<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#444444">Of Course Lanny. And thanks for your input. It would indeed be ideal to create a "total package" that could be used as a template. Are you offering to create such a tool?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#444444"> Best, Peter</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:13.142857551574707px;line-height:11.960000038146973px"><b><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Lanny Cotler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lcotler@gmail.com" target="_blank">lcotler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Peter, and all...<div><br></div><div>I'm a firm believer in creating an offer that cannot be refused. This takes planning and a strong commitment to "getting it right" before seeking buy-in from others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Better than merely showing the Ordinance to a key respondent or potential supporter is to create a total package, a proposal for support that leads them in, guides them to understand the Ordinance and its context, and then makes them want to support it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I look at it as if we only get one chance to engender their support; so we better get it right from the get-go.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I guess I'm suggesting that the committee in charge of outreach for support consider this "total package" before anything is said or offered.</div>
<div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>Lanny</div><div class=""><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>On May 4, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Peter Norris <<a href="mailto:petersnorris@gmail.com" target="_blank">petersnorris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68)">We should ask Brooktrails Board to endorse the ordinance one we get it back. Perhaps Madge would ask the Willits City Council to endorse it. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Could we strengthen local self governance through local initiatives, etc...</div>
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