06-19-2018, 03:38 PM
I have mentioned here that I have lived here for a very long time and know people who have lived here even longer. Even though things have gotten bad here before, it has never had this degree of animus.I guess that is something the board members for the last almost 4 years have to their credit. It has been difficult to not be able to be involved but as I have stated before, I am gone for large chunks of the time now.So I sit far away and wonder why we don't have the election results. Why is it that 1 or 2 people dictate a decree and the rest follow.Why are people not able to think outside the box then fit it inside. It isn't that hard to not just follow but to think critically but it seems so few can. I am fortunate to have a lot of contacts and I read the information that is available and can deduce quite a bit. For the last several years,it appears that the board or GM make a bold outrageous comment or demand and anyone who could stand up to them and just say no does not. Instead we have quite a few people who seem to thrive on all the drama and chaos. There is a flurry of rhetoric that flies around... "Oh he can't do that" , "can you believe this?"etc. etc but that is all it is, a flurry of rhetoric, then it dies down until the next big event. My point is.., this is exactly why they have retained power. They stick together and will fight and lie tooth and nail together. The members have not. There have been to many people who won't work as a joint force until they succeed. My hope is that tomorrow we all learn that we now have a new horizon. My fear is that the GM and board have figured out a way to throw the election results into ruins so that it all needs to be redone. I believe they will do anything to retain control. If we are so lucky that things do change I hope each board member thinks long and hard about what kind of board member they want to be. If they want to be in charge they need to rethink it. If they talk over people or interrupt and monopolize the conversation they are not listening or invested or even really care what the others cause is because they are only thinking about what they can and will say.(listen...please just be great listeners. That really is a large part of your position... not talk talk talk). If they have their own agenda, they need to put it aside, if they spend lots of time doing things behind the scenes,things that are in only their best interest, they need to stop, You are not a team player if you do things like this, if they think they are the only one who knows what to do, they are not a good leader. When I was in the corporate world I always surrounded myself with extremely qualified, intelligent people. Even if they were not my favorite, I knew they were best for the company and my team, my personal feelings were irrelevant and were left at home. Frankly, many times my least favorites ended up being my best ever employees and people I still stay in contact with. I hope the new board can take this to heart. You are there to do what is best for ALL of us. This is not your show. Surround yourself with the most knowledgeable people, especially if you get the chance to chose any one. HPPOA can be a great place if the board does what it is suppose to do. Roads, roads, roads and a hospitable environment. Let members do the creative things and gather a great strong group of people who can and will work together. Put on your big boy/girl pants and act like a true leader and stop the vitriol. I hope that if 1 board member causes any shenanigans the rest will nip it in the bud immediately. People can act like big babies at home. We have lots of fences to mend and 4 years of damage to repair. This is not the time for any pettiness.