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Welcome New Board Members! Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc. Board Of Directors Board President Mike Dixon 492-0727 BoardPres@scacai.com Vice President Bob Frank 604-6747 bobfrank@cox.net Secretary Elaine (Lanie) Berg 614-3363 laniex@cox.net Treasurer Roz Berman 604-6763 rozberman@cox.net Bob Berman 617-1551 rrberman@cox.net Kay Dwyer 733-0401 kaycd@cox.net Barry Friedman 604-6750 barrandmare@yahoo.com A Message From Your Board President... Mike Dixon Board President May 24 marked a new beginning for Sun City Anthem. The seating of the current Executive Board completed our transition from an Association controlled by the Developer to 100% homeowner control. For the first time, our future as a community is entirely up to us, the homeowners of Sun City Anthem. You often hear that Transition occurred in May 2005 because that election marked the first time that a majority of our Directors were homeowners rather than DelWebb executives. In reality though, while we assumed responsibility for governance two years ago, since that time we have continued to use the policies and procedures put in place by Del Webb. In fact, some of the policies and procedures that we use today were put in place before the first lot was sold, and, as testament to their durability, most still serve us well and will continue to in the future. What won’t serve us well in the future is their vision for Sun City Anthem. Their decade-long effort to create an age-qualified community in the hills of Henderson, changing the image of the city and “elevating the already prestigious Sun City brand ” (LVRJ, Saturday, March 3, 2007, Nick Parks, VP of Marketing for Pulte Homes) is in its final phase. DelWebb is celebrating the Grand Finale and completing its final sales by summer’s end. Groundbreaking and the start of construction of Recreation Center III will occur by this fall with a completion date in mid-2008. And last month in Spirit, Sun City Anthem homeowners were invited to attend the grand opening celebration of Del Webb’s newest community, Sun City Mesquite, and offered loyalty awards towards the purchase of a new home there. It appears that in our eagerness to see the end of Del Webb control, we neglected to replace their vision for Sun City Anthem with one of our own. We neglected to create a long-range vision that would take our community beyond Transition, beyond build-out, through 2007 and beyond. As the first President of an SCA Executive Board made up entirely of homeowners, I believe that leading the development of a new vision for Sun City Anthem is my highest priority. Just as Del Webb’s vision for us was long in the making, developing our own vision for the future of Sun City Anthem will take several months, and our success depends on the involvement and ideas of all of us. What do we want our community to be like in the future? Where do we want to go next? What do we need and need to do to make our vision a reality? These are the questions that Del Webb answered for us a decade ago, and that we must now answer for ourselves, for our community, for our future. I believe that our greatest challenge in developing a new vision for Sun City Anthem is to first make sure we all know where we are, as Del Webb’s vision comes to an end over the coming months. To address this challenge, we are undertaking three key initiatives: Implement a Document Management System to improve access to Association documents and records; Develop a 5-year Business Plan and Operational Processes to ensure that we remain financially strong, well-run, and well-managed; Establish an integrated Communication Plan that enables us to use the wealth of media available to share information and keep the community informed on association matters. The Board members leading these initiatives will be looking for willing and eager volunteers to lend your collective skills to these efforts. I invite and encourage each of you to lend your wealth of experience and expertise to bring these initiatives to fruition. With these intiatives underway, we will all gain a common understanding of where we are, and can begin, as a community, to develop our own vision for the future of Sun City Anthem. ✸ — MIKE DIXON, Board President 6 Sun City Anthem • July 2007
A Successful Community Association Bob Frank Board Vice President During the recent Board of Directors election campaign, one of the most frequently addressed issues was the need for more open and respectful communications. Both the Board candidates and the residents of our community felt that more listening by the Board, more sharing of information by all community groups, and greater voice given to our shared concerns would make us a much stronger community. Residents wanted the Association and its managers to be more responsive to their concerns, provide them with greater voice regarding important issues that affect them, and protect their interests. The residents wanted the new Board to encourage connection, collaboration, and exchange. As Mike Dixon states in his comments as President, the new Board is committed to a fresh beginning and an updated communications plan will be a central element to developing this stronger sense of community. An effective community communications strategy could supply the “glue” that binds us all more closely together. Community Associations like ours are voluntary, geographically distributed organizations, and a “sense of community” is critical to their long-term viability. Community Associations link members to one another, and to the larger world. They inform people, they serve as a unified voice for residents, and they need to provide residents with a sense that their interests are being managed efficiently and effectively. An effective communications strategy is one tool for accomplishing this goal. As a community, we need more timely access to all kinds of information; and the Board has to provide this information BOARD MEETING Thursday, July 26, 1:30 p.m., Freedom Hall with budget responsibility and appropriate quality control. That is why we need a new, comprehensive plan for open and respectful communications. There was a residential effort to get a communication plan going in 2005, but the plan was never completed. The mission for that earlier plan said: “A Communications Committee is to develop and guide a complete Sun City Anthem communications program to keep residents fully informed about community news and activities. Utilizing our broadcast, Internet and print media, the committee’s goals are to: enhance residents’ knowledge of and activity in all aspects of Sun City Anthem life; provide opportunities for, and encourage participation in volunteer activities; improve the two-way flow of information between residents and the management/leadership of the community; and to foster a sense of belonging to an extended family with common interests.” In the weeks ahead, the Board, the Community Manager, and community volunteers will revisit this earlier plan with a fresh understanding of its importance. We will strengthen the original concept and together we will craft a communications strategy that will deliver what we promised. We will be giving all of you a voice in our common future and provide you with the timely and useful information that you need. In the final analysis, a strong sense of community is really about creating an environment where people can communicate, work together and achieve the lifestyles we sought when we came to Sun City Anthem. Your 2007 Board is looking forward to working with you in pursuit of these goals! ✸ — BOB FRANK, Board Vice President This notice is distributed according to NRS 116.31083. At the beginning of every Board meeting, there is a Member Comment Period. During this period, the Board will respond to Member Comments. The Board of Directors will not take action on comments or requests made during the Comment Period. Agendas for every Board of Directors meeting are available four business days prior to the meeting from the Administrative Office in Anthem Center and at the Association's website, www.sca-hoa.org. The agenda is also posted four business days prior to every Board of Directors meeting on the community bulletin board in Anthem Center. Copies of the minutes from a Board of Directors meeting are available from the Administrative Office after approval by the Board of Directors. The Management Office is located in the Anthem Center, 2450 Hampton Road, Henderson, Nevada 89052. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number for obtaining an agenda is 614-5805. Sun City Anthem • July 2007 7
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