Last week Nelson homes, apt. buildings received a questionnaire from Canada Post - the first step towards shaping the where and how of it all. To be mailed back within 4 weeks - 3 left now!
Steps outlined in:
How Nelson's community mailboxes will be installed
Bill Metcalfe, Nelson Star, 6 Aug. 2015
Questionnaires were not sent to identified owners, renter-occupants. Just 1 per address!
Seeing that many addresses do have more than 1 - often many - occupants: this first P.O. step will of necessity lead to missteps to follow. With preparations then based on incomplete/conclusive information can't you just see the mess!
If one-and-all should actually represent a voice in the shaping-process - one-and-all must fill-out/send-in this questionnaire! We can't foresee how much influence our input will have - but must assume it to be considerable!
Discussing this with Supervisor Ken Merritt at the downtown P.O. - he concurred with my concerns and promised to have - upon my suggestion - Ottawa make available stacks of questionnaires at his (and any sub-) location.
Furthermore - I suggested to have Ottawa do this across Canada - wherever a change-over is on the table.
He will call me when these questionnaires arrive. But how many Nelsonites will actually think this through on their own all the way, and what if there's no Ottawa press-release on forms available at the P.O. to one-and-all?
So this needs an end-result focused follow-up by the Star. For starters: How many permanent, mail-receiving renters/multiple occupancies are there? Against - how many questionnaires were sent to Nelson addresses?
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