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Schools - Badda' You? League of Women Voters Day Calendar Units - Units on Schools Tracking Federal Funds in the Thickets of City Finance They Earn $ for League Update: Appointed Boards and Commissions Citizen Participation By-Law Changes Nominating Committee Report Program Membership Proposed Budget - 1979-80

Citizen Participation MODEL OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BASED ON AMOUNT OF CONTROL CITIZENS HAVE1 NON-PARTICIPATION (1. MANIPULATION (Appointed rubber-stamp advisory) (2. THERAPY (Focus is upon the participants- the hidden agenda is to educate, influence, etc) DEGREES OF TOKENISM (3. INFORMING (One-way communications) (4. CONSULTATION (Two-way, but no assurance that ideas of citizens will be acted upon) (5. PLACATION (Citizens have some influence but ( not much clout) DEGREES OF CITIZEN POWER (6. PARTNERSHIP (Sharing of planning and decision-making responsibility) (7. DELEGATED POWER (Partial or complete control) (8. CITIZEN CONTROL (Partial or complete control) The elected Neighborhood Boards may fit into the "degrees of tokenism" of the model above. A future Voter will provide some insights. According to the table below, among the well-known means for citizens to be involved, the "public hearing" has advantages for the staff of the agency which requires some input. Neighborhood Boards may fit into the category of "advisory committees" in many ways. VARIABLES IN THE APPLICATION OF SOME WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TECHNIQUES 1/ * Can vary from Low to High depending upon situation. 1/ Citizen Participation Handbook, 1976, prepared by Div. of Community and Organization Development, University of Washington.

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