[Everyone] Animal Control

[Vincent Wimbush]

Dave,

I offer an apology to you.

In my last communication I made two missteps:

First, I misinterpreted and made mistaken assumptions about what you had
communicated (in our last meeting and via e-mail) about what you were
willing to do
in response to a situation brought up by an owner.

Second, in an effort to speak more broadly to all owners about (my
perspective on) the need for all owners to contribute to the work and
interests of CP HOA, I coupled
remarks about such (addressed to all) to my response to you. This should
not have been done.

I thank you for the contribution you made to the situation at hand.

Also, I hope you can accept my apology and we can consider the matter (of
your contribution to the situation referenced) now closed.

vlw

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM David Weiner via Everyone <
everyone at chelseaplacedecatur.com> wrote:

> Let me stop you right there Vincent.  At no time did I volunteer to take
> on anything more than to find out if Dekalb County was handling animal
> control for the city.  I replied to your email of July 27th (Subject: Next
> Steps and Next Meeting) with the correction (see
> https://chelseaplacedecatur.com/pipermail/everyone/2024-July/001458.html).  If
> you made the assumption that I volunteered to take on the whole project and
> don’t remember that email and correction, then that’s your problem, nor is
> it one that you need to lecture me like you’re my father.  You’re not and I
> won’t stand for it. The golden rule of leadership is “Praise in public,
> correct in private."
>
> I am not one of your students to be lectured in front of the class, nor
> did I accept any assignment.  I can’t speak for anyone else at the meeting,
> but I know what I volunteered to do.  As someone who has a bad tendency to
> make themselves physically ill to make sure that I complete what I have
> committed to, weather it’s work related or in any of the many organizations
> I have volunteered for over the decades, I am extremely  offended at not
> only your assertion that I am not honoring my commitments, but treating me
> like a child.
>
> As you pointed out, we are all volunteers.  Having been part of many
> volunteer organizations, some of which have 20,000+ members world wide with
> only 2 paid employees, it’s never a good idea to alienate your volunteers,
> especially when there’s such a small pool of them available.
>
> Dave
> On Aug 13, 2024 at 08:22 -0400, Vincent Wimbush via Everyone <
> everyone at chelseaplacedecatur.com>, wrote:
>
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the contact info in re: Animal Control.
>
> Your response raises for me a larger issue:
>
> Given our situation as an HOA--with the ongoing governance and maintenance
> and other work done by or through owners as volunteers (no one among us
> being paid to do anything!)--I had assumed and expected that since you
> volunteered at our last meeting to address the issue raised by Sara, you
> would follow through on the matter, with some consultation with Sara. If
> you prefer not to do so--okay; nothing I can do about your decision; but I
> had wanted this sort of matter to be addressed officially by the HOA by
> having more than one person involved to make sure steps were followed to
> some sort of resolution (if a resolution can be found). At this point, Sara
> will need to make the contact to provide information about the problem and
> report back on what she finds out.
>
> The larger point behind the one I make above I know you as immediate past
> president will understand and appreciate--the amount of monthly fees we pay
> as owners will not allow CP HOA to hire a professional company to do all
> that needs to be done here to maintain this place, to keep it viable,
> attractive, and so forth. And no one officer should or can be responsible
> for personally taking care of all issues and problems. So *all* CP HOA
> owners must step up--to serve from time to time as an officer, and to
> volunteer again and again to take on certain assignments to make sure
> things are taken care of. (This is one of the issues I hope we can discuss
> at our next HOA meeting.)
>
> Vincent
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM David Weiner via Everyone <
> everyone at chelseaplacedecatur.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the delay, but here’s the info on getting in contact with
>> Animal Control.
>>
>> Officer Cantrell is the City of Decatur's part-time Animal Control
>> Officer. You may contact him via email at animalcontrol at decaturga.com.
>> When Officer Cantrell is not on duty, contact DeKalb County at 404-294-2996
>> to share your animal control questions or concerns.
>>
>> Dave
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