Obsolescence is the way to go

I was thinking recently about that presentation we had a while ago from B.C. Healthy Communities (BCHC).  What an interesting organization.  For those of you who don't know, BCHC is a publicly funded organization that has as its mandate the incurring of greater community empowerment in locals throughout B.C.  This is achieved by either sending delegates out by request to help resolve conflicts or providing grants or other resources. 

This is a really cool initiative supplied by the provincial government and it could really result in some stronger social fabric developing.  On the other hand, it is unfortunate that people aren't more naturally inclined to strive for collaborative harmony within their own communities.  Ideally this type of behaviour should be encouraged in folks at a young age, like at preschool or something.  I mean, I know we're all taught to share and stuff but maybe it could made into a bigger deal.  It just seems like something that could be approached from a more preventative perspective.

I guess what I'm trying to say comes down to something my dad told about his job at the employment standards branch.  He said that an organization should always be seeking to make itself unnecessary, i.e. work towards getting whatever principles they are that you are trying to uphold so ingrained in people that the rules and bureaucracy installed to implement those principles become obsolete.  

And I just hope that's what BCHC is trying to do.  I hope they are striving to infuse the concepts of community involvement into curricula, into action plans, into town mottos and just anywhere people can be exposed to them until community involvement becomes an instinctive way of life.