Yet another pleasant surprise. Went to the combined finance and officers meeting today at the Clubhouse. There was a nice turnout, but really should have been more. Pretty much everyone kept hold of their tempers and no one seemed to throw insults, though one woman who did not announce herself scolded everyone on just that topic.
The main topic, of course, was the budget what with the shortfall in reserves. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, David Israel publicly admitted that there was a shortfall and that he will ask the delegate assembly to vote to transfer the accumulated Wi Fi money plus the money collected next year into the reserve accounts. Wow!!! It was a "malcontents" super dream come true!. Everything that we had stated, a shortfall, the need for the Wi Fi money to be transferred and properly handled, all that David Israel had fought and denied these long months - and now here it was. In public, yet!
We clapped and David Israel oh, so modestly grinned and said, ""Thank you." Well, David, I hate to burst your bubble, but the clapping, for the most part, was that of the "malcontents" who were vindicated and validated. The Know Nothing Do Nothing party had capitulated and rightfully so.
There was some back and forth, concern over the cost of the increase for some of our elderly, long term residents and what to do, and finally it was agreed that there be another finance meeting and Howie invited all interested, to submit in writing, their idea(s) for a budget that could cut costs even more. Howie O'Brien deserves a huge kudos for his part in today's meeting He calmly explained the budget, answered questions, and remained open to ideas with no ego issues.
Now here comes the funny part. At the end, David asked the officers present if they had anything they wanted to add. I told Olga, "Watch. Bob Marshall will tell everyone to get the bar codes because one lightning strike and the transponder will be dead (may it rest in peace already)."
Guess what? And so he did. It seems Bob Marshall has three duties to perform in our UCO - the transponder and the lightning bolt, the assigned job of motioning for a meeting adjournment, and the buying of snacks and drinks for the UCO building.
Not done yet. I added that two other officers, Phyllis and Pat, will say they had nothing to say and sure enough they did exactly that with one of them saying "As usual, nothing." I did not hear what Joy Vestal had to say, if anything, but generally she states, "Well, the paper will be coming out------(choose a date)" and that is it. Such hard working officers, it is a true relief to know that all is going so well that they have nothing to do, no ills to address, no residents to help, no calls to make, nothing, nothing, nothing. Inspiring, is it not? Greatly reassuring. Oh, well, at least I had a good laugh. Know Nothings - 0 "Malcontents - 5.
But wait. There's more. (Sorry, had to get that in). Jackie Karlin actually agreed with my previous statement as she repeated the viewpoint. Ya' think Hell is freezing over?!!
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