Response to Bob Jones

Response to Bob Jones comment on "Your Thoughts Matter!"

To quote Albert Einstein, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This happens all the time, so you should not be ashamed that you have followed this rut for 12+ years and could not identify the path to success. You just keep electing new board members who want to make minor changes but stay the same course. The same course that has proven over and over again, it will not reverse the trend of Diamondhead on a path to financial distress.

A lot of businesses realize their employees get stuck in a rut doing the same thing over and over for years with no vision on how to improve the process. They request outside assistance to review their operating procedures because a different set of eyes provides a new perspective and more often than not an opportunity to improve. Diamondhead gets that review for free whenever they get a new resident. A free opportunity to ask a new set of eyes what we can do to improve our community. The problem is and what you should be ashamed of, when a new resident does see a problem and an opportunity to improve you label them a newbie and a complainer rather than discuss and review this opportunity to improve the community.

The process of openly communicating with property owners and allowing them to have a say and ownership in the direction Diamondhead goes in the future has been identified as a weakness in this community. This small group you talk about with leaders who have been here less than a year shows you still don’t get it. There are no leaders and it isn’t a small group, it is a large group of the community trying to get the point across to the board that we need to change the process. The small group is the board, and their blind followers. The arrogant group, who thinks they know better than the other 600 or so property owners on how to improve Diamondhead. They refuse to listen and have open discussion with the property owners on how to improve Diamondhead. These board positions are not elected to dictate the course to the membership they are elected to represent the membership. The petition is and was not something desired by anyone. When the board refuses to embrace the communities input and desire to communicate openly they leave no choice but to ask for their removal. This is not about power; it is about what is best for our property values, our community as a whole, and the future of Diamondhead.
Diane, you are welcome to put this on the blog
Sean Mandeville

Oh I forgot bob, it reminds me of a story also. There was this High School band and nobody wanted to lead the band until this Math teacher said I guess I will do it if nobody else will. For years the band had great musicians but appeared to be unorganized and lacked direction. The principal had a professional band designer review their band. The band designer said the only thing you really need to do is turn right at the 50 yard line and face your audience rather than left. This one change will fix all your problems. The math teacher told her students that she has been doing this for 12 years and the professional band designer just got here and doesn’t know our band so we will turn left but put a skip into your step. How proud I was when my little Diane got to the 50 yard line, listened to the professional and turned right into progress while the remainder of the band turned left down the same old path skipping away from success and their audience. Sometimes it is the rest of the band that is out of step and it is because their leader pointed them in that direction and they didn’t have the guts to turn right!
Diane please add that to my blog post

To View Bob Jones' comments:  Click Here