James Jacobson wrote: "With all the disappearing money from neighborhood groups, I think any kind of 'fund raising' gambling deals should be shy'd away from totally."
Barb Lickness writes: I agree that charitable gambling may not be a good venue for neighborhood groups to use to raise additional funding for the organizaiton. James also states that money is disappearing from neighborhood groups. This is a blanket statement that is very unfair. The State of Minnesota Audits EVERY neighborhood association in Mpls. that receives NRP funding. If money is "disappearing", the auditors would be aware of it and it would become part of the audit. If a neighborhood does not address the issues brought up in an audit and does not work to become a fiscally responsible organization, NRP can, will and has imposed sanctions against that organization. There are policies that cover this and it is in the contracts. All of this is public information. If anyone wants to see any of the NRP policies, you may go to www.nrp.org. If anyone wants to see copies of the neighborhood audits you may contact the NRP office at 673-5140 and request a copy of the audit for whatever neighborhood you are interested in monitoring. Barb Lickness Whittier and....NRP staff ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________ 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
