It is hard to believe that the 2024 - 25 winter season at ORPS is coming to an end. The committee and I have been able to get to know more people at ORPS and help them make their lot uniquely theirs. This is a great Resort and we should all be proud of the efforts of many that make it so great. As I have stated multiple times, if you are contemplating making any improvements to your lot or RV be sure to determine whether or not you need a permit. If you do remember that work cannot start before the permit has been approved by the A&A Committee. If you have any questions about the process, please stop by the front office and talk to Julia our A&A Coordinator. The A&A Committee will be meeting throughout the summer on a monthly basis. Meetings to approve permits will be done once a month via Zoom starting in May with the last summer meeting in October. The committee will attempt to hold meetings on Wednesday of the 2 nd week of the month but specific times will be determined prior to each meeting. Due to vacations, summer meetings are not necessarily at a consistent time but will be announced ahead of time. Permits need to be submitted to the A&A coordinator five business days prior to the next meeting to be reviewed at the meeting. Owners will have the opportunity to ask the committee questions on the Zoom meeting. I want to thank the volunteers who donate their time to serve on the committee and help you with your projects. Current committee members include Monica Car, Tim Collins, Murray Hales, Sonia Joyal, Herb Nyquist, Michele Power, Janet Ream and Skip Wimer. In closing this will be my last Oracle article as the Chair of the A&A Committee. I volunteered to take this position shortly after I was appointed to the Board to fill an opening due to a resignation. While the last three years have been challenging at times, I feel confident that the committee has made changes that have and will continue to benefit the owners in ORPS. Debbie Price has accepted the position of A&A Chair for the 2025 - 26 season and I look forward to working with her as your Board President next season. Have a great summer season wherever you spend time. Safe travels to all and I look forward to seeing you in the fall.
End of the Road . . . for Me
As I write this, tears form in my eyes and a lump forms in my throat, even if only figuratively. For you see, this is the last column I will pen for the Oracle. If you don ’ t know, I am retiring from not only this great Resort, but from the community association industry generally, a career which I have enjoyed immensely. Oh, I may take on a consulting gig from time - to - time, but the day - to - day “ grind ” stops on April 7. I ’ m terrified! I have experienced more interesting occurrences in the more than five years as the General Manager of ORPS than any other time in my career, starting with the 2020 pandemic ending with the 2024 summer, the hottest on record in the Coachella Valley. In the middle of all that, a tropical storm visited the Resort! Managing those events, for which there is no “ training ”, along with all of the off - season projects successfully accomplished, gives me great satisfaction. People who ’ ve experienced retirement before me assure me that life occurrences will fill the void . . . yet I ’ m terrified! This community has something that no other place I ’ ve managed has . . . a decidedly upbeat, active and involved Ownership . . . a social culture unlike any. It has been my joy as I ’ m out and about to see the outdoors enjoyed to its fullest. Whether the golf course is lined up tee to green . . . whether the Pickleball courts have a waiting list; . . . whether the pools are packed, particularly at Spring Break . . . whether packing the El Saguaro Clubhouse for Singo; there isn ’ t a day that you aren ’ t enjoying all this place has to offer. And don ’ t think people don ’ t know it. Two new Owners who resided in other Coachella Valley RV Resorts recently commented, while at the management office, that they have experienced more “ Hellos ” and “ Good Mornings ” in their three weeks of ownership here than in the whole three years they were at the “ other place! ’ I love it when I have to detour my cart around the impromptu “ conferences ” at the edge of a road as I go about my duties. While some may suggest that those conferences are a hazard, I look on it more as folks stopping by a home as they walk on the sidewalk and see their neighbors on their front porch . . . as it was in the Midwest town where I grew up. They say that one can take satisfaction if you leave a place better than you found it and I like to think that I have done that . . . Synthia Salazar will be taking the helm on the 1st Monday of April and I wish her only the best . . . as I do all of you.
Steve Farley
Perhaps I ’ ll see you again . . . down the road.
Ed Vitrano - General Manager
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