Lonehill: What We have HERE Is..

1. For some reason my ears ring with the immortal lines in the Paul Newman movie classic - Cool Hand Luke - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061512/ - 'What we have here is a failure to communicate'.

Was having a most enlightening series of discussions with an LRA director on www.lonehill.ning.com which highlighted our polar opposite viewpoints.

Most promising points made by said director were:

1. 'The LRA IS TOTALLY committed to the security and well being of Lonehill and its residents'

2. 'The LRA is in the process of upgrading security in the Lonehill environs and will continue to aspire with zero tolerance for a zero crime scenario.'

Sadly, said director seems to have pulled the plug on his communication contribution to the site and deleted his side of the discussions.

Don't know if it is because we were getting too close to sensitive territory for the LRA through my daring to comment: 'For contributors/stakeholders in the Lonehill community initiative who may not be able to be on the inside track of the LRA Board and/or make LRA meetings, there is NO alternative participatory, consultative, informative, feedback, communication loop process that provides an insight, or ability to provide input, into the establishing of or assessment of proposed/actual '..S.M.A.R.T. Objectives - (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Specific) - deliverables, accountabilities and responsibilities..' that we can all relate to.'

In the questions answered by the above LRA commentator as reported in Lonehill: Do Not Be Afraid To Question FEARLESSLY, hardly a specific answer can be deduced from the generalities provided.... let alone any further measurable to time-specific elements as discussed above.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that our LRA fell into slumber mode in 2008 which, for me, was reflected in the increased level of alarming security incidents in our community, and that they appear to have been stung into some type of action since.

Whilst one can sense something of an improvement in the attitude and awareness of our 'proactive' guarding presence on the ground and having being informed by above LRA commentator that we can expect things to happen this year, I have seen nothing of much change in attitude from our LRA directors to differ from my views voiced in Lonehill: Do Not Be Afraid To Question FEARLESSLY and Lonehill: Who's Fooling WHO..? .

To be fair, the new e-Newsletter looks good and the www.lonehill.net site shows promise - if all categories are populated - notably annual financials and monthly financial summaries. One just wonders why it takes SO LOOOOONG to do something like this, which can be constructed in way less than a week. Hopefully it is now backed up... unlike the previous slip-up.

A little sad to see that the interactive blog feature will be censored, especially if it is censored by those who cannot handle honest criticism with grace. Sounds a tad like the internet censorship laws in China... ;-)

Communication is a two-way dialogue... not just what one party wishes to hear or say.


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Regards
Trevor Nel - Lonehill Resident
011 - 705-2790