I may be viewed strangely for asking the following questions, but I am going to ask it anyway. Spike Moss, I know you are an active community voice. My queries: How much of what you do publicly is out of your responsibility to your employer and its programs, as opposed to just being who you are as a private citizen concerned about your community? IF what you do publicly keeps you active and in the public light, but neglectful of your everyday job responsibilites, what do you feel should be the way it should be dealt with? What should be done to strike a workable balance, if any is to be found? List Members, If the aforementioned questions should prove to be what tipped the scale (and I am NOT saying that they are), why would one accuse the community of "turning on its own?" It is not always a case of not enough funding to go around, sometimes it is a matter of ethics. It would seem, then, that a community organization is trying to be responsible to its clients and the job for which it was created, which is unlike what a lot of nonprofits and big companies are doing these days. IF that is the case, I fail to see the problem with that. Linnea Anderson was right on target. Before funders will give up their money, they want to see how responsible one is with what they have. Potential Funders, Those of you out there who have money to save Mr. Moss' job, consider whether you are funding his The City Inc. job or his job personal one as a community consultant/liaison. And please, make sure the public knows the difference. Thanks, Pamela Taylor (Florida, but who has plenty family in Minneapolis)
Shawn Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A victim of funding I was profoundly disappointed by Doug Grow's May 28 column about Spike Moss' relationship with The City Inc. As a former City Inc. employee and a current nonprofit employee, I take offense at the portrayal of Fred Easter's decision as cowardly. Most likely, Easter's decision is reflective of the current funding climate, where programs and employees of nonprofits that aren't clearly accountable simply aren't funded. Easter's decision, given the inevitable community response, was anything but cowardly. As Grow acknowledged, Moss is loved and loathed in about equal numbers. He is valued by some in his community, by the media and by the police chief, but scrutiny of the funders of The City Inc. would most likely reveal that none value him enough to pay for him. It is sad that the community turns on its own in these situations when the real villain, if there is one, is a much more restrictive and conservative funding climate. Linnea Anderson, St. Paul. http://www.startribune.com/stories/563/4801000.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
