[Nhhoa] My personal response
Community Outreach Committee
coc at nhhoa.org
Mon Apr 28 20:19:22 CDT 2008
Mindy, thank you for your kind words; they're helpful in a time of great loss and pain. Thank you for acknowledging the current volunteers in the COC; they've worked hard this year.
I think movie night is a great idea and I urge you to get involved in the COC and run the project.
What I urge everyone to consider is running for Chair of COC because the post will open up after Board elections and they're coming up in a few weeks! I'll be more than happy to share the documentation I've created while on post.
----- Original Message -----
From: newberry4 at comcast.net
To: Community Outreach Committee ; North Hampton Homeowners Association
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Nhhoa] My personal response
Kimberly,
First of all I am sorry about your mom but knowing that she is with the Lord is a great comfort.
I think that you and the coc are doing a great job! We have alot of ideas that we would like to implement for 5th - 8th graders as well. Like a movie night with pizza once a month at the club house. The ages could expand if the community would like them to. We would need to have a couple of adults willing to supervise. I am quite sure that they would like to swim as well!
Anyway's thanks for all you do and call me if you need any help. My daughter is willing to start up the movie night.
Take care,
Mindy Newberry
770-606-9413
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From: "Community Outreach Committee" <coc at nhhoa.org>
Good afternoon neighbors. First, you must understand that this email is from me personally and is not associated with the NHHOA Board Members.
I'm actually replying to comments made from Scott and Vicki yesterday about the COC Committee in which I'm Chair. They presented the lack of the Easter Egg Hunt as a complete failure of the COC Committee itself. We didn't have the proper resources in time to plan the event as in years past and I take responsibility for that. HOWEVER, the COC Committee came together less than a year ago, with limited resources, and pulled off three very successful events each coming in at or under budget. We were structured, had a planning meeting in September for the events through year end with teams and budgets. We had a large turnout for the pumpkin painting event and we had neighbors supply a Christmas tree that is now owned by the NHHOA. The kids decorated several ornaments each for our new tree and they can proudly be displayed every year. The tree was FULL of handmade and donated ornaments FROM OUR COMMUNITY . I'd even thought that I'd be proud to display that tree in my own home! I personally enjoyed coming home and passing the lit tree in the front window of the club house and I hope others did as well. It's my understanding that North Hampton had never had Santa visit the clubhouse before either. The COC had the club house beautifully decorated for the event. We had an incredible turnout and what I enjoyed the most was watching neighbors stay and chat over cookies and cider. Families dressed up and made the event a photo opportunity - how can we loose sight of such important moments? If I as Chair have somehow disappointed the neighborhood I'm truly sorry because it wasn't the intent. We moved to this subdivision one year ago because we fell in love with it immediately. We met neighbors and felt a sense of community we had desired for so very long. I wanted to improve that sense of community in the neighborho od by bringing people together to communicate, socialize and support each other. If that mission statement isn't a reflection of the needs of the neighborhood, I obviously missed the mark. But, this is not a reflection of the volunteers within the COC. Those that participated did so fully and with great dedication and vigor.
I cannot close this email without further addressing the Easter Egg Hunt event (or lack thereof). This is no excuse but my Mom had serious health issues since October of 2006. Since then, I have spent any extra moment helping my family deal with her complicated issues. In December of 2007, things started getting serious and her decline steady. I had planned on having a 2008 planning meeting in January to structure all events as we had before. Unfortunately, since Christmas, I've been very, very distracted with her declining health and Easter snuck up on me. On March 1st I sent out a request for help and did not get the first response until weeks later. At that point, I was completely distracted with my Mom and hurriedly trying to get FMLA arranged at work so I could home for an extended period of time. My priority was my Mom, who was my best friend, and I don't regret putting that first. The weekend of Easter was spent preparing for my trip because I was leaving on Tuesday. I didn't get the chance to see my Mom again because her last day on earth was Easter day. God took her to heaven in the very early hours the next day. I don't mean to put my private affairs to the public but I have the strong need to explain the biggest reason why the Easter Egg Hunt didn't occur.
My lesson from this is to keep family first always and I hope that during my tenure of Chair of COC your families were able to enjoy at least one event that we sponsored.
In closing, the Board has successfully created several new tools for communication including the improved website and this email broadcast. I've always tried to have an open door policy and would have hoped that people would communicate with me if they had problems with the COC's performance. Vicki, you came to several board meetings and never said a word to me and your email below on the 14th gave me no indication of your disdain.
I hope our lesson from this is to communicate better with one another so things don't get sideways. We are a community of families with different lives and priorities. One common priority should be making our neighborhood the best it can be and the best way to do this is to work together and get along.
In closing, I'd like to share a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt that I used at the first COC planning meeting:
"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people".
Let's work together for the greater good of the community that we all saw potential in when we signed our mortgage paperwork!
I hope you're enjoying this rainy afternoon and hope to see you at the annual meeting.
Best wishes,
Kimberly Hackler
Chair, COC
----- Original Message -----
From: scott and vicki
To: North Hampton Homeowners Association
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Nhhoa] Easter Plans
i totally agree, we were involved for 5 years.
Vicki Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: manfredmartin at comcast.net
To: Community Outreach Committee ; North Hampton Homeowners Association
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Nhhoa] Easter Plans
It seems to me a typical example of not enough participation by the remaining home owners. There are many commitees that need support by giving up just a few hours here and there to assist with functions like the Easter Egg Hunt. If this neihgborhood is important to you, " get involved" with assisting one of the committees, who are there for the benefit of "all" homeowners, aterall.
Fred Martin Interim ACC Chair.
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