The village mayor was then his brother-in-law, and because there weren't enough people he got Lin to join. Afterwards, Lin surprisingly got elected as head of the association. "Back then no one was really certain what a community development association was," explains Lin, who threw himself into the unfamiliar work of community development in a state of confusion.
當時的村長是他大舅，因為會員人數不足而找他湊數，之後居然被選為理事長，「那時候大家都搞不清楚社區發展協會要做什麼，」林金助就在一片茫然中，一頭栽入了社區營造的艱鉅工作。