THE people in Naku village, Biboki Utara subdistrict, in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), had never participated in a village strategic planning process. There might have been some planning processes implemented in the past, but it did not involve adequate representation of village community members. For them, it resembled instruction and a top-down planning process. Consequently, people did not know what is needed to develop their villa