Why Another Newsletter?

by Joni Johnson

   I love RVM but something isn’t right.  I’ve been here a year and in that year have spent so many days walking the paths and thanking the universe for my being here in the midst of this lovely community.  But then… BAM-  Putting-gate.  Much bigger BAAAAAAAM- Plaza disaster and there we were with a place to vent our anger and frustration thanks to the list-serve but no way to negotiate a new solution other than trusting our council and board. Unfortunately, the lack of transparency and not enough communication between staff and residents was really the source of so much discussion on the list-serve.  And now we have the new proposal about changes made to the golf course-marketing move.

   So a monthly newsletter to and for residents (which is significantly different from Hilltopics and the list serve) might allow us to foster constructive and thoughtful discussion.  It would allow input into the process and time to think about how we want to proceed on various topics.  Hilltopics is great but it has a different purpose.  And the list-serve is very immediate but doesn’t allow for a place for serious long-term discussion or a way to move forward. So I am very happy about the proposed new addition to our newsletter community- The COMPLEMENT.  I think it could give us a new venue to express ourselves in ways that will increase communication towards building a stronger society.

   At the same time, between the “when this article was written” and now, Stan Solmonson took over the reigns of RVM as Executive Director and one can already feel the difference in communication styles.  I think that residents now have a much stronger and needed voice.  Which makes this an even more perfect moment to implement a new newsletter with the goal of giving us a chance to express our opinions.   So thank you, Stan, and thank you to The Complement!