As reported in NN, P7 22 June, the Council push-back, effectively watering down greater transparency, a broader community director base and a lessening of potential conflicts-of-interest at NBRFoundation (v2.0) is still of concern.
WATERED DOWN TRANSPARENCY
Also revealed is uncertainty whether these sensible instruments of good governance might ‘jeopardise’ initiatives. Say what…! Can we have examples please from some real decisions made and minuted, which would, not could, have been jeopardised? Where was that question from the reporter to substantiate the claim because it sounds like a Furphy to me?
NO KPIS – NO MEASUREMENT PLAN
It is also no joy to find that KPI’s are still not in place after years to define and map methods of measurement around them. What are the Mayor’s ‘good people’ doing at meetings? Noosa Biosphere Ltd (v1.0) would have been slaughtered by the then NPA’s provocateur, Tony Wellington if we didn’t have key performance indicators (KPIs) in place from year-one which we did after considerable public consultation.
JUST DOESN’T PASS THE MUSTER
The responses given to stymie sensible governance and not demand KPIs would not pass muster in a company directors course. I believe it was Sir Adrian Cadbury who said, “The nicest thing about not planning is that failure always comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and desperation.”
Never was a truer word said.
