Home Owners Meeting - Nov. 29, 2008

Saturday, November 29th 2008 at 10:00am at the Office Area
Well, they have finally scheduled an OPEN Home Owners meeting. Unlike the year-end meeting, this is being held at the ALC offices, so there isn't a worry of being charged extra if we exceed the time limit. In the past, meetings have not been published as "open" to the Home Owners. The meetings were for board members to discuss issues that effected all of us. If a Home Owner that was not on the "board" attended, they were quickly kicked out once the meeting started to get interesting, so the Board could conduct "official business."
This time, we are ALL invited. However, the HOA Board could have picked a time and date that was a little more convenient. It seems that the purpose of Home Owners meetings should be to get as many of the Home Owners as you can to attend. Thus, it would make sense to pick a time and date when you could assume that the majority of Home Owners would not be busy. For the Board, a Saturday morning on a holiday weekend, qualifies as one of those times and dates.? Anyway, at least they were proactive in setting a meeting date. Beggars can't be choosers, right?

During our year-end meeting, at the Holladay Library, there was a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of passion. These are both good things. I know there were many who were fighting against the clock to address all their concerns. This time we don't have that issue. We are still encouraging all of you to bring your passion and enthusiasm, but in a more productive way. We don't want to be viewed as the mob with pitchforks and torches as we storm Frankenstein's castle.
As a suggestion, write down your comments and concerns before coming to the meeting. If it wasn't that important for you to write down beforehand, then it probably isn't an issue that should be brought up once you are in the emotion of the meeting.

Thank you to all that can attend. Please, try to bring your neighboring Home Owners. We look forward to seeing you Saturday at 10:00am and then again at our next meeting on December 31st at 11:59pm.
(That is just a joke:)