If elected, I will not serve.
If you said, "Pat Paulson, from the Smothers Brothers TV show, during the 1968 election," you are my people, and you get 30 bonus points. If you said, "William Tecumseh Sherman, 1884," you are more scholarly than I am, but you still get 30 bonus points.
The developer of our community has sold out all the lots and is finishing the last of the builds. In the next month or two, they will be turning over the HOA responsibilites to a Board of Directors to be elected by the homeowners here. I have already been involved in discussions with the lady who serves in that capacity (put in place by the developer) regarding things we've done in our yard (pergola, shed, pavers) and some community concerns. She suggested that I run for that board.
I have decided to throw my hat in the ring. And I rarely wear a hat. I mentioned this to Mark yesterday, and he said... "Watch what you wish for - a lot of work for no return." I get that. No one seems to like their HOA, especially if they are in violation of any of the community rules, or when they write the check for the HOA dues. There is already a lot of "What do we get for our money?" comments on social media. My reason to run for the board is to keep it from becoming a petty association that fines you if there is a weed in your yard or you haven't trimmed your plants "to community standards." I expect it to be regular complaints and no pats on the back.
In the past, I have said I could fix a lot of the world's problems if I were made Emperor of the World, by unanimous proclamation. I'm not seeing any movement in that direction. We'll see how this plays out.
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As I said to my former US Senator Lisa Murkowski riding next to me on a plane from MSP back to ANC once, "Better you than me". Good luck, and you are going in with the right attitude -- all thankless work, no attaboys. I have vowed never to be an officer or on the board of anything ever again.
Yep. We have a nice community, and the goal is to keep it that way. Based only on the social media with our neighborhood association, people are already complaining about the HOA, and we don't actually have one, yet. Just warming up, I guess. ;-)
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