How the Working Group works
To The Editor:
Re “In Chinatown, groups battle over a proposal for a new BID” (news article, Dec. 2):
Rob Hollander is not a “member” of the Chinatown Working Group. He is listed as a “Friend.”
The Chinatown Partnership is a voting member. Wellington Chen has been the co-chairperson of the Economic Development and Revitalization Working Team, and thus has been engaged in the efforts of the Chinatown Working Group from early on.
The levels of endorsement are:
Voting Member: An organization that has endorsed the Chinatown Working Group mission statement. The organization’s appointed representative (including alternates appointed by the organization) will cast the organization’s vote at stated meetings.
Friend: An individual not representing an organization, or an organization/entity/firm that works with the Chinatown Working Group or supplies services, such as consulting, meeting space, etc.
Supporter: An individual not representing an organization, or an organization/entity/firm that may sign petitions, postcards, etc. advocating the mission or subsequent principles.
K Webster
Blythe: 
Herma: 
It should be noted that Wellington Chen is CHAIR of the econ. Dev. team of the Chinatown Working Group until further notice. It should also be noted that for a period of 6 months he did not convene a single meeting, and when the issue was finally raised the announcement was made that "the econ dev. team has been disbanned" – this notice was not from Wellington himself.nIt should also be noted that the current co-chairs of the Chinatown Working Group chose to reconvene the committee, as community members and Econ. Dev. participants were NOT officially notified of any "disbanned" status – Wellington Chen was absent from the newly convened meeting, though he was still the Chair.nthe fact that CPLDC is a voting member of the C.W.G. , and their Exec. Dir. is also Chair of the Econ. Dev. team of the Chinatown Working Group and disbanned the team without mentioning it to anyone in any official capacity, not even to the full Working Group, does not convey a sense of commitment to the goals of the Chinatown Working Group. J. Leenn