If you have a question or want your concerns addressed, there are lines of communication that you can use with various results. I will outline some of them here.
For a simple question or information...
Call the Surfside Business office at 665-4171
Email office@surfsideonline.org
SURFSIDE OFFICIAL WEB PAGE
http://www.surfsideonline.org/
surfsideonline.org is the official web page for Surfside Homeowners Association
This site is full of information but in some areas are difficult to access. The board minutes are up to date. The current and past Weekenders are at this site. A good job has been done to see past issues. Minutes of committee's have been added.
BOARD MEMBERS: updated 8/25/2018
Gary Williams (President) gwilliams@surfsideonline.org
Jim Flood... (Vice President) Cool.breeze7.if@gmail.com
Scott Winegar..(Secretary) swinegar@surfsideonline.org
Rudd Turner...(Treasurer) Rturner@surfsideonline.org
Larry Raymer...liraymer@hotmail.com
Chris Chandler...jcchandler@surfsideonline.org
Mark Scott...Mscott@surfsideonline.org
Annette De leest... adeleest@surfsideonline.org
Patrick Johansen (no longer a member) (position open)
April 12, 2013
A new form for member requests.
http://surfsideinfo.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-member-request-form.html
ATTEND BOARD MEETING.
You can attend a board meeting on the 3rd Saturday of every month and make comments at the start of the meeting at 9:am. They can limit the time for comments, but usually don't. You may only get a thank you for your comment. This portion of the board meeting can be very volatile. Your comments may or may not appear in the minutes. Accuracy of your comments may be in question due to a poor recording system.
SEND A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
This will ensure that all board members will see your mail and the reply that was made to you. Your letter or email becomes a permanent part of the official minutes.
Send by US Mail or an Email addressed to The Board of Directors.
Mail: 31402 H Street, Ocean Park, Wa. 98640
Email: office@surfsideonline.org CC: kimber@surfsideonline.org (Secretary to the Board)
BOARD POLICY...CORRESPONDENCE 2.5 OPERATIONS MANUAL
Every letter and email should have a rapid acknowledgement of receipt, if the sender can be identified, and a response within ten (10) business days to the subject matter therein.
BLOG POSTING..
You can post on this blog site and maybe get some answers or at the least express your views.
NEWS PAPER.
If all the above fail you, you can send a letter to the editor of the CHINOOK OBSERVER.
http://www.chinookobserver.com/site/forms/?mode=letters
The following informat6ion was supplied by Ken Karch, Surfsides first General Manager.
Members interested in the communications issues raised on this blog may find the attached material from SHOA’s draft Strategic Communications Plan, dated March of 2008 informative. Despite more than a year of effort by most members of the (then) Board, the plan was never finally adopted. Attached below are some basic truths about effective, results-oriented communication found in the draft SHOA Plan: “…Some Basic Truths About Effective, Results-Oriented Communication 1. Communication is an integral part of managing an organization, both inside and outside. Good communication skills are essential for members of the organization to succeed. 2. Communication is a tool which can be used for organizational success. 3. Good communication can provide a performance edge over organizations who do not inform, involve and motivate their people well. 4. Communication skills can be learned. The more they are used, the more effective they become. 5. People can and will achieve virtually anything asked of them. First they need to know what the objective is, why it is important to them, and how they can help reach it. 6. Effective communication does not occur when a message is written or spoken, but when it is understood. 7. Communication that motivates isn’t “top down” or “bottom up.” It is something which takes place “among us.” 8. When a manager says, “now I’ll go communicate,” he’s missing the point. Communication goes on all the time. Whenever a job requires more than one person, it also requires communication. The only choice is whether or not to channel that communication for effectiveness. 9. Today’s bottom-line organizational communication is a behavioral science. Its purpose is to create an environment in which trustees, managers, employees, committee members, and volunteers want to -- and can -- help an organization achieve its goals. 10. The most credible, persuasive communication occurs directly between two people, face-to-face. 11. In the absence of credible information, people quickly fill any “communication vacuum” with rumor, speculation and misinformation. 12. The guts of effective communication is effective listening. That means asking questions people can answer with more than a yes or a no -- like questions that begin with who, what, where, when, why or how. When you do this, you get back good ideas. The people you have asked feel important. They know you care about them. 13. People’s need for information increases during periods of change. Meeting this need speeds understanding and reduces stress. 14. Most people are not good at receiving/processing large streams of information in a single communication (the “avalanche” approach). It is better to communicate with few messages, frequently (the snowball” approach). 15. Your credibility as a communicator is your most valuable asset. Credibility cannot be assumed, it must be continually earned...daily. 16. Today’s bottom-line results reflect past communications. Today’s communication will shape and determine future results. 17. Sharing business/issue information openly and candidly with all members must be the rule rather than the exception. 18. Not communicating is in itself a powerful form of communication…” Ken Karch, PE
6 comments:
George, you deserve thanks for giving SHOA members a blog where we can express our views on a variety of subjects.
Unfortunately the use of Anonymous as an identification has resulted in the kind of irreverent and unhealthy comments that ruin the effectiveness of the point the blogger wishes to make. I "googled" anonymity quotes and found that "anonymity breeds contempt, irresponsibility, cowardice, shame, racism, hate, self righteousness, lunacy, stupidity, discrimination, chaos, false bravery and negativity" as examples. Surely as intelligent human beings we can do better than that.
I fully understand that anonymity also breeds readership and that is the trade off.
Name calling and personal attacks against the Blog Host will be deleted. That sort of thing adds nothing to a conversation.
That's right!! Personal attacks, and name calling are specifically reserved for board members, employees, contracted employees (Billy), North Beach Water and other members who comment on here, NOT the Blog Host!! Sheesh what are you, new here or something?
Give em hell George!!
Just a simple litlle note. I have never posted on a blog such as this before. (It would be fair to say that I have been on the blog before, but never posted.) George gave me instructions as to how to make a post. I have nothing against those who post annonymously, but I will always post under my name. I think I will learn a thing or two.
John Williams
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