Common threads-- what's the next step??
- Archived: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:34:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Linda Giannelli Pratt <LKP@SDCity.sannet.gov>
- Subject: Common threads-- what's the next step??
- X-topic: States/Tribes/Municipalities
First, please forgive me. I did not introduce myself in my previous messages. I am honored to be one of the panelists, and serve as the program manager of the Community Sustainability Program for the City of San Diego. Previously, I was the director of the Pollution Prevention Program for the County of San Diego. Collectively, I have served for nearly 20 years at the local government level. In that time, the core issues between local, state and federal agencies have remained the same.
WHY? It is not for lack of an understanding of the problems-- I have read many of today's messages, and they illustrate the common thread woven throughout the multi-agency relationship. We know that we all need to communicate more clearly, more often, and to be better at listening to each other. We may also choose to believe, as I do, that ultimately our goals are the same?. to protect human health and environment; to make the world a better place.
Our organizations are not machines. They are a compilation of individuals who are held accountable for certain things, who want to excel in their performance evaluations, and who have the confines of bureaucracies to deal with. Take the path of least resistance or take a risk and try a new approach?
Not until all these things we have listed on our messages become part of an individual's performance plan, a department's accountability, and an agency's mandate to improve will we see any change. This isn't rocket science. It's Sociology 101.
Linda Giannelli Pratt
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