Some may find this interesting, some not. As i was reading from the Suncitytoday blog i wrote back in January of 2012, i came across my thoughts following my first meeting or two as a board member for the RCSC. Interesting to note, i had just left the museum and took the blog with me, no longer attached to it. Love to hear your thoughts as we are prepared to seat new board members in just days. Just what i expected… Funny; i’ve been on the RCSC board for 12 days and it’s exactly what i expected. I feel like i’m trapped in a time warp from the old days stuck in organized labor. I could have written the script two weeks ago and looked like i was clairvoyant; but i always have high expectations of people so i elected to bite my tongue and bide my time. Looks like this year is going to be about playing the waiting game. If there is one quality that is always prevalent in organizational structure that overrides all others, it is control. And typically the older the makeup, the more they want to hold on to it. Letting go is just too damned frightening. It’s always about the right people in the right places to keep the reins held tight. It’s about squelching ideas that aren’t part and parcel of how they have always operated. The pragmatist in me says to be patient and let’s see how things play out; the realist tells me to just look at what has happened to date. We’ve had two meetings and the outcomes were as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. There wasn’t a shred of drama, not even a hint of breaking ranks. Four guys marching arm in arm to insure we stay the course. Here’s the ultimate question: What is that course? What’s their vision for Sun City? I keep hearing about new rec centers and new amenities, but how does that factor into the changes that are going to come flooding over this community in the next ten years? Not one candidate had an answer to how we get more residents involved in the governance of the community…but them why should they…neither has this board been able to begin to break that problem down. I guess it begs the question…does it matter? Stay tuned…it clearly is going to be one interesting year.
