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Thoughts from the President March 1, 2004
From time to time it helps to do a little inventory of our lives to remind us of just how blessed we are. I find myself doing just that almost every day regarding my home and family and I don’t mind telling anyone who will listen that I am a very happy and grateful man.
Often I hear, “Let’s look at this place
like a business.” Well, it’s true that like any business we must look at
the association’s bottom line and make sure that the revenues are greater
than the expenses. But as board members we must look at more than that. No
one bought a home in Lake Forest because they were interested in the
business side of a recreational community. There are many reasons for
buying in Lake Forest but, I’m pretty sure that’s not one of them. Maybe
they just found a nice home that they liked. Maybe they recognized that
this is a safe community that is convenient to almost everywhere of
interest. Many of them bought because they would be members of
a club that provides quality amenities that their family can enjoy for a
lifetime. When we compare the cost of that members So, what makes Lake Forest stand out over any other community in the area? Notice I said ANY other community. Remember that should anyone ever suggest to you that you could get more “bang for your bucks” anywhere else. You cannot. So here’s the short list. As a member of the Lake Forest Property Owner’s Association ….
When someone says “we don’t need”, I wonder if he or she just hasn’t seen how many of our neighbors take advantage of some or all those things above. I’ve watched players moving along that Lake-9 golf course like jet airliners lined up to land at the Atlanta airport. I’ve seen the many, many members who come up and play tennis on those two hard courts. I’ve seen the children playing in that pool. How can anyone who has seen that say, “We don’t need?” Mitch Davis
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I
couldn’t help but think about this again today after having discussion with
a couple of people regarding Lake Forest. I admit that I was taken aback by
a certain cavalier attitude on the part of one person for the pleasure that many of our
members receive from some of our amenities. Naturally, the discussion
revolved around the cost of membership and what we as members receive for
our contribution. One of the parties in the conversation was making the
point that “we need the 18-hole golf course and we need the tennis courts.”
The expansion of that was that “we don’t need a Yacht Club, the 9-hole golf
course, the pools or the stables.” It always bothers me when someone says
“we don’t need”, because what that is really saying is that “I don’t need.”
When we are given the responsibility of making decisions that involve the
quality of life of other people we need to try expand our view of things beyond
our own personal needs. That is what the men and women who s
erve
with me on the LFPOA Board of Directors strive to do. 
hip
to other things that we use every month or to what we pay in the sales taxes
that are used to provide city services, we can’t help but realize that the
cost is cheap.