Posts by Michael Connolly
Oakmont Communications: Risk Management or Institutionalized Amnesia?
The Communications Committee (CC) named at the April 17, 2018 board meeting is comprised of the same members who resigned in a fit of pique in August of 2017. A story they wrote and published on the OVA website told only a disgruntled OVA employee’s version of events that led to her resignation. This raised…
Read MoreNew Board’s First Business Meeting
The newly elected Board of Directors held its first business meeting on April 17 before a large audience in the Berger Center. Highlights of this nearly three hour meeting:
Read MoreLack of Courtesy in Dissolving Central Park Committee
Former members of the Central Park Committee (CPC), which was abruptly disbanded at the new Board’s organizational meeting an hour after election results were announced on April 3, expressed dismay and surprise at this action by the Board. John Blevens, moved to Oakmont from Placerville with his wife in September of last year. Having…
Read MoreShould the OVA Turn Its Back on Social Media?
At the new Board’s organizational meeting on Tuesday April 3, Director Marianne Neufeld requested a future agenda item for the next board meeting on April 17: “I would like to see us discuss the policy that was passed to use Nextdoor as our venue for announcements and what-have-you.” Most of the new board members…
Read MoreNew Board’s First Actions Reverse Prior Board Actions
After electing officers and appointing committee liaisons, the new Board of Directors took actions to reverse some of the work of the previous Board. Director Al Medeiros made a motion to disband the Central Park Committee (CPC) and the Reserve Study Committee (RSC). Regarding the RSC, he said, “the general manager and the treasurer…
Read MoreOVA Election Results: Clean Sweep for Non-Incumbents
The results of the Oakmont Village Association election for Board of Directors were announced early this afternoon at the West Recreation Center. The vote count and tabulation took four hours. Inspector of Elections James Ernst reported the results to the members present in the room, which included several of the candidates, many of whom had…
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