Endorsed Services

By Marlene Masten

We are fortunate to live in a friendly, caring community. Over the past several years, we’ve enjoyed watching the neighborhood mature and the fellowship growing with one another. But our association finds itself at a crossroads. Each of us must ask ourselves some pointed questions:  

Do you want this neighborhood association to continue?

Do you want information passed along about this area, the city, the county?

Do you want area get-togethers?

Do you want to know your neighbors and watch out for each other?

Do you want help in ensuring the weeds are cut on empty lots, our sign is landscaped well, reputable builders build on our empty lots —so our property values remain appropriate?

·   By last November, there had been no volunteers to take the place of our outgoing Vice President or our Secretary, so we had no election of officers. The 2002 President and Treasurer agreed to continue as interim officers until a full ballot was obtained.

·   As of the beginning of this calendar year, we continue to lack two of our four board positions.  

·   Our landscaping committee lead and our newsletter positions are empty, and we are missing some block captains.

·   Our social committee lead and head block captain also agreed to continue, knowing that all official activities of the association would be on hold until, at a minimum, the board positions were filled.

·   We still have a few vacant lots and new builders are building houses without our knowledge.

·   The Jones-Maltsberger/Money Tree vacant lot remains empty, and the developer is considering a zoning change for this land.

We no longer have association events. The question is whether anyone is willing to step in and help do the few things that contribute towards guarding, protecting, and enhancing our association area. Too few people have been willing to spend time helping to do these few things—meaning we have a few good people that have been “burned out” of helping again. If you would like this association to continue, just like in any democracy, the key is for many volunteers to divide up their time and work together.

This newsletter is our final plea for volunteers to step forward; otherwise, at the end of this calendar year, the remaining board members will: 

1. Close out the association.

2. Cancel our registration with the State of Texas.

3. Forward all our bank account funds as directed within our association bylaws.

4. Contact the neighboring (huge) Thousand Oaks Association for inclusion to their organization.

Please consider the consequences of closing down our association. If you want a voice in our immediate issues, think about the possibility of our having any impact at all within the much larger Thousand Oaks Association. And please consider whether your list of priorities can be modified to include spending some time ensuring you and your neighboring streets remain friendly, safe, and helpful.

This is a wonderful subdivision:  in location, people, noise levels, privacy, friendliness, helpfulness. I like to think that our Association’s periodic events and efforts have helped make it this way. What is it worth to you to keep it that way?

My phone and email box remain at your service—please consider helping us for just a few hours a month.

and unfastened windows!  We don’t want to become known among different elements as a prime area to “hit”.

Be sure to check us out at www.nchna.org —Robert Schoenert has continually updated this site as he gets new information, and it can be used to communicate with each other about all kinds of area, community, city, and county news.  It would be great for everyone to also forward a big “thank you” to the webmaster (Robert) for his consistent maintenance and support of this site!