Buncombe County Submitted: November 16, 2020 | Updated: July 14, 2021

(November 2020) Request for Asheville City Gov. and Buncombe County Gov. Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

[REQUEST 1]

Hello Buncombe County, NC Government,

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information:

1) Please provide all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 - Present (day the query is performed).

2) Additionally, please be sure to include all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 - Present (day the query is performed) which discuss the task force or monument.

Thank you for your assistance!
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[REQUEST 2]

Hello City of Asheville, NC Government,

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information:

1) Please provide all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 - Present (day the query is performed).

2) Additionally, please be sure to include all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 - Present (day the query is performed) which discuss the task force or monument.

Thank you for your assistance!

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Editor’s Note 11/16/20: The above submission has been revised for clarity.

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  • July 14, 2021 4:50 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jul 14, 2021, 4:50 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Our apologies for the delayed reply here! I have marked this request as completed on our site.

     

    Thank you for your help!

     

    Editor’s Note: You can also access the URL Kassi has referenced, here: https://publicinput.com/VanceMonumentTaskForce


    from: Kassi L. Day <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 24, 2021, 5:03 PM
    subject: RE: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Hello Sunshine, in the spirit of transparency, we have attempted to run this search in multiple ways to be responsive to the request, but with little success. As the Vance Monument Task Force was not put together until August of 2020 we do not have a way to track emails prior to that, we also do not have access to the task force member’s personal email accounts. At this stage of the removal, with the current order from the NC Court of Appeals, it is our position that we will not release any personal email information that could possibly endanger the safety of those who served on this important task force.

     

    As I mentioned initially, any emails from the public to the Task Force and/or County and City, as well as all of the research and final report can be found on this website. Thanks,

     

    Kassi Day

    she/hers

    Communications & Public Engagement, PIO

    (828) 250-4119 / cell (828) 767-3226

    199 College St., Asheville, NC 28801

    Respect. Integrity. Collaboration. Honesty.


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 14, 2021, 4:29 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Checking in on this request to see if there was any update to report? I’ll plan on following up again at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you!


    Status: Completed
  • May 14, 2021 4:44 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: May 14, 2021, 4:44 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Thank you for the update! We’ll follow up again in early-June.

     

    Have a good weekend!


    Status: Government Processing Request
  • April 30, 2021 3:40 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Kassi L. Day <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 30, 2021, 3:40 PM
    subject: RE: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    We are still working on this, thanks,

     

    Kassi Day

    she/hers

    Communications & Public Engagement, PIO

    (828) 250-4119 / cell (828) 767-3226

    199 College St., Asheville, NC 28801


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 26, 2021, 4:20 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Checking in on this request again to see if there was any update to report? I’ll plan on following up again in mid-May if I haven’t heard back before then.

     

    Thank you!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 2, 2021, 4:12 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Checking in again on this request to see if there is any update to report? I’ll follow up again in mid-April if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Have a good weekend!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 10, 2021, 3:29 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Hope you’ve been well.

     

    I’m following up again on this request to see if there is any update to report? I’ll check back in again at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 18, 2021, 3:31 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    I’m following up on this request to see if there is any update to report? I’ll check back in again at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 19, 2021, 4:29 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Thank you for the update earlier this month. I will plan on following up again on this request in February if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Appreciate your help!


    from: Kassi L. Day <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2021, 3:25 PM
    subject: RE: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Hello Sunshine, we are still working on this. I would also direct this requestor to this website for all public comment emails, minutes, videos, etc. sent to the Vance Monument Task Force.

    **Editor’s Note: The link that the County provided us with is here: https://publicinput.com/VanceMonumentTaskForce


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 7, 2021, 3:36 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Happy New Year!

     

    We’re following up on this request to see if there is any update to report? We will check back in again at the end of the month if we don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you!
    Sunshine Request


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Dec 7, 2020, 4:01 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Kassi,

     

    Confirming receipt of your email.

     

    We’ll check in again on this request in early-January if we don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you,
    Sunshine Request


    from: Kassi L. Day <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Nov 19, 2020, 3:22 PM
    subject: RE: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Hello Sunshine Request, we have received this request and will review and process. Thank you,

     

    Kassi Day
    Communications & Public Engagement PIO
    p. (828) 250-4119 c. (828) 767-3226
    199 College St. – Asheville, NC 28801
    Respect. Honesty. Integrity. Collaboration. Equity.


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Kassi L. Day” <[email protected]>
    cc: “Michael C. Frue” <[email protected]>
    date: Nov 18, 2020, 2:43 PM
    subject: Records Request: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Buncombe County Government,

     

    We’ve received a new public records request via our website www.sunshinerequest.com for information that may be available in your office.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let us know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. We will plan on following up again around that time.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: Request for Buncombe County Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Message: “Hello Buncombe County, NC Government,

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for the following information:

     

    1) Please provide all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 – Present (day the query is performed).

     

    2) Additionally, please be sure to include all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 – Present (day the query is performed) which discuss the task force or monument.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!“

     

    ** Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

     

    Thank you for your help!
    Sunshine Request


    Status: Government Processing Request
  • March 24, 2021 4:43 pm

    3 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 24, 2021, 4:43 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request! I marked this as completed on our site.

     

    Appreciate your assistance!


    from: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 11, 2021, 2:05 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Sunshine Request,
    The records responsive to this request can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19F2GZ0oYyaIm3fXhvnD9cPInpUYmLsqA?usp=sharing.

     

    The folder includes:
    – All correspondence from the city and facilitator to task force members
    – All correspondence between task force members
    – All documents reference or attached to the emails

     

    Let me know if you have any questions.
    Best,

     

    Liz Harper (she/her)
    Public Records Officer, City of Asheville
    (828) 259-5631 [email protected]

    **Editor’s Note: The files we received from Liz were too large to upload to our site. You can view them on a publicly available Google Drive link we have a set up here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1QY9z-V89ErfOIVFsoa1TQEATXK06io6J

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 10, 2021, 3:27 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    I’m checking in on this request to see if there was any update to report? I’ll check back in at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you for your help!


    from: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 18, 2021, 3:34 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Hello Sunshine Request,
    This request is number 4 the queue. I will pass along any responsive records when they’ve been processed.
    Best,

     

    Liz Harper (she/her)
    Public Records Officer, City of Asheville
    (828) 259-5631 [email protected]


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 18, 2021, 3:29 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    I’m checking in on this request to see if there was any update to report? I’ll check back in at the end of the month if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you for your help!


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 19, 2021, 4:28 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    Thank you for the update earlier this month. I will plan on following up again on this request in February if I don’t hear back before then.

     

    Appreciate your help!


    from: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2021, 10:35 AM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good morning Sunshine Request,
    This request is number 17 the queue. I will pass along any responsive records when they’ve been processed.
    Best,

     

    Liz Harper (she/her)
    Public Records Officer, City of Asheville
    (828) 259-5631 [email protected]


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 7, 2021, 3:38 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    We’re checking in on this request to see if there’s any update to report? We will check in again at the end of the month if we don’t hear back before then.

     

    Thank you,
    Sunshine Request


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Dec 7, 2020, 4:05 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    Thank you for your reply. We’ll check in again on this request in late-January.

     

    We appreciate your assistance!
    Sunshine Request


    from: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Nov 19, 2020, 2:09 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon Sunshine Request,
    I have received your public records request for emails. Email requests are processed in the order within which they are received. Your request is number 23 in the email queue and will not be reached for a significant period of time. Once the emails are pulled and reviewed for confidential information, I will forward you any responsive records. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any questions.
    All best,

     

    Liz Harper (she/her)
    Public Records Officer, City of Asheville
    (828) 259-5631 [email protected]


    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Nov 18, 2020, 2:43 PM
    subject: Records Request: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Good afternoon City of Asheville,

     

    We’ve received a new public records request via our website www.sunshinerequest.com for information that may be available in your office.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let us know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. We will plan on following up again around that time.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: Request for Asheville City Government Vance monument task force emails 01/01/20 – present

     

    Message: “Hello City of Asheville, NC Government,

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for the following information:

     

    1) Please provide all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 – Present (day the query is performed).

     

    2) Additionally, please be sure to include all emails sent to and received by members of the Vance Monument task force from January 01, 2020 – Present (day the query is performed) which discuss the task force or monument.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!“

     

    ** Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

     

    Thank you for your help!
    Sunshine Request


    Status: Completed
  • November 16, 2020 6:11 pm

    3 years ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending