Thanks to David, Scott, Holle and others for this interesting thread and
on a Saturday no less!
Initially, I was concerned as Holle was that the legislation was
dictating who could and could not be members of our neighborhood groups.
Scott's post went a long way to allay my fears, however, I am still
concerned about the specificity in the language provided by David to
kick this discussion off.
In Seward, our Neighborhood Group allows anyone who lives, works, or
owns property in the neighborhood to participate in our community
decision making process. In practice - since the mission of the Seward
Neighborhood Group is to "make Seward a better place to live, work, and
play" - we have even considered participation from folks who come to the
neighborhood to play in our parks and along the river. In other words,
we don't enforce some arbitrary geographic rule in regard to
participation, instead we want participation from people who are
interested in Seward.
I hope the final version of this amendment to the Nonprofit section of
the statutes will take this into account. I would not want to see
changes that restricted neighborhoods rights to encourage participation
by all those affected my a decision.
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In cooperation,
Erik Riese
Seward
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