SWCS making a difference
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IT has been said: “He who tooteth not his own horn, his horn is not tooteth.” SWCS has never made a point of tooting its own horn. In fact, some would say we are masters of the undersell. While we continue to advance the art and science of good land and water use internationally, as we have in the past through educational efforts and a wide range of local chapter activities, we also have recognized the opportunity and the need to influence policy decisions in striving to achieve our mission.
Many organizations with representatives in national capitols and seats of provincial and state governments thrive by telling their membership what they have accomplished for them through efforts to influence the legislative process. Some years ago when I worked with state government in Nebraska, I arranged for the governor to sign a proclamation and invited representatives from several interest groups to attend the signing ceremony. Being a member of one of those groups, I later heard the organization's state representative tell our local membership of his role in the ceremony, and I hardly recognized it as …
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- Copyright 1991 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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