[MA-RPC] RPC- Sat. Feb. 12-Guests

[Walt Daniels]

I should have added that our 3 local AT committees also run mostly by
consensus. This avoids the problems of agency partners not being able to
contribute because of conflict of interest laws. How can you have a
cooperative management systems if everybody can't cooperate?


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[mailto:ma-rpc-bounces at commerce-02.cilia.org] On Behalf Of Walt Daniels
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:19 PM
To: 'ATC Regional Group'
Subject: RE: [MA-RPC] RPC- Sat. Feb. 12-Guests


Ron and I and others in NYNJTC have always dealt with meetings that are open
to all. In principal only supervisors and trail chairs can vote, but almost
nothing every gets to a stage where we need a vote. After discussing for a
while the consensus is almost always clear. This is in an organization where
the Trails Council has real power delegated by the Board and only a few well
prescribed issues have to go to the Board for approval. We typically have 30
or so out of 80 possible people at the bimonthly meetings. A prime purpose
of the meetings is communication and keeping everyone on the same page. ATC
historically has been very poor at communications. That in fact is why I set
up this forum and the web pages - to improve the communications.
 
In case you haven't guessed it, I am not happy with the tight control that
ATC is trying to maintain. It is a sure way to turn off volunteers when they
feel they are not in control.


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