[DeTomaso] Mike Drew

Tue Oct 2 23:19:59 EDT 2012

As the former President of two different HOA's, I can tell you that it is a
thankless job.
In this day, with all of the available technology, there is no reason to
publish a paper magazine. An online publication with the added features of
video is far more worthy of the efforts of volunteers.
POCA is clearly not a successful publishing organization, while I do not
know what their actual mission statement might be, it should be as
inclusive as possible.  It isn't now nor has it been in my 7 years of
Pantera ownership, as Rob pointed out, those of us to the right of the
Mississippi river have no involvement opportunities at all.

Michael Shortt
On Oct 2, 2012 11:09 PM, "Stephen Nelson" <steve at snclocks.com> wrote:

> Don't know Mike - and new to POCA.  But, I do know HOA's.  I also know that
> complaining about the work done, or not done by a volunteer, elected or
> otherwise, should be the same as volunteering to do the work oneself.  Did
> I
> hear someone volunteer?
>
> Stephen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Dick Koch
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:56 AM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Mike Drew
>
> After my last post and as an occasional lurker on the forum I noticed
> the recent posts on the timeliness of the POCA publications.  Two points
> - first, in reference to my last post, "Memories", the unique stories
> about folk's Pantera ownership could be used as content for a POCA
> publication.
>
> Second, I would like to add an analogy that reinforces Leslie Gray's
> statement, "Personality and performance are two completely separate
> issues some of you seem to confuse for one and the same."  As Leslie
> stated, it has nothing to do with the value of Mike Drew as a member of
> the Pantera community, which is considerable.
>
> I live in an architecturally controlled development, known as a Home
> Owners Association or HOA.  The HOA Board of Directors that runs this
> place, elected annually, is all volunteer.  The members of this board
> are my neighbors and friends.  However, the board has not been been
> stepping up to their agreed to task of maintaining the neighborhood
> common grounds and enforcing the architectural standards.
>
> As such the home values have not kept up to other comparable
> neighborhoods.  If a change is not made to find folks that will live up
> to the duties for which they volunteered, the home values will continue
> to decline relative to other neighborhoods, with very few people able to
> sell their homes, with the resultant stagnation of home values.  The
> incumbents must be voted out, and new volunteers voted in that will step
> up to the task at hand.
>
> Sounds pretty much like the what people are saying is happening to
> POCA.   Baseline, in running an organization or business, friendship and
> business can coexist, but you don't prioritize friendship over business,
> otherwise the business will in most cases fail.
>
> Dick Koch - Atlanta
>
> PS: It wasn't my intention but I inadvertently described the current
> political situation.
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