FROM THE PRESIDENT

Wow!  On Saturday you guys really seemed upset.  After all this time, construction is almost done and we have most of our facilities back.  All new and shiny.  Yes, the laundry and pool are not done,  and there are little details that are irritatingly not working or missing.  Like the button to open the front door automatically, not having an automatic door to the card room, poorly installed plumbing, installing monitors in the card room and not TVs.  There are also deficiencies in Park lighting that have not been addressed.  The light on “O” and “L” has not worked for months, and there are other areas in the Park that need better lighting.  And you cite continuing rent increases while all these issues are not being addressed in a timely matter.  Well kids,  I hate to tell you this, but rents are going to do what rents do and that is rise.  Regardless of the state of the Park’s facilities, the rents are going to rise.  This Park is run by a corporation and that corporation owns this because they get a good return on their investment.  They did not spend millions upgrading our facilities because they like us.  They did it to justify higher rents.  So be prepared for annual rent increases.  They wont stop.   

None of this is Peter’s fault.  He is desperately trying to satisfy all of these deficiencies within the parameters he is given.  He put ROKU sticks on the card room monitors so we can stream what we can.  He is partially or fully funding many of the activities we are able to put together.  Without his help, we’d be unable to do much that we do.  He is at the mercy of Corporate to resolve most of the deficiencies.  He can request, coax, wheedle, cajole, beg, and plead all day long, but it will still get done when it gets done.  I will encourage Peter to come to Friday’s Coffee and Donuts to address some of these concerns, but you need to realize he doesn’t have all the answers.  He will communicate what he knows, trying not to speculate on what he does not.  I would like someone from Corporate to come and clear all this up with a solid timeline but that won’t happen.  I’m not even sure they have an exact date these problems will be  corrected.   

So hang in there campers.  It is not a perfect world, but the weather outside is beautiful and we are on the right side of the grass.  In the big picture of things, the Park deficiencies are fairly minor.  Don’t sweat the small stuff.