[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This might be a long-shot, but is there any way that the community
could take the concept of a NID/BID and "steal" John Fenton? It would
be an administrative nightmare for someone (would I do it?? I'm not
sure).
My objections to the NID/BID were with the organizational structure
and its control by the larger entities around us who, I felt, were
trying to force "little" guys to pay while they continued to run it to
their own pleasure. I feel like now is the idea time to act-- here's
a guy (John Fenton) who has proven that he can provide "clean and
safe". I've seen large companies run with a whole new business
concept based on the presence of a highly competent employee before.
In addition there is a structure in place to form a new "clean and
safe" company -- the NID/BID.
I'm not sure exactly how it would work, but we could form our own
entity (call it a "CID") funded by the promises to pay of community
people and businesses that would have been the source of the NID/BID.
We have 300 signatures in favor of John right now. We could
"hire/rent" from the current UCD as many ambassadors and machines
that we needed (as long as the UCD agreed to have this
quasi-partnership with us). We would hire John to run the CID
entity. I am certain that we could do it less expensively and more
inclusively (even truly serving the outer-lying areas of our boundaries).
It's an appealing idea, and it's been bounced around before, but it
doesn't seem as tough it's be an easy thing to accomplish.
An NID proposal is, essentially, that the NID would provide services in
exchange for the financial support of local businesses. But to attract
that money, the NID would have to demonstrate that it can _provide_
those services. Otherwise, it'd be too speculative.
UCD's had the benefit of several years, and lots of funding, to
establish a track record for itself. Some of it's been really, really
good (Fenton's crew). Some of it's been questionable (the concerts in
Clark Park last year) and some hasn't been very good at all (much of its
publicity material). It has an administrative structure in place as
well. Generally, if you wanted anyone to establish an NID, UCD was the
best equipped to develop one and make a case to the community. And UCD
couldn't seem to muster enough local support to get its NID proposal going.
I'm not saying this was good or bad, or that UCD should or shouldn't be
a NID or not. But it does indicate that a community-originated "CID"
would have a far tougher job, and would have to do a lot _more_ work, to
have even a chance of succeeding.
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