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date Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:20 AM
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I am new to blogging so please bare with me. I think that this blog is a good idea for people to express their thoughts, ideas, concerns and offer constructive suggestions that will bring the LACA community together. It would be nice if this did not become a bashing forum. Nothing gets accomplished effectively without open lines of communication. I am more than sure it takes a lot of work to maintain and update information. Kudos to the person who started this!
My wife and I are in the Lake Adventure community for a few years now and have enjoyed every minute of it. We have shown other family members and friends Lake Adventure in which they also purchased property. I have seen increases in the dues in the past three years and have absorbed them. We have not had the luxury of the lower rates that have been here for quite a few years that others have had the pleasure of enjoying. Having run a business, I fully understand that increases may be necessary due to the rising costs of everything. Though I fully understand that some people are on fixed incomes, out of work or lower incomes I feel this is still a great value for the money. Heck, you can't even take a decent vacation for what this place costs per year to own. I want to bring in more quality people to Lake Adventure but I am getting a little reluctant due to all the bickering between owners and the BOD. I feel that we are on the right track with the new manager and his credentials appear to be good. From what I am hearing he is on a mission to make improvements that will make LACA a friendly, nice looking place as well as functional. It would be nice to see some members pool together and donate some time to help make it a better place also. We have Horseshoe pits, ball fields and such that do not appear to get used that often. Wouldn't it be nice to have some more activities? Maybe some scheduled games on the weekends for people to participate in. I would be willing to donate some time to make this a better place to have some more enjoyment. It would be nice to meet some more of our neighbors also. My wife and I have friends in other parks somewhat like this and I have to tell you that their activities are well coordinated. Renters as well as owners participate in the events and some even assist in running the events. They do not get quite as much as we get for there dues but it is a fun place to be and from what we have observed, people are very content. The point that I am trying to make is that you can't keep doing things the same way and expect different results. Sometimes things need to be a joint effort. I would like to see everyone come together and resolve what ever issues are before us with an end result to attract decent people to our community. Lets give the new guy a chance to see if a difference can be made and assist where we can. Thank you for the opportunity to express my thoughts. By the way, nice review on last nights dance. It is nice to see some positive feedback.
PS: Why is everybody anonymous on the blog?

olds -- you are right on the money -- more activities are needed to respond to the needs of new members, activities so the whole family can engage, activities for men and their children, activities that engage the teen members, and the exceptional swim program that this year will hold the finals at la later this summer -- yes the new manager qualifications on paper look good and i too look forward to his managing la for the benefit of all members, his ability to get the upgrades to the electrical and water infrastrutures and begin to show better progress with these projects-- to oversee the maintenance operations, the office support operations and hopefully begin to use the Internet to communicate with members, a way to save on postage and open a new avenue to let la members know what is happening at la---

yes i too hope that better days are ahead for la, a stronger financial situation, a better management for la, a more engaged membership and a lot less enraged membership--that would be a major start for la

---- chipper