Presidents Message

December 18, 2024

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was filled with blessings and joy.

Kudos to Mark Svestka and the Roads Committee for their successful advocacy for the roads in Pine Ridge. Gail sent a Stay in Touch message today that provides details of the 7 miles worth of roads that the county will repave in 2025. 7 miles may seem like a small amount, but it’s 7 miles more repaving than had been allocated in previous years, so it’s a big win.

A big thank you to our staff under Gail Denny’s leadership for putting on a successful party this past Saturday. Staff members and Pine Ridge property owners enjoyed the plentiful food and drinks, this room was festive, and kids and adults enjoyed getting their faces painted. This was the first such event hosted by PRPOA since the COVID shutdown and hopefully will be a springboard for future community events.

Another big thank you to PREA, under Gail Thomas’ leadership, Seeing the equines and riders decked out in their holiday costumes brough smiles to everyone’s faces – except the judges. It was ridiculously difficult for us to decide who should be awarded the most traditional and the most humorous costumes. Even so, I hope everyone else agreed with us that the most humorous was the two boys and their mini donkey. That little donkey wanted to say hello to everyone!
If you did not know about the party, I need your help to figure out how to better communicate with our members. You see,

• At the October 23 regular board meeting, the BoD voted to host the event.
• On November 15, the event was posted on the News section of our website.
• In my President’s Message at the November 20 regular board meeting I reminded members about the event the need for RSVPs
• Also at the November 20 regular board meeting, the minutes recording that decision were approved and are available on your member portal.
• Stay in Touch messages were sent on November 16, November 22, and December 3.
• Flyers were posted at the Community Center
Is there another means of communication that we’ve overlooked?

From all of us to all of you, happy holidays. We hope you have an opportunity to share all the joys of the season, and we wish you a happy new year.

Susan Wassermann, President