Here where I live...........

[MWB]

In a small town in New Zealand there is an organisation that's funded by the district health board.

This organisation's tenure ended so the DHB put it up for tender. About 4 other organisations have applied & the DHB are now sifting through them to choose which one to pick.

Now the people who use this organisation are, tomorrow, going to march in protest, saying they don't want it shut down.

Why would they jump the gun like this? They don't know what's going to happen.

[MWB]

WTF????

I thought I'd posted this in S&C?

Do I have the dumb or what?

Sorry.

[MWB]

WTF, again?????

This is a bit spooky. I swear this was in CB but now it's back in S&C

?????

[wolf63]

I thought that I would just butt into this little conversation that you are having with yourself.....

I think that people expect the worse/worst and dive in to prevent it from happening. We all want our voice to be heard.

If it is an organisation that does good and used by many people maybe sense will prevail.

[Rosetta]

I agree with wolf, they are obviously hoping that this pre-emptive strike, and the resultant publicity, will help their cause by showing the strength of local feeling.

[Buenchico]

Hi MWB.

If the people who want the existing organisation wait until a decision has been taken, they might end up trying to persuade the DHB to withdraw funding from the new organisation (which has been allocated future funding) and to give it back to the original organisation. Such a campaign would seem to be almost doomed to fail (because it;s extremely unlikely that the DHB would reverse a decision) and it would also create great ill-feeling from the supporters of the new group (which might be equally, or more, deserving).

So it makes far more sense to try to bring pressure on the DHB before they've made their decision.

As an analogy, let's suppose that your neighbour plans to build an extension to his house, which will block out your light. Is it better to write to the planning authority straight away, before they've considered your neighbour's application, or to wait until he's got permission and built his extension? The answer seems obvious to me.

Chris

[MWB]

Thanks, Chris.

I totally agree.

Would you believe that some staff have been egging them on?

[Buenchico]

Is that staff within the organisation, or within the DHB?

Here in the UK, the staff of the organisation wouldn't be 'egging them on', they'd be out there marching with them!

[MWB]

Staff within the organisation.

Yip, the staff are marching with them.

Madness.