>I may be blasted for saying so, but I agree with that >statement. I have always felt that the fiasco that >happened to the People of Phillips was not entirely >their fault. I believe that NRP should have done more >to ensure the infrastructure, and possibly, it could >have helped avert that disaster. Certainly some of the issues with Central fall into this catagory -- along with NRP taking a hands off approach when they get lots of complaints from people in the neighborhood about the current state of CNIA. The NRP has also done nothing to help prevent fiascos in annual meeting elections at CNIA.
>There have been entities who also felt that their >neighborhood groups were not equipped to handle that >part of it, and wanted another fiscal agent to assist >them in that end. At the time NRP would not do that. >They insisted that they work with the recognized >neighborhood entity, which I felt was a mistake. It >greatly hampered the progress of the neighborhood, >causing frustration and burnout of its steering >committee. No wonder. Who wants to volunteer to be involved in something like this. Is there a way to bring together neighborhood residents to work to accomplish common goals that doesn't involve managing paid staff, or endless accounting. It seems that if NRP would act as a fiscal agent in these scenarios, it would make a lot of sense. >We all know that only a few individuals seem to do a >majority of the work, so losing individuals of that >caliber is always tough. It seems that we, at NRP, >should have understood that. > >True, NRP was a learn as you go type deal, and it >never professed to have all the answers. Still >doesn't. Just seems that problems of that nature >should be less after all this time. Pam, you said it well. I hope the powers that be -- the NRP and the City Council members are listening. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
