Talk:Committee for a Better New Orleans

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Bourre09, I have looked for, but not found, an email; I searched both for "Committee for a Better New Orleans" and for your username. I have removed the content for now. When the permission comes through, it may be possible to restore some parts of it; however, the tone of the website is rather different from the neutral tone we aim for here, so it is possible that not much will be used. May I remind you that Wikipedia is not here for "advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise"? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:51, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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Please also note that our Terms of Use state that "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." An editor who contributes as part of his or her paid employment is required to disclose that fact. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:53, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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As the President of the Committee for a Better New Orleans, I would like to correct a few factual inaccuracies on our page. The co-chairs of the organization are Anthony Carter and Julie Grantz; Joseph Canizaro has not been chair for over a decade. Mr. Canizaro was not the sole founder of Committee for a Better New Orleans; it was a group of 15 - 18 people. Mr. Canizaro along with Dr. Norman Francis convened that group, and along with Barbara Major were the original co-chairs. Committee for a Better New Orleans merged with the Metropolitan Area Committee in 2001, and for a while the organization was known as Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee. That mouthful was shortened to just Committee for a Better New Orleans a year or two later. The Metropolitan Area Committee was founded in 1966, and that is considered the founding date of the current organization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithgct (talk • contribs) 21:36, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for using the talk page to request changes. I'll change the chairman name if you can point me to source (a newspaper article, say) which confirms the current post-holders; I don't doubt for a moment that you know who they are, but we base our content here on reliable sources. The matter of the foundation is a little more difficult: Ross and Ross (2008) say clearly that the committee was founded by Canizaro in 2000; Irazabal Zurita and Neville (2007) say he was chairman. Can you provide reliable independent sources that support your more complex account? This may all seem unnecessarily bureaucratic, but I'm afraid we don't just accept people's word for things, however well they know the topic. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:59, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Understood, fair enough. Some additional information can be found on the Louisiana Secretary of State website; this link should take you directly to the data about our organization, under its legal name CBNO/MAC Foundation: https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearchDetails.aspx?CharterID=251815_KUA42 . Mr. Carter and Ms. Grantz will be listed as Director, Officer; Mr. Canizaro will not appear. The following link will take you to a piece from the new Orleans Times-Picayune website from 2014 that lists Ms. Grantz and Joe Friend as co-chairs for 2014; Mr. Carter replaced Mr. Friend for 2015, but that did not receive coverage: http://blog.nola.com/new_orleans/2014/01/commitee_for_a_better_new_orle.html . We will continue searching for more independent sources that will enable you to correct the article. Thank you. Keithgct (talk) 21:42, 18 May 2015 (UTC) Sorry to be so piecemeal about this, trying to squeeze in research time where I can! It is also possible via the Louisiana Secretary of State website (www.sos.la.gov) to order a copy of the organization's Articles of Incorporation. Having checked with our file, there were in fact 36 incorporators listed! Mr. Canizaro is listed as the Chairman, with Ms. Major and Dr. Francis listed immediately below him. They are followed by Dr. Edgar Chase, who was the Treasurer, and Dr. Timothy Ryan, who was the Secretary; the rest of the founders are then listed alphabetically. I don't know if this will help, or if you even want to go through the process of ordering a copy of the Articles. I will keep searching for additional and potentially more accessible sources. All we want is an accurate description that can be done within your guidelines. Thanks!Keithgct (talk) 18:56, 19 May 2015 (UTC)