Gadfly has done 5 “Bethlehem Moments” now.
See the link on the sidebar or under Fun Stuff on the top menu.
Time to reflect a bit.
The idea was for Gadfly to do some to give a sense of what this “Bethlehem Moment” thing was all about.
And then to pitch it to Council to see if they were interested in incorporating it into the opening ceremony after the prayer and the pledge.
It could always continue randomly even as part of public comment without Council involvement.
But if the idea has interest and value at all, it deserves to be at the “top” of the meeting and not in public comment where it would follow, like it just did Tuesday, a guy complaining about neighbor dogs.
If I pitch this idea to Council for consideration, I’ll have to suggest how to staff 24 Moments a year. The idea is no good if it becomes somebody’s hassle to fill out a roster.
I have made very preliminary contact with BASD about students participating. I see a lot of pluses educationally for the students in doing the Moments, and it would bring them and their parents to meetings.
I will be contacting such various organizations as Moravian Archives and Historic Bethlehem to sound out interest, and, a less obvious but intriguing source of Momentors, I’m even asking developers in a letter I will share with you.
But I should ask Gadfly followers. If you personally would like to do a Moment (help available if needed) or if you belong to an organization that would like to participate (help available if needed), perhaps doing a Moment connected to the nature of the organization, please let me know.
The Bethlehem Moment idea, I know, might seem a bit fluffy, and now that Council meetings are filmed I’ll be able to see if people are yawning, and if it goes bust, so be it. But I’d like to give it a good chance of catching on.
