1968年「台灣省社區發展10年計畫」開始的社區理事會以及後來的社區發展協會，經歷從官方指定組織到人民團體之性質；其中社區發展協會成爲台灣雄動社區發展工作與政府部門的重要對口單位，也成爲社區務展運作下之傳統的中介團體角色。社區發展協會在扮演社區永續發展的中介組織(broker organization)角色上，處於基層政治派系的糾葛，不斷遭致詬病，無疑是不被肯定的。1994年文建會推動社區總體營造以來，出現一批對歷史人文空閒、文化產業有著相當旨趣的草根人物且接受相當專業知識技能培訓的社群－社區營造員。社區營造員對社區人文與空間的關注，形成事緣的旨趣社群(interest community)投入地緣的空間社區(space community)營造。中介團體的變遷媒介(change medium)角色是推動社區居民參與的重要關鍵，而社區參與則是社區永續發展重要議題：社區發展協會做爲一個中介團體，卻無法恰當扮演角色，相當值得檢討與反省。本文提出不拘泥於傳統的社區發展協會運用，改以多元的兼容社區營造員社群爲中介團體的另類考量；此類社群更能符合Mancur Olson集體行動邏輯論述的最適團體型態。相較於社區發展協會內部的侍從關係與政治盤據現象，社區營造的草根社群，具備促進社區參與集體行爲的選擇性誘因(selective incentives)更高。一旦中介團體運作順遂與正常化，自然容易帶動社區參與，促進社區的永續經營。總結而言，藉由以社區營造員的草根社群爲中介團體的運作方式，可跳脫長久以來社區發展協會組織的政治侍從困境，而有另一番嶄新的作爲，成爲台灣社區發展運作難題下的另類選擇。

From government's eye, the community council of early time or the community development association at later period was always the only suitable unit of broker organization for the community business. Because of the benefit of political faction, being difficult problem with community development, this intermediate is denounced all the way as the role by various domains. Since the 90's, there're more and more people participated the community renaissance movement, and became the ”interest community”. They may be taken as another new broker group for the community development. According to the elaboration of point by Mancur Olson (1971) at ”The Logic of Collective Action”. And then, these kinds and the scale of groups, which are tallying with selective incentives, are also the more suitable for the community development business than association. This might be the alternative option being difficult problem of community development in Taiwan.