OVA Bylaws Progress Report – 2024 October

Perhaps the most important activity currently managed by the Oakmont Village Association (OVA) Board of Directors is the revision/restatement of our governing documents, in particular of the OVA Bylaws. Planning for this activity has been proceeding over the past several months. The intent of this report is to briefly inform the OVA membership of the…

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OPINION: Master Planning and OVA Bylaws Amendments

LISTENING

“Master Plan”, “Long Range Planning”, “CAC Redevelopment”, or “It’s déjà vu all over again”. Although listening to what everyone thinks is difficult, the OVA BOD must at least try. For this purpose, the 2022-2024 2030 process did not work; the 2015 Voices of Oakmont survey did. We can call the current CAC update process whatever…

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Bylaws: An Open Email to All OVA Board Members and Candidates

Editor’s note: What follows is the body of an Email sent by Hugh Helm to OVA Board candidates and sitting Board members, on Feb 13, 2024. The Subject line read “Board Power or People Power”. Greetings Everyone: There is a recent article in the Oakmont Observer I wrote entitled ”Why OVA Bylaws Have Not Been…

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Why OVA ByLaws Have Not Been Updated

OVA’s Bylaws haven’t been updated since their inception in 1964. For several reasons they badly needed updating. In 2018 the board, closely overseen by board vice-president Tom Kendrick, created a Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC), consisting of Chairman Dennis Boaz, Joe Henderson, Herm Hermann, Wally Schilpp, Lynda Oneto, and myself. Tom Kendrick was the board liaison,…

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Report: November 19 OVA Board of Directors Meeting

November 25:  Update from the preview article published before the meeting.  Board discussion and actions are shown in italics. The intent of this article is to give a short preview of Tuesday’s Board meeting, highlighting a few agenda items that may be of particular interest to OVA members.  Information is taken from the Board Meeting…

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