Posts Tagged ‘Oakmont Golf Club’
How Sustainable are the OGC’s Operations?
After months of spirited point and counterpoint argumentation, the debate surrounding the Golf Club issue has become predictable and repetitive. While most residents who post regularly take umbrage at the demand by the OGC for a hefty subsidy by the OVA, nobody has yet ventured to analyze or publish the true needs of the Golf…
Read More7/23 OGC Fireside Chat with Greg Goodwin
Director Greg Goodwin will be hosting the OVA Board of Directors second Fireside Chat on Monday, July 23rd from 4 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the East Recreation Center. Mr. Goodwin will be on hand to discuss member thoughts and questions regarding the future of the Oakmont Golf Club (OGC). To read more about the…
Read MoreOGC Town Hall, My Impressions
PHOTO: Deferred maintenance at the ERC has left our facility partially barricaded for the past three years and Reserve Study costs escalating from $690,000 to $2 million This town hall was apparently not meant to address the question of whether or not OVA SHOULD fund OGC but instead HOW OVA should fund OGC. Director Kendrick…
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…
Read MoreOVA-OGC: What’s Wrong With The Process & How To Make It Right — Part 1 What’s wrong with OGC’s campaign for OVA funding?
Before I get into the topic, I’d like to make it clear that I am not necessarily opposed to OVA financial support for OGC, if a deliberate and thorough and ethical process is followed, in order to decide how to respond to the OGC request for help. My motivations and timing are explained in Appendix…
Read MoreOVA-OGC: What’s Wrong With The Process & How To Make It Right — Part 2 What’s wrong with the OVA Board’s response to the OGC appeal?
This is the second in my 3-part editorial series addressing issues with the current process being used to decide on whether and how OVA should provide financial support to OGC. The other parts are: Part 1 What’s wrong with OGC’s campaign for OVA funding? plus introduction to the series and some background facts Part 3…
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