By Cheryl Dowden, June 8, 2020
HSVPOA continues to evolve
According to an announcement in the Hot Springs Village Digest on June 8, 2020, Chuck Alvord has resigned from the HSV Board of Directors effective June 7. This was also reported in the Village Voice. Click here to read the full article in the Voice.
Mr. Alvord was recently appointed to the Board in a Special Meeting on May 11, 2020, to fill the seat of Director Campagna. Campagna also just recently resigned at the same time Director Luehring was removed from the Board on May 6, 2020.
There have also been several staff resignations including Liz Mathis, Chief Financial Officer, Renee Haugen, Director of Real Estate and Land Services, and Shawnee Cooper, Director of Human Resources.
CEO Nalley is also no longer employed at the HSVPOA and a search is being conducted for a General Manager. John Paul has stepped up as an interim GM until the Board of Directors can find a permanent replacement.
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Andy Kramek
06/09/2020 — 4:24 pm
Mr Alvord’s resignation letter contains a very interesting statement; namely that he differs from the elected Directors on how to go about achieving their shared goals. Does that mean that he feels they are doing things improperly in some way?
His persistent challenging of the idea of “consensus” agreement, as a way of the handling a personnel matter, at the last discussion meeting certainly gave a strong impression that he felt it was an inappropriate way for the Board to conduct things.
If I recall correctly he was specifically concerned that the decision on how to handle the search for a new GM had been made (to use the words of the Chair) “by consensus” among Board Members. However, he never did adequately explain why he felt so strongly that it should have been brought up for a formal vote at a Board Meeting.
All in all it seemed at the time, and still does seem, a rather trivial matter over which to tender a resignation. That is unless, of course, there is more to the story than meets the eye.
steve bylow
06/09/2020 — 8:07 pm
My take was that he did not recall a conversation which his peers did remember.
He then implied a similar situation could be avoided if more votes were taken during their discussions.
I also believe the workload of being on this “working Board” was also cited as a factor.
Seem pretty straight-forward – I sure appreciate this Boards transparency and decisiveness.
Steve
Julie
06/10/2020 — 4:52 am
I think this is ok news. He seemed to be out on his own a lot.
Clint
06/10/2020 — 7:11 am
What was he thinking, being out on his own, right? How selfish to have your own opinion on the board of a multi million dollar corporation. Cronyism, “like mindedness” and self dealing are much more appropriate.
Andy Kramek
06/10/2020 — 9:47 am
Not sure where you read any of that. Didn’t Mr Alvord say that he supported the Board’s goals but disagreed over procedure. Did you actually attend (virtually) the discussion meeting?
If so you would have have seen that Mr Alvord got his knickers in a twist over a conference call on which he was present, but about which he could not recall specific details. He was arguing that any and all decisions should be subject to formal (i.e. minuted) votes at full Board Meetings.
This would, of course, make for interminable Board Meetings and delay any actual work from being done by the Board. Since the matter at hand was how to go about a personnel search it seemed an odd (if not deliberately obstructive) position to take on such a trivial topic. After all it was not as if a decision was being made about who to hire – merely how to conduct a search for candidates.
The Chair’s position was (rightly) that not everything the Board does has to be voted on in a full Board Meeting.
Julie
06/10/2020 — 11:31 am
Amen.
Sam Taylor
06/10/2020 — 9:53 pm
There we go with that term “corporation” again. I don’t know when your like minded crew will get it through their head that that is the wrong model for a community in the middle of nowhere. That model has completely failed us as did the last leader of that corporation. Instead of working for the welfare of a corporation (cough cough), if one works for the welfare of the PEOPLE who live there and are actually responsive to the PEOPLE instead of the corporation then there is a chance to be successful and develop community spirit instead of division!
Mark
06/11/2020 — 7:22 am
Nailed it.
Gene Garner
06/10/2020 — 11:42 am
Mr Alvord seemed to dislike the workload that’s part of being a director and decided it was not for him. He did appear to oppose the way a new general manger will be hired and if I understand what he said I agree with him.
In the past some very confident and self assured directors conducted a national search and hired a general manger with a drinking problem and zero personnel skills. The next G.M. selected was David Twiggs who didn’t need or want our opinions because he knew what was best and then last but not least, Lesley Nalley with delusions of grandeur and a graduate of Twiggs university.
Now it seems the BOD wants to repeat that process and hire who? Bernie Madoff? Tony Soprano? There must be a better way.—Gene