[RP TownTalk] Attempt to Repeal Town Crier Code

[Rob Oppenheim]

I welcome constructive criticism. Indeed I encouraged it. I want
to maximize the benefit the Crier provides to our community. 
 
I started off asking for suggestions on how to improve things,
but I typically got no response. 
 
So I tried a different approach. I tried "stirring the pot" a little 
by making a change then asking people if they liked it or not, and 
what might be better. This worked quite well in many cases. I learned 
the hard way that it does not always work. If I misjudged the pot's 
energy then stirring it could cause it to boil over with anger and 
frustration.
 
The question was: how could the Crier BEST support the Farmer's
Market? So I made a change, and asked for feedback. But this was
one of those cases where the pot boiled over. People were simply
not ready to see that change and then discuss what would be best.
So I went back to running the same advertisement each month and
hoped that someday the discussion could be tried again (this time
without first stirring the pot). I do not claim to know what
would be best for the Farmer's Market, but I do think that it is
possible to improve on anything, and a lively but not overheated
discussion could result in a lot better support and possibly even
a lot more attendance at the Market.
 
The question was never should the Crier support the Farmer's
Market, but how best to support it. 
 
 
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:16:22 -0500, Leslie Plant wrote:
 
>.. I want to see important, animating town activities such as the farmer's 
> market supported in every single issue during the market season....
 
Thank you for your comments Leslie. The more ideas the better.
 
At www.rptc.us you can look at the ad and articles that were run
in support of the market for the Jul-Aug issue (page 13). All the
other Criers ran the standard two page Farmer Market advertisement 
that has appeared in the Crier for the last few years. So you see 
every single issue of the Crier did support the Farmer's Market. 
 
Thanks
- Rob
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