The Hot Springs Village Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors wants your input. The following Board Brief was emailed to Villagers on Tuesday, June 21, 2022:
Quoting the email:
For several weeks, members of the HSV POA Board of Directors have been working on a new Mission/Vision/Values document that better reflects the present nature of our community.
Why are these mission, vision and value statements important to Hot Spring Village? The mission statement serves as the key to developing the strategic planning HSV needs to be financially strong as we move forward. It is our “compass” for the journey forward. The vision statement gives us the destination we want to reach in the coming years – the future state of the community. And the values show what we believe is important and they guide the actions our POA management and staff will take moving forward.
Mission
Provide a diverse, multidimensional community for people of all ages and interests.
Vision
Be a financially strong self-sustaining community with the wisdom and flexibility to adapt to changing generational dynamics.
Values
Hot Springs Village is a welcoming, diverse community with these shared values:
1. Sustainability. We treasure our natural environment and conscientiously explore and implement methods and means to maintain and enhance it.
2. Security. We value the security and safety offered by our gates and first responders.
3. Diversity. We respect the rights, differences, and dignity of all.
4. Integrity. We encourage an honest, creative and ethical community.
5. Citizenship. We accept and nurture our position and responsibilities with the communities outside our gates.
Comments or thoughts are welcome as we consider adopting the new mission/vision/value statements to guide us into our future.
Respectfully provided,
HSVPOA Board of Directors
June 21, 2022
Board Director Email Addresses
JoAnne Corry, Chair | jcorry@hsvpoa.org
Gary Belair, Vice Chair | gbelair@hsvpoa.org
Pam Avila | pavila@hsvpoa.org
Robert McLeod | rmcleod@hsvpoa.org
Tucker Omohundro | tomohundro@hsvpoa.org
Bruce Caverly | bcaverly@hsvpoa.org
Jama Lopez | jlopez@hsvpoa.org
To contact all Board of Directors, email boardmembers@hsvpoa.org.
There is nothing wrong with current Mission Statement; and the “Values” and “Vision” parts only open the door for conflict, therefore, are completely unnecessary. There is absolutely no need for politically loaded, politically correct and woke wording such as the word “DIVERSITY” being used THREE times in the statement unless a political statement is being made – either subtly or directly. Does anybody know 2 people who are EXACTLY alike anyway? Leave politics out! Go woke, go broke!
I agree! As a new homeowner, part of the reason we are locating to HSV is to escape the constant drone of “diversity” and “inclusion”. I’m not against a diverse community….but let things take their natural course. Intentionally using verbiage that is defined by a different generation and/or ideology than most of those who live in the Village seems to invite encroachment of values and ideologies most residents probably don’t embrace. There is nothing wrong with NOT embracing woke language…there is NOTHING to apologize for! Let’s just let the community grow organically. Those who wish to embrace the community’s ethos, or don’t, are welcome….but let’s reflect the larger community….which seems to be more conservative….again, there is nothing for which we need to apologize!!
I agree! As a new homeowner, part of the reason we are locating to HSV is to escape the constant drone of “diversity” and “inclusion”. I’m not against a diverse community….but let things take their natural course. Intentionally using verbiage that is defined by a different generation and/or ideology than most of those who live in the Village seems to invite encroachment if values and ideologies most residents probably don’t embrace. There is nothing wrong with NOT embracing woke language…there is NOTHING to apologize for! Let’s just let the community grow organically. Those who wish to embrace the communities ethos, or don’t, are welcome….but let’s reflect the larger community….which seems to be more conservative….again, there is nothing for which we need to apologize!!
This all seems to include Wokeness. Disney and many others are learning that is a bad way to go. Diversity in today’s world reflects Wokeness statements and can drive away people that don’t want to live in a political community. We don’t need to include Diversity and such as a statement. Starting to sound like California and other places we left. Number 3 can be removed.
What is our present mission statement and how has that not served the needs of our community? We are not like the VIllages, who have very clear tenants on what age you need to be to live in the community and the time that guests are allowed to stay. In fact, we recently visited the VIllages and the gates are for show only. Everyone knows the code and everyone can get in. If we are going to market ourselves as an ALL AGES community are we ready to provide the infrastructure necessary to make good on our advertising? Our roads are not designed for school buses and we don’t have an elementary school within our gates. HSV since 2000 always been all inclusive to my way of thinking. In fact, the lovely thing is that our community is diverse, as is our architecture. I think our time would be better spent dealing with our present challenges rather than creating new ones for ourselves to solve.
The current mission statement is posted in column 2. If you are viewing on a phone, the two columns will not be side-by-side.
I’d like to know the rationale for the proposed change. The current statement we already have is excellent.
I’d like to understand why this “soft” stuff needs time and effort when we have so many more pressing concerns.
Wordsmithing needs some work. Keep it simple. Less is better, etc. etc. “Multi dimensional” is a catch all, intended to not offend anyone, and yet it offends everyone.