Hey all, please see my blog Citizen of Somewhere Else for my three-part series that lays out the context and rationale for this petition, using a major SUNY report on long-term enrollments and financial sustainability that was shared with Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature last Friday.  As part 3 just posted, I'll link to it here:

https://citizense.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-increasing-suny-revenues-part-3.html

With Governor Hochul's State of State Address scheduled for next Tuesday at 1 pm and the Executive Budget coming out no later than the following Tuesday, we're in the final stages of this petition's relevance.  Even as we try to increase the number of people signing onto it, we also want to raise the visibility of the issues it engages by talking about them and posting about them on whatever social media and other channels you have access to.

Hopefully my blog posts give you plenty to think about and to agree or disagree with.  Debating my arguments publicly could do more to advance our goals than even doubling or tripling the number of signatures on the petition (which is approaching 600, so kudos to everyone, and let's keep the momentum of the last few days going!).  

Looking forward to engaging you all over the next 10 days.  Have a great weekend!