Comments on: Geist Clubhouse Mailer Going Out Today – UPDATED http://atgeist.com/blog/geist-clubhouse-mailer-going-out-this-week/ The Geist Reservoir Community Portal Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://atgeist.com/blog/geist-clubhouse-mailer-going-out-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-6283 Steve Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:58:28 +0000 http://atgeist.com/?p=2990#comment-6283 Hi Steve, First, I think the board was short-sighted in that decision. I'm not sure why the residents didn't take up the cause, perhaps they did and the board was not receptive. I wasn't living here at that time, but I can assure you that I would have supported you even though the removal of that facility would not have had a direct impact on me. I would have supported you because that's what neighbors do. I would have supported you as I will in the future when there are projects that will only help MastHead or Feather Cove I or any one of the many subdivisions that make up our community. It should not be what is in the best interest of one group of residents because that only leads to divisiveness and during these difficult financial times it would be nice if we came together and not apart. I ask that the residents not let two wrongs happen, the first of which being the loss of your facility. To find more information please visit the following web site: http://www.geistrec.com/ To find previous discussions, as I’m sure many will have similar questions that were raised from an earlier article, please visit and read the comments at the following link: http://atgeist.com/blog/geist-clubhouse-issue-headed-for-a-vote/#comments I hope everyone looks at this decision as how they would like others to react and treat this situation if they were in one of the communities more directly affected by the action of our board. I am sure that in the future there will be another matter in which those in unaffected communities are called upon to help with an expense, support a community initiative, lobby government (“friends don’t let friends get annexed” as an example), etc. I hope that when that time comes we can all look back at this decision as model of what we can accomplish when we come together for the betterment of the entire community. Thanks as always for listening, Steve Hi Steve,

First, I think the board was short-sighted in that decision. I’m not sure why the residents didn’t take up the cause, perhaps they did and the board was not receptive. I wasn’t living here at that time, but I can assure you that I would have supported you even though the removal of that facility would not have had a direct impact on me. I would have supported you because that’s what neighbors do. I would have supported you as I will in the future when there are projects that will only help MastHead or Feather Cove I or any one of the many subdivisions that make up our community. It should not be what is in the best interest of one group of residents because that only leads to divisiveness and during these difficult financial times it would be nice if we came together and not apart. I ask that the residents not let two wrongs happen, the first of which being the loss of your facility.

To find more information please visit the following web site:

http://www.geistrec.com/

To find previous discussions, as I’m sure many will have similar questions that were raised from an earlier article, please visit and read the comments at the following link:

http://atgeist.com/blog/geist-clubhouse-issue-headed-for-a-vote/#comments

I hope everyone looks at this decision as how they would like others to react and treat this situation if they were in one of the communities more directly affected by the action of our board. I am sure that in the future there will be another matter in which those in unaffected communities are called upon to help with an expense, support a community initiative, lobby government (“friends don’t let friends get annexed” as an example), etc. I hope that when that time comes we can all look back at this decision as model of what we can accomplish when we come together for the betterment of the entire community.

Thanks as always for listening,
Steve

]]> By: Steve Robinson Sr. http://atgeist.com/blog/geist-clubhouse-mailer-going-out-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-6133 Steve Robinson Sr. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:37:29 +0000 http://atgeist.com/?p=2990#comment-6133 This economy is in a recession and especially the real estate industry. Some residents have lost their jobs and some are worried about foreclosure( are in or could come). The GHPOA delinquencies have gone up in 2008 causing less operating capital coming in to pay our current bills and is expected to not get any better in 2009. It is hardly the time to be considering dues increase and possible assessments on the backs of GHPOA homeowners for an asset that 90+% of the residents never supported in the past. One last note for the readers. Back in 1995 or 96 the Shorewood Company offered the pools and a clubhouse to the GHPOA Board. The Board overwhelmingly voted no to the offer and declined the purchase. Mr. Rosenberg bought the assets from Shorewood including the very nice set up of a pool, tennis courts and park like area right on the water that was primarily for the Masthead 1, Masthead 2 and the Beam Reach residents. Well many of us no what he did with that! He bulldozed everything down and put up homes on the property. He sure did not take a poll to see if we were upset with that decision. To those who think not purchasing the pools and clubhouse will have a major affect on their values of there homes, I say this- When Rosenberg took ours away it had -0-, zero effect on our values in Masthead the past 13 years. This economy is in a recession and especially the real estate industry. Some residents have lost their jobs and some are worried about foreclosure( are in or could come). The GHPOA delinquencies have gone up in 2008 causing less operating capital coming in to pay our current bills and is expected to not get any better in 2009. It is hardly the time to be considering dues increase and possible assessments on the backs of GHPOA homeowners for an asset that 90+% of the residents never supported in the past.

One last note for the readers. Back in 1995 or 96 the Shorewood Company offered the pools and a clubhouse to the GHPOA Board. The Board overwhelmingly voted no to the offer and declined the purchase. Mr. Rosenberg bought the assets from Shorewood including the very nice set up of a pool, tennis courts and park like area right on the water that was primarily for the Masthead 1, Masthead 2 and the Beam Reach residents. Well many of us no what he did with that! He bulldozed everything down and put up homes on the property. He sure did not take a poll to see if we were upset with that decision.

To those who think not purchasing the pools and clubhouse will have a major affect on their values of there homes, I say this- When Rosenberg took ours away it had -0-, zero effect on our values in Masthead the past 13 years.

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