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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I welcome constructive criticism. Indeed I encouraged it. I want</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> to maximize the benefit the Crier provides to our community. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> I started off asking for suggestions on how to improve things,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> but I typically got no response. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> So I tried a different approach. I tried "stirring the pot" a little </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> by making a change then asking people if they liked it or not, and </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> what might be better. This worked quite well in many cases. I learned </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the hard way that it does not always work. If I misjudged the pot's </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> energy then stirring it could cause it to boil over with anger and </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> frustration.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The question was: how could the Crier BEST support the Farmer's</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Market? So I made a change, and asked for feedback. But this was</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> one of those cases where the pot boiled over. People were simply</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> not ready to see that change and then discuss what would be best.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> So I went back to running the same advertisement each month and</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> hoped that someday the discussion could be tried again (this time</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> without first stirring the pot). I do not claim to know what</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> would be best for the Farmer's Market, but I do think that it is</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> possible to improve on anything, and a lively but not overheated</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> discussion could result in a lot better support and possibly even</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> a lot more attendance at the Market.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The question was never should the Crier support the Farmer's</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Market, but how best to support it. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:16:22 -0500, Leslie Plant wrote:</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> >.. I want to see important, animating town activities such as the farmer's </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> > market supported in every single issue during the market season....</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Thank you for your comments Leslie. The more ideas the better.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> At www.rptc.us you can look at the ad and articles that were run</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> in support of the market for the Jul-Aug issue (page 13). All the</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> other Criers ran the standard two page Farmer Market advertisement </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> that has appeared in the Crier for the last few years. So you see </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> every single issue of the Crier did support the Farmer's Market. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Thanks</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> - Rob</FONT></div>
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