I got a number of email responses from my first orange flyer and one of the questions I was asked was "Who are you?"
Lars and I escaped Atlanta in 2015 and moved to Greenville after exploring a number of smaller towns in the Southeast (can't take the cold elsewhere LOL). My neighbors were so very welcoming and remain a true joy in our lives. I have a degree in journalism and spent my career in a combination of IT and other communications positions. I helped found a customer service help desk training and certification company and wrote and delivered the curriculum nationwide; I founded and ran a software training company for 15 years; and finally, I retired from The Coca-Cola Company as manager of global desktop communication and education. I am passionate about our Earth, our ecosystems, organic gardening and landscaping, educating others of the joys of gardening, and bringing awareness and new directions to our community landscaping strategies. I am a life-long quilter (since I was 4) and fiber artist. You can find my work at these two online sites:
Another homeowner asked why he had not heard or seen my name as potential candidate for a Board vacancy or for volunteering on one of the many committees.
I was president of the HOA where I lived in Georgia and enjoyed working with neighbors and city and county authorities to ensure the long-term retention of our property values there. I attended an HOA board meeting here not too long after I moved in and felt the "tone" of the meeting was extremely unpleasant, so I chose not to volunteer for anything. A few years later I volunteered for the yard of the month committee and really enjoyed it for a while. Unfortunately, one month I was treated with such disrespect and hostility on the phone by a board representative that I had to say loudly over her harangue that I was hanging up. I immediately notified the president via email that I had to withdraw from the committee for personal reasons.
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