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<br />001 (P_: <br /> <br />interests of suburban municipal constituents lire having more and more influence on district <br /> <br />activities, <br /> <br />In summary, participants agreed that it may be more important to look at board <br /> <br /> <br />performance tban at tbe process by which board members lire selected. However, tbere does <br /> <br /> <br />not seem to be general agreement on the criteria for measuring the success of board members. <br /> <br />District Type and Its Relationship to Method of Selection <br /> <br />Participants seemed to agree that we cannot ignore the differences between the various <br /> <br /> <br />types of irrigation districts, What may be an appropriate metbod of selection for one district <br /> <br /> <br />may not fit anotber, District type is one variable in our formula for governance that influences <br /> <br /> <br />district performance (see x2 in the formula for governance, state below), <br /> <br />There are two general types of irrigation districts: (1) special interest districts tbat <br /> <br /> <br />represent a narrow constituency -- that of tbe developer; and (2) community districts that <br /> <br /> <br />represent aU diverse interests in that community ., New Mexico's acequias are one example, <br /> <br /> <br />We must use caution in labeling districts, Labels may help us determine how a district is <br /> <br /> <br />functioning at a particular time but districts evolve over time. Therefore, we need to consider <br /> <br /> <br />the stage of tbe irrigation district lis a separate variable in our formula (represented by, e.g" <br /> <br />x3). Not aU districts stay the same and not aU survive. <br /> <br />For the purpose of identifying those districts most likely to change their method of <br /> <br /> <br />governan~ it. may be more helpful to group o! classify districts by tbe way they fu.nction, For <br /> <br /> <br />39 <br />