Date: March 13, 1997 "Dear Mr. Gilmour: I am sorry, but I do not have time to delineate and respond to all
the issues you raised in your Feb. 277 letter or in theMarch 3 letter from Betty Bates. I am
frustrated by my lack of time, but, as I explained to you in our phone conversations, this will
continue to be a limiting factor in our progress on Terrific Kids. We will make progress.
Unfortunately, just as you feel the article in the ProjectIdeas newsletter was inadequate,
you may feel that our rate ofprogress is inadequate. When we make progress, I will be happyto
share our conclusions and drafts of materials with you. Please understand that I want to
be as cooperative as I can,but I cannot spend large amounts of time drafting responses toyour
letters, reporting on meetings or other research, orexplaining the process I am required to go
through in preparingmaterials for the Board Committee on Education and ProgramDevelopment. I
am trying to arrange to move this project off mydesk and onto the desk of one of my co-workers
so that progresscan be more rapid. I sincerely want to resolve this. At some point,
perhaps we can review the other points youmake or imply in your letter, but I cannot do so soon.
I assureyou that I will share any notable progress with you.
cc: A Shafer (Int'l ); T. Dimmock (Carolinas Kiwanis Gov.) W. Wirth (Carolinas
Kiwanis Sec.); A.G. Shaffer (Int'l Sec.)
E-Mail
Date: March 18, 1997
Dear Mr. Rice,
Thank you for your note. I hope you can understand that when we share your letter with
other parents here, they feelchagrined. It appears to all of us that you could have answered
the four simple questions we asked in less space than what youwrote explaining why you couldn't.
Moreover, does not Kiwanishave an already-printed list of who makes up the Priority One
Advisory Council which you could fax to us? We regret yourdifficulties in managing your time
and feel that the manychildren being hurt by the Terrific Kids program deserve better.After
over two years of trying to give Kiwanis the opportunity to fix the problems, we conclude that
it is time for us to make an effort to alert schools to the problems and to alert them of Kiwanis
International's lack of will to evaluate the program
properly or to adequately notify schools about the problems in a
timely manner.
Our offer to speak with the Priority One Advisory Council
members still holds and we hope you will re-evaluate your
priorities and move Terrific Kids to the top.
E-Mail
Date:March 20, 1997
"I cannot answer any of your questions quickly because each
implies so much. For me to answer any of your questions quickly
and without review will imply agreement to ancillary points you
make or imply. I am trying to do the right thing without getting
myself or Kiwanis International into trouble. There is no reason
to direct you to people I consult on this matter from the
Advisory Council. It would be an imposition to involve them in
our on-going discussions. I am sorry I cannot spend enough time
on this matter to satisfy your group. As I indicated before I
will communicate with you when I have made significant progress.
Sincerely, Chris Rice
From: Chris Rice, Director of Programs
TO: Monroe Gilmour
TO: Mr. Chris Rice, Kiwanis Int'l, Director of Programs
From: Monroe Gilmour,
Concerned Parents
To: Monroe Gilmour, Concerned Parents
From: Chris Rice, Dir. of Programs, Kiwanis International