Thank you, and well articulated points. As further evidence, see the "denouement" that I posted after the meeting. 

It was very, very weird. Piercy red in the face, faltering speech, disrespecting the very people she had invited, as well as the two councilors.

When I spoke with the two guys from Oregon Consensus about what they had just witnessed, my impression was they were taken aback, Both agreed this was no way to conduct a meeting or build trust.

-- Paul