purpose of the blog

thanks, nauman, for starting this blog.

if i may add -- this blog is not official or public. it's not a "blog" so much as a forum... we just need a central place to hash out ideas for the sake of efficiency before we start to meet in person, and a forum beats an email thread.

next couple steps:

1) get a critical mass of core members on the contributor list.

2) post our individual opinions on the approach our group should take towards fixing detroit.

3) post how much we each anticipate being able to contribute (say in hours/week) or how we'd like to contribute (going to meetings, writing, doing research, lobbying city leaders, pursuing businesses, planting trees, whatever).

aamir's on the list. waiting on misbah and farayha, who will be working at downtown law firms starting in september.

if there's anyone else who it would make sense to add to the group, don't hesitate to bring up his/her name.

in the meantime, i'm brushing up on my knowledge of the city. feel free to share resources!

atiya