I am very thankful we still have compassionate owners willing to volunteer their time to help ensure we preserve property values and enhance the quality of life for all residents in Memorial Northwest. Our election process concludes on Monday, October 3 when all ballots are collected and counted by the Election Committee. On Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00PM, the Election Committee announces the results. Please be in attendance to wish our neighbors the very best looking forward to 2023.
This year, our only contest position is the Area 3 Director position. We have three fantastic individuals willing to serve. Please take the time to get to know your neighbor and their passion to represent you.
To find out if you are in Area 3, please use our area map tool on our website: Area Map Tool
You may also use the list below to assist the eligibility to vote for your Area 3 Director.
Do you have a great eye for curb appeal? We need volunteers to help identify, define, and audit the inspection process to ensure preservation of property values. The committee is anticipated to meet once a month either in person or by Teams meeting. Between meetings we will be ask to collect data (photographs) throughout the neighborhood to assist the committee in their findings.
To join, please send an email to greg.schindler@mnwhoa.org
We are asking for volunteers to join our Tennis and Pickleball Committee to help support the Association. The Committee Charter may be found below. Once you have read the charter, please feel free to volunteer or forward any questions of greg.schindler@mnwhoa.org
Coming up on September 5th (Nominations) and October 3rd(Elections) are opportunities to participate in our HOA democratic processes. This is your time to make a difference; this is an opportunity for you. All homeowners are encouraged to participate by serving on the Board or other volunteer positions available to serve Memorial Northwest. The positions up for election are President, First Vice-President (Contracts), Second Vice-President (Security), Area 2 Director, Area 4 Director and Area 6 Director. The Bylaws are online where you can read the duties and responsibilities for these positions.
At the August meeting, we will need two homeowner volunteers to participate on the Nominating Committee. The role of the nominating committee is to seek out candidates willing to serve and present candidates at the September meeting concluding this volunteer service.
Three homeowners are needed to serve on the Election Committee concluding at the October meeting. The role of this committee is to oversee the election process and certify election results. Please contact me if you are willing to serve this important role for our community.
The 2018 Board of Directors will be most likely be tasked with overseeing how we intend to renew our nearly 50 year old pool. Other ongoing challenges include preserving the single-family property restrictions as we are constantly being challenged by investors desiring to focus on business objectives over participating in a way of life.
The good news is 97% of all homeowners participate in funding the services being provided, while others we eventually get reimbursed through the equity when their home sells. Concerning deed restriction violations, over 85% of the homes are fully compliant while others we will continue to remind to please take care of the deficiencies.
The rewarding aspect of volunteering is you get to meet more neighbors than you might not otherwise meet. The joy is in knowing the volunteer hours have helped many families flourish.
Over the past few months we have been experiencing challenges with our trash and recycling service provided by Republic Services. The importance on a reliable trash service is not apparent until it becomes a challenge to your personally. Otherwise, everyone goes about their business not thinking much about it. Many thanks go to our HOA VP of Contracts, volunteer Stan Thurber, for taking homeowners’ calls and taking action to assist homeowners with Republic to get their trash picked up.
A few months ago, the HOA received a letter from Republic asking to double your rates and to go single billing to the HOA. After consulting others, we felt this is a breach in our current contract and Stan took the action to respond. We are certainly frustrated like you are given we have not received an official response or explanation as poor service continues.
A representative from Republic Services showed up at our June Board meeting requesting to address the Board. He proceeded to explain the problems Republic is having from a business perspective. In summary, their current business model is not profitable in the Houston Area. The key items were: (1) more than a 10% delinquency in homeowners paying their bill and (2) Memorial Northwest produces well above the average of other comparable subdivisions. Homeowner’s and Board Members had a great question and answer discussion with the Republic Service representative.
From my perspective as a long-time corporate America employee, this falls into the category of a company suffering from poor leadership by not staying on top of our performance metrics and not focusing on customers; profitability is achieved only when you master both.
We all have paid our trash service bill through the next quarter. Republic stated they were going to honor their commitment to serve our community. They have also promised to provide the last date of service as they wish to terminate our agreement. Stan has been working on finding a quality company to serve our community. Once this has been approved, we will communicate the transition plan and the name of the new service provider.
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