RE: Facilitation of advisory groups
- Archived: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:42:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:39:17 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Steve Tarlton <steve.tarlton@state.co.us>
- Subject: RE: Facilitation of advisory groups
- X-topic: Collaboration
TRUST is the issue. Who do you trust? Who can you trust?
Sorry for joining late, but BLTN. I oversee the cleanup of Rocky Flats for the state, and trust is raised as an issue essentially daily. Many stakeholders can develop a sense of trust with specific individuals, it is not something that is identified with organizations. I don't think any of our stakeholders would trust the "state", but some of them trust some state staff.
As an involved person in an issue, you need to get to know the people, and let them know you, flaws and all. That's the best you can do. And, be honest.
In spite of all that, I often see that opinion about whether we are trustworthy or competent is whether we make the decision that the stakeholder wanted. We have a local city councilman that, when we agree with him, is full of praise for us. But if we disagree with him, we are regulatory "scum", in the pay of the polluters. This is also true for several of the activist groups.
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