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Strategies for Increasing Oakmont Community Engagement
Editor’s Note: The following message was sent by the author as an Email to the OVA Board, Treasurer and General Manager. It is a response to the issue raised in Tuesday’s Board meeting by director Matt Oliver. Dear OVA General Manager, Treasurer and Members of the Board: Re: Question of Concern Expressed by Board Members…
Read MoreOPINION: What Messages Did the Landslide OVA Election Send to the Board?
The 2024 OVA Board election was record-breaking. The number of ballots cast (1,916) was greater than in any Board election ever, even including the highly divisive pickleball Board election of 2017, and the voter participation was 59.4%, approximately duplicating the 2017 turn-out. Even more impressive was the margins by which the three new directors out-distanced…
Read More2024 OVA Board Election Results
Congratulations to newly elected OVA directors Heidi Klyn, Matt Oliver and Jerry Gladstone. Today the ballots were counted and final results are in. There were 1,916 validated ballots (59.8% of the eligible Oakmont owners), easily surpassing the required quorum of 807 (25%). Vote counts: A short Board meeting was held, in which a resolution was…
Read MoreCollaboration to Bring Additional EVA to Oakmont
News Release from Burbank Housing, March 25, 2024 – Oakmont Village Association and Burbank Housing announced that following close collaboration, the two organizations have reached an agreement on the construction of a fire apparatus access road, commonly referred to as an emergency vehicle access (EVA) route, as part of the development of the Southeast Santa…
Read More‘Member/People Power’ vs. ‘Board Power’
In a recent Nextdoor post, Malka Osserman applied a quote from Noam Chomsky to her critique of User Groups: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going…
Read MoreTears and more Tears
As part of my Oakmont Forum series in the Kenwood Press, I wrote these words 20 years ago. They retain their validity to these days. Especially in view of Oakmont’s plan for the Renewal of our Downtown. While the CAC only is slated for Rehabilitation, it will have to be paid for with our moneys.…
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