice: (415) 554-6968
Fax: (415) 554-6909
Bevan.dufty@...

David Campos - District 9
Voice: (415) 554-5144
Fax: (415) 554-6255
David.campos@...

Sophie Maxwell - District 10
Voice: (415) 554-7670
Fax: (415) 554-7674
Sophie.maxwell@...

There was quite an impressive crowd today at the Budget Meeting despite the last
minute change in schedule.  So here's the deal, the plan is to:

1) Generate $4.8 million in Revenue (by increasing parking fees all around
including at Kezar, increasing fees for public pools, charging entrance fee to
botanical gardens, increasing fees for after school programs and the list goes
on).  There was also talk of leasing facilities to highest bidder which means
winner can charge whatever they wanted for use of facilities such as Kezar.

2) Plan also includes $1.7 million in Administrative & Management Reductions
(72-74 program directors, including Melvina Hill who takes care of us at Kezar,
received notices on 2/27 to be effective 5/1).  These are the loyal, trusted,
recreational professionals who have worked with generations of SF families – no
joke – I'm talking 10, 15, 20+ yrs these directors have been around.  If anyone
knows the community, it's the Program Directors.  There was talk of replacing
these directors with outside organizations – how that would help as opposed to
someone who has the respect of the community, I do not know.

3) Lastly, $4.8 million in Operations Reductions (reduced facility hours.  No
word on Kezar's hours but they would be reduced – it would mostly affect kids
who used the facility in the morning or early afternoon as well as it would mean
an end to the Special Olympics practice & training which is the program that
Melvina's husband is involved with).  Many parents with latchkey kids rely on
after school programs for their kids – reduction of facility hours means the
kids will have no place to go after school.  Same goes for programs which keep
older kids out of trouble/out of gangs.

Write to our supervisors NOW!  Help save the jobs of numerous program
directors/staff.  Say NO to privatization and unregulated spending without
accountability and YES to the oldest Community based Organization in this city –
Recreation & Park! Your support means everything!

** There was talk among the meeting attendees of a march to City Hall on
Thursday, 3/26 – I will post details as I receive them.

Thank you!

Hi all -
The winter newsletters were mailed out last Thursday. If you did not receive
one, please email me (please include your mailing address) and I'll get one out
to you.

Thanks
Marlyss

A late reminder that Wed Mar 11 is the Recreation and Parks Department Budget
Committee Hearing.  There should be discussion about the Kezar track.  If you
can, please attend and 1) find out what's going on and 2) voice your opinion
aboout making sure Kezar remains open to the public.

Mar 11, 2009
City Hall - Room 250
11:00am

I am going to try to come for an hour before I leave for a track meet in San
Jose.  I think Ilona and Ariel are planning to go, too.

-Andy

Hi,

For those of you running the Across the Bay 12k on Sunday, let's plan on
meeting up at the Cable Car turnaround at Hyde at 7am. I'll take a
picture and then we can all get on the same bus out to Sausalito and
warm up and stretch by the starting line.

Also, any of you that are interested in running but haven't signed up
yet, send me an e-mail with the following info and I will sign you up:

> Name
> Birthday
> Gender
> Email
> Contact Address
> Phone
> 10k time (for 1st or 2nd wave placement)
> PA-USATF Member # (Important for us to get credit as a team!)

If you aren't a PA member but you would like to be, you can sign up here
(sign up as a Pamakid, club 134):

http://www.pausatf.org/data/membership.html

Thanks,
Dale


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Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the pamakidsracing
group.

   File        : /ParkBenchRunFlyer[1].pdf
   Uploaded by : heatherunning <heatherrjohnson@...>
   Description : Park Bench Run Flyer

You can access this file at the URL:
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hey ppl what is Danielle's email?

Yes on track being on before the volunteer thing at Yet Wah.

I'll try to explain the Pamakid age-graded scoring award system with
assorted charts over eggs rolls and pot stickers at Yet Wah, Kelly.

Andy

--- In pamakidsracing@yahoogroups.com, Kelly Haston
<kellymariehaston@...> wrote:
>
> OK, I am truly sorry for this email, but can someone explain the
age graded
> thing again to me?
>
> Also, is track on this thursday before the volunteer thingie?
>
> Thanks,
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:42 PM, <pamakidsracing@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This email message is a notification to let you know that
> > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the pamakidsracing
> > group.
> >
> > File : /Peak Running Performance/Peak Running
Performance_Mar_Apr_09.pdf
> > Uploaded by : chanmansurvivor <chanman@... <chanman%40pol.net>>
> > Description :
> >
> > You can access this file at the URL:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pamakidsracing/files/Peak%20Running%
20Performance/Peak%20Running%20Performance_Mar_Apr_09.pdf
> >
> > To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
> >
> >
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htm
lfiles
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > chanmansurvivor <chanman@... <chanman%40pol.net>>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

The schedule often gets revised as games get cancelled because of
rain and then re-scheduled, etc.  Melvina Hill sends out the schedule
via e-mail whenever she makes a revision.  You can contact me and
I'll give you her e-mail address if you want to request to be on her
distribution list (of course, unless things change there will no
longer be a Melvina distribution list after May 1).

This is one of the services Melvina provides as a director and
because she has established relationships with the people that use
Kezar.  I have such a strong relationship with her because of
Thursday night track workouts, SHCP cross country and track & field
practices, and the fact that I coached her son, that I often get
phone calls on my cell phone when there are last minute revisions --
ever notice that we seem more aware that the track is going to be
closed on Thur night while other groups seem shocked when they
arrive?  (All this is great info for a letter showing your
displeasure that she has been laid off).

The photo on this blog that Adrian sent out is of the schedule under
the glass on the display case by Kezar's entrance.  It is the most
visible (only) schedule for the public to see BUT IT IS NOT the most
up to date schedule.  For that, you need to be on Melvina's
distribution list.

-Andy

--- In pamakidsracing@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian" <toojue@...> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> The city has been quite lazy posting an online schedule of Kezar so
a
> guy decided to post a monthly schedule on his blog.
>
> http://kezarstadiumschedule.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Best,
>
> Adrian
>

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the pamakidsracing
group.

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Hello,

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group.

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   Uploaded by : chanmansurvivor <chanman@...>
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You can access this file at the URL:
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All,

The city has been quite lazy posting an online schedule of Kezar so a
guy decided to post a monthly schedule on his blog.

http://kezarstadiumschedule.blogspot.com/


Best,

Adrian

Hi Y'all,

I'd like to encourage everyone to run the 10k option because it's being
scored as as team competition The top 5 runners from each team score,
lowest score wins. In addition we get a 5 sec. time deduction for every
club runner after the first five, so just showing up and running the 10k
can help out the team.

Sorry Anders, I forgot to mention this detail when you kindly
volunteered to captain the race!

Best,

John

Anders Ryerson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm leading the team for the Presidio 10M/10K on March 29, 2009.
> Please register for the Pamakids racing team at
> http://tinyurl.com/crx7rp <http://tinyurl.com/crx7rp> by March 14.
>
> This is a great race that runs through the Presidio and out and back
> across the Golden Gate Bridge!  The Presidio 10 is also the host race
> for the 51st Annual RRCA Convention (http://www.rrcaconvention.org/
> <http://www.rrcaconvention.org/>) that will be held in San Francisco
> the preceding few days.  As you've probably heard from George Rehmet,
> the Pamakids is one of the four host running clubs putting on the
> convention, so it is important for us to have a sea of Pamakids green
> at this race!
>
> *Who*: All Pamakids members to run a great race and show our support
> for the RRCA Convention!
> *When*: March 29 at 8am (10K) and 8:30am (10M)
> *Where*: Start/Finish at Sports Basement in the Presidio
> *Pamakids Team Registration by March 14*:* http://tinyurl.com/crx7rp
> <http://tinyurl.com/crx7rp>* (links to a Google Spreadsheet form to
> submit your entry info to me)
>
> More info about the race: http://www.presidio10.com
> <http://www.presidio10.com>
>
> Please contact me if you have any questions or trouble with the
> registration link.
>
> -Anders
>

There's been a lot of talk about Kezar Stadium in the last few days.
I really haven't been able to confirm that there are definite plans
to close Kezar on May 1 and that Kezar will be sold off privately.
This is stated on the www.SaveKezar.com website and repeated
elsewhere (including message boards and the Save Kezar Facebook page).

I just spoke to Melvina Hill on the phone and have read some of the
posts on the message boards, what I think is important for us, as
users of Kezar, is to be aware that major changes could be coming.
For example, they could start charging people to run/workout at Kezar
and/or hours may be reduced as they look to raise money by renting
out the facility to private groups.  Melvina wants us to know that
this and other changes are possible and that most of the changes
would probably negatively impact the public's use of Kezar. That why
it's important that we make our voices heard and be a presence at
meetings to show support.

What is confirmed is that Melvina and many other Recreation and Park
employees were given pink slips on February 27, 2009 – to be laid off
effective May 1, 2009. Melvina has been a dear supporter of the
people who use Kezar. You may not always like the message she
delivers to you, but you know she does it in the best interest of all
of us. Out of support for Melvina, Malinda and I plan to attend the
Town Hall Meeting:

Community Budget Town Hall
Monday, March 2 at 6 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Society Church
1187 Franklin at Geary Street
http://savepublichealth.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/community-budget-
townhall-monday-march-2nd-6-pm/

However, the more important meeting for the Recreation and Park Dept
is the Recreation and Parks Budget Hearing Committee Meeting on
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 11am at City Hall.  Melvina said if you
can only go to one, please go on March 11.

-Andy

We recently received some upsetting news. Amidst the budget cuts going on
in San Francisco Kezar Stadium (which falls under the Parks/Rec dept) will
officially close to the public on May 1st and be sold off privately.

Given the importance of this public track to many athletes in the bay area
(particularly to us as we train there every week for our track
workouts) we
wanted to pass this information on to you all. Please find a link attached
with information about what we can do to prevent this happening. If you
feel as strongly as some of us do please go to the town hall meeting on
Monday at the below address to support keeping Kezar open.

The GGTC board of directors meeting falls on the same date at the same
time
of this meeting. We are needing a helping hand in having people represent
GGTC and make your voice heard.

Community Budget Town Hall
Monday, March 2 at 6 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Society =93Church=94
1187 Franklin at Geary Street

http://www.savekezar.com/