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THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 3
March 2019
CCC President’s report
By TONY HOLT
CHARBONNEAU COUNTRY CLUB PRESIDENT
Holt to step down in May
I have decided that it would be
prudent, due to some medical
challenges, to resign as president of
CCC. I will continue to serve as a
director until my term is up in May.
I have been fortunate to spend 12
years on the CCC Board (six years,
a year off and
another 6 years).
During that time I
was lucky to serve
under presidents
Alex McPhail, Tom
Sullivan, Rick
Sawyer, Gene
Pronovost and Joan Buccino. I was
struck by how little animosity there
was between members despite the
complexity of the issues. The best
boards were those that debated the
opportunities, compromised on the
main objectives and set the
priorities. They then worked as a
team to fulfill them, without
distraction from outside forces or
arguments about process. It has
been fun.
One important aspect of the CCC
Board duties, often forgotten, is to
be the visionary for this
community. We do a great job of
preserving our assets, have
adequate reserve funds to do that
and a reserve process to forecast
when and by how much we need to
accomplish this.
But what about our future? Apart
from the Garden Terrace addition,
the last significant update to our
1970s and 1980s infrastructure was
the addition of the dining and card
rooms in about 1990 — almost 30
years ago. We need to think about
not just having sufficient and
adequate facilities for today, but
also plan for a future where we can
attract new and younger residents
to an updated Charbonneau,
residents who demand new
activities in a modern environment.
Finally, I’d like to comment on
the upcoming election of new CCC
Board members in April/May.
There will be three positions open.
Two of the current Board members
are term limited and cannot run
again. One member can run for
another 3-year term. The Board has
decided to modify the procedure
this year. After an initial interview,
any approved candidate will be
added to the ballot. That means you
may have a choice of more than
three candidates for three positions.
However many candidates there
may be, I urge you to carefully
consider which ones would be a
benefit to the Board.
In my opinion we need diversity,
not just a female/male diversity, but
diversity from our local HOAs (as
many different ones involved as
possible) and diversity of
backgrounds also. It is great to have
an accountant or attorney on the
Board, but we need to balance that
with someone from the arts,
perhaps a business manager or a
nonprofit leader. Most of all we
need team players. Please choose
very carefully.
Finally, thank you for your great
support over the years! ■
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Civic Affairs
By BOB HARLAND
Learn how our Legislature works
and how to infl uence lawmakers
Have you ever wondered how laws get enacted
in Salem? And have you wondered how you can
help make things happen, or stop
them from happening? You’ll get
the answers to those questions
and more by attending
Legislature 101, a special two-
hour workshop being sponsored
by the Charbonneau Country
Club’s Civic Affairs Committee. The workshop will
be held on Wednesday, March 13, from 4- 6 pm. at
the Charbonneau Country Club. It will be
presented by Greg Leo of the Leo Company, the
CCC’s government affairs consulting firm.
In addition to learning about the processes
that legislators, lobbyists and individuals must
follow, participants will learn specific
techniques for submitting both oral and written
testimony when issues of importance to
Charbonneau arise. There is no charge for this
workshop, but to assist the presenters in
preparing sufficient handout material, you are
asked to RSVP to the CCC office. ■
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