1. You can become a member:
Annual dues are nominal: $12.00 per
household. SCHOA is an economically run organization. The more members SCHOA has, the more effective an advocate for Sun City it is.
2. You can sit in on its monthly Board
meetings to learn what is going on in your community, and where you can be
of service to it:
Meetings are held in the SCHOA office building on the
second Tuesday of every month except during the summer. You
will hear reports from the chairs on the work of their committees, and an
open discussion of proposals and recommendations. Meetings generally last
less than two hours. After seeing how you might fit in, you can be a
member of a committee that interests you. These are not rubber-stamp
groups. Members represent a wide variety of viewpoints, and consensus is
sometimes not easily reached. But consensus strengthens the importance of
that group in getting things done.
3. You
can run as a candidate for the Board of Directors:
Ideally there should
be twice as many candidates in any election as there are openings. That
ratio gives the voting membership a choice among residents whose
qualifications meet the current needs of the Board for background and
expertise. If elected, you will enjoy knowing in detail what is going on
in your chosen community, and in being an active participant in efforts to
correct its defects. If you aren’t elected, you will have been exposed to
the process by which Sun City governs itself, and are likely to be asked
to serve on one of SCHOA’s committees.
4. If you do none of these things —
and we urge you to try — there is one other:
You can
be one of the pairs of eyes that look at your community, not as a spy or
complainer, but as a good citizen. Let SCHOA know when you spot
something that isn’t right – a pothole, low-hanging branches blocking
the view at an intersection, water running down the street, a vehicle
parked off pavement, or perhaps an alleged violation of a deed
restriction. SCHOA’s staff spends much of its time on the
telephone, and can’t be gone often enough to cruise the streets.
You can do it for them — and for all of us who live in Sun City.
