From the President’s Desk
ALOHA! It’s such an honor to have been voted in as President of the Outrigger. My personal history with the Club is unlike that of many past presidents, most of whomplayed on the OCC beach as children and/or raised their children at the Club. My passion for the ocean, the Club and the OCC family came when I returned home after 20 years on themainland.
I amdeeply grateful for all the OCC experiences and relationships I’vemade and amcommitted to giving back in a small but hopefully productive way. The 2022 theme that the Board and I have agreed upon is not fancy, nor particularly creative, but we believe it’s vital: To continue to preserve theOCC legacy. The high-level direction as set forth in our Strategic Plan is to lay the foundation for the Club’s future. Our
• SLRFunding:We don’t knowexactly howmuch thiswill cost theClub, but it will be substantial.Wemust start now to ascertainmultiple options for funding SLRsuch as a Landowner Coalition, a PlannedGiving Program, aCapital campaign, etc. MembershipEngagement. The last several Boards have continued to ratchet up communications through focus groups, Town Hall meetings, social media, email blasts, digital signage, etc. But this is not enough. We’ll be sending out aMembership survey, which has been delayed for two years due to COVID-19, to better understandmembership
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job is to notmake any sharp left or right turns, but to follow theMission andGoals set forth. The Strategic Plan is available on thewebsite and I encourage anyone interested to take a look. Every year, there are Board initiatives that roll forward fromthe past year and this year we have several critical issueswe’ll continue to pursue: • Elk’s Lease Extension. Throughmuch healthy debate, the Board identified a handful of facts that need to be clarified in order for themembership tomake an informed decision. ABoard sub- committee is pursuing the facts and our goal is to bring those facts back to themembership inMay for a vote. • Sea Level Rise (SLR). SLR is a long-term issue that we and all nearby landownerswill face in the next 10 - 20 years. The Long Range Planning Committee (LRP), will focus on two aspects of SLR. • SLR Impacts: As the experts continue to study this in the next several years, we must continue to assesswhat the impact will be, when it will take place andwhat our options are.
satisfaction and our opportunities for improvement. Additionally, wewill be holding OpenForums the secondweek of everymonth to allowmembers to engage in direct dialoguewith the Board. Over the next several months, Committees and the Operations teamwill be identifying their specific initiatives to support theOCC’s Strategic Goals whichwill be shared as they are developed. One of themost important thingswe can do in 2022 is to return to the Clubwe all knowand love. As I write this, we areworking on these plans for the year andwith the blessing of the City&County and State, you should seemore signs of normalcy in the near future. Thank you again for your confidence inme and this awesome Board.
Laurie Foster President
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