Observations of the Election Committee Meeting - February 23, 2022

My observations on the Election Committee Meeting, February 23, 2022, 1 pm

Chairman: Dale Lehrer, Co-Chair: Sue Wilson (absent), Secretary: Marcia Johnson

Members: Ida (not present)  Tom Marone; Denny Nichols – These

Poll: We Need to Ask You Some Things...And We Need Your Answers...

By the people, for the people

Did you know that Sun City was built around a structure of asking members/residents what they wanted? John Meeker was brilliant and when he came to oversee the community in 1965, he had a number of aggressive ideas to help make that happen. As smart as he was, he understood that one day the Del E. Webb Corporation (DEVCO) would leave, and

Our Notes and Observations from the Long Range Planning Committee Meeting on 2-21-2022

A few of the members of the Advisory Panel attended the Long Range Planning meeting.  We are trying to attend all committee meetings and bring you the recaps of the meetings.

Meeting notes will be posted to the RCSC website at some point and can be found there when that happens. 

Hang 'em High - A Lesson in How the RCSC Spends Our Monies

And Then There Was Eight. Actually, it's not 8, but 8 million dollars.

Towards the end of last year at one of the board's planning sessions, we heard and saw a proposal to include repairing the leak in Viewpoint Lake in the Preservation and Improvement Fund (PIF) budget. It was going to be done for 6 million dollars, which was shocking because 11 years earlier the bid was twice that. The RCSC had received a reprieve on the leaking lake, which was a blessing at the time. Following the 2021 presentation, 

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Part Two

Too much cash is not always a good thing

One of the biggest challenges over the years has been for board members and RCSC management to overcome the idea that we are a not-for-profit organization. Most often those hired and elected have come out of for-profit businesses. Two wholly different and complete animals. Some have done better than others. Some who have come out of education and others who have worked for non-profits more easily adapt to our environment. Others steeped in the secrecy of for-profit companies look at transparency with

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Part One

The Meeting Drama Continues

I suspect most of us, at least those who liked those Western movies, remember fondly the Clint Eastwood epic 3-part series (is that too strong a term?), A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and the best of the bunch, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Wikipedia called the three movies from the 60's Spaghetti Westerns and starred Eastwood and launched his career. Oddly enough I came across the final one on cable a month or so ago, and my memories of it were better than the movie was while watching again.


What hadn't changed was the haunting theme song

Two Steps Forward, Four Steps Back - Board Meeting Recap

RCSC Monday Morning Board Meeting

Once again, we saw an amazing turnout for the RCSC board meeting on February 14th, 2022. With well over 100 members in attendance, it is clear that those living here are again renewing their interest in the community we all love. In the not-so-distant past, you might have found 20 to 30 homeowners present at a meeting that lasted often an hour or less. These board meetings are clearly showing an uptick in interest on the part of the homeowner. We thank you!

The agenda contained a request from the Technology Committee, two second-readings on previous motions (Long Range Planning Committee-Analysis of

Poll Results: IT Planning Meeting January 27th, 2022

We asked for your comments on the meeting and boy did we get some great opinions!

We had no idea if anyone would respond.


Just like Sun City's opening day turnout, we were stunned by the number of

My observations of the Town Hall meeting regarding the Oakmont Pool

Oakmont Pool Changes Town Hall Q&A Session - Oakmont Auditorium

Chris Herring conducted the meeting. There were approximately 25 members in attendance plus several staff.  He introduced Mike Gerring of Pure Vision Technologies, a company located in Mesa that’s been in existence about 11 years. 

The discussion centered on the advantages of using AquaGen “Incorporates An Ultra- Fine Bubble Generator, A Version Of Which Has Been Shown To Generate Over 100 Million Ultra- Fine Bubbles Per Milliliter Of Water. By Atomizing Pure Oxygen, And Not Breaking The

Two Standards of Robert's Rules Makes for Confusion

Running RCSC Meeting Using Robert's Rules of Order

One of the problems is that the Board is using two sets of standards on how to run their meetings. The first and well-established standard that most people understand is that the chair doesn't vote unless it would affect the results of the vote. More on that later.

Established standards for large assemblies also means

Accountability, Loyalty and Community Governance

Who is doing what?

The general manager has one employer; one entity he or she is accountable to. If the Directors of the Board – who were elected by us don't do their job -  we end up with one person doing whatever they want. This magnifies each year when the board members keep conducting business in the same manner. There was a reason they had term limits (1 three-year term), and there was a reason to allow a second. I'm not sure one was more beneficial than the other. I know in retrospect as openings occurred, bringing back retreads insured we continue down the same path. They simply refused to hold the general manager accountable. Frankly, I think that was why they brought former directors to close out the year.  

Duties of the Board...

One of the duties of the board...questioning what the GM is doing and why

IT Planning Meeting - January 27th, 2022

 

Wow, this is bad and embarrassing.

I felt compelled to rewrite this piece after watching the video of the IT Planning Session. When i watched it unfold in person, I was stunned, after watching it again yesterday, i was shocked. It was and is that bad. That said, the good news is they did a good job laying it out there in the open for everyone to see. Transparency is a good thing. I still cringed when i heard the new general manager say: “it was no one’s fault.” That’s just not the case. You don’t end up in the mess we are in by accident, it simply was neglect.

Just how did we get here?

When you watch the video of the IT planning session, you will see clearly how bad it is.