Posts by Don McPherson
AGP: There is NO Good News Here
This is not the proverbial good news, bad news story. There is no good news here. This is dreadful news. By buying-in entirely to the vision sold by AGP – a vision of being able to continue to operate two golf courses and a restaurant (maybe two) with such a significant revenue increase from the…
Read MoreThe BoD Should Commit NOW to a Referendum on Any Proposed Purchase of OGC
If the Board of Directors really wants to promote full, open and civil discourse about the potential of OVA purchasing OGC with attendant significant dues and/or assessment increases, the current Directors and candidates for Director on the next Board should commit – now, in advance – to having an OVA member referendum if purchase is…
Read MoreNew OGC Committee: An Opportunity for a Balanced Approach
According to “A Resolution to Establish an Ad-Hoc Oakmont Golf Club Committee” to be taken up by the Board of Directors tomorrow, December 18: “Whereas individuals from the BOD and the committees have expressed interest in working together as a chartered Ad-Hoc committee (initially including, but not limited to: Tom Kendrick (BOD), Carolyn Bettencourt (BOD),…
Read MoreOVA Should be the Driver in OGC Negotiations
Greg Gewalt listed three actions (Click HERE) the OVA Board should have taken “in the Interest of due diligence” to avoid divisiveness in the community in its response to the OGC’s request for funds, among them: “3 … The request for non-disclosure of all pertinent information by the OGC would have been rejected to advance…
Read MoreTHE OVA and GOLF: Refocusing the Negotiation, Reframing the Relationship
The current (and future) residents of Oakmont Village and the golf courses around which the village was developed have deeply intertwined interests. Since Oakmont Village Association does not own the golf facilities, it shares a classic interdependent relationship with the Oakmont Golf Club: neither can simply walk away and neither can force the other to…
Read MoreThe July 10 Town Hall on the Golf Courses and OGC
What Should Residents Reasonably Expect of the OVA Board of Directors? The matter of OVA financial support for the Oakmont Golf Club has been brewing for months and has been the subject of OGC-sponsored meetings as well as OGC perspectives presented in its regular column in the Oakmont News. But the July 10 meeting…
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