tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788575.post5823917541910113597..comments2024-01-11T22:45:53.276-08:00Comments on Tom King's CRM Plus: CRM, EIA, and the NRAThomas F Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788575.post-25389801188635714432013-01-14T14:55:22.881-08:002013-01-14T14:55:22.881-08:00I'll refrain from smart ass comments about bet...I'll refrain from smart ass comments about better mental health surely leading to better consultation or tribes bringing armed guards to the meeting rooms for protection .... <br /><br />In my experience, the most common means of avoiding meaningful consultation is flooding Tribes with letters. For example, we get on average about 3 letters every week from just one USFS Ranger District. When we sent them (a) a list of the areas and types of undertakings in which we were actually interested and then, when that got no response, (b) suggested developing an agreement that would set out what they didn't need to notice us on, we again got no response (other than more letters). Hard not to conclude that they were sending us all those notices to simply overwhelm us with paper. No need to consult when your respondents are so busy just trying to sort thru the masses of paper you send that they can't respond at all. An a priori version of your proposal, I think.<br /><br />On the other hand (and this one is, as of today, my all-time personal fav), I was once told by a senior agency official, 'well we gave you notice and you didn't respond.' When I asked how they had sent us a notice (thinking that we'd dropped the ball and that I was pissed at the agency with out just cause), I was informed "We sent you a draft Press Release." When I asked (more or less) if she was kidding. She advised me that she had cleared this with her attorneys and that she was 100% serious! They had done what they were required to do.' How a Draft Press Release was supposed to prompt consultation or even constitute notice, for that matter, still escapes me.<br /><br />Actually, now that I reflect on it, the "Press Release" gambit has been used on me twice. So it's not quite as original as I first thought.Big Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079807172388703808noreply@blogger.com