Comet
Well-Known Member
No where was it said people would not be involved. It was only suggested to have a focus group/steering committee/call it what you will, that works on the issues and gets things done. It does not mean people are not involved. Their feedback and input can be gathered by club members on the focus group, or a representative on the team (not necessarily a club member).How many times have we heard that we need to get more people involved in these issues? Now you want to propose changes that would keep people from being involved in these meetings?
I am not aware of any successful organization that has the decision making process include everyone as a member of the "team." Now a final vote on a direction (say width restrictions vs. gatekeepers) I can see. But still a team of people need to develop those options, not a large group that debates endlessly about different options, etc.
A group of people attending a meeting in which the make up of the group varies from meeting to meeting is an effective way to get absolutely nothing done. The DNR moves slow enough, we don't need to assist them with faulty process. Can you imagine if General Motors operated that way? Decisions like which new car model will get manufactured and which will get dropped from consideration had to have every employee's input and each meeting they could bring up new ideas/arguments, etc. Sounds real lean to me!
The bottom line is, better process needs to be established to get anything done. From what I read about the last meeting, it was about a public hearing. Ok, fine. People got to give their input. Now what? Next meeting everyone start going through that list of ideas she created in that post that Treeclimber made and start throwing some out and giving others legs? You know how long that would take? Keep in mind the DNR has to go through their hoops before an idea can be finalized and implemented. This process is frustrating enough. I for one would rather see diverse constituents that know what they are doing gather feedback from users and bring it to committee. The committee meetings can be open to the public, just that your voice has to be heard BEFORE the meeting. Again, I have no problem with public hearing type meetings like last time, but the process has to move beyond that.