TRES DE MAYO = CINCO DE MAYO

I'm sure you've all heard by now that our social committee is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Party tomorrow evening. All residents are encouraged to attend. I've been informed that the social committee is just about ready to kick things off. Anyone who is willing to lend a hand would be most appreciated. If you'd like to participate please meet the social committee out by the pool around 3pm. Take a look at the flyer to the left of the page.

PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR!!!

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER, THE MONTEREY VILLAS SOCIAL COMMITTEE WILL BE HOSTING A CINCO DE MAYO THEMED PARTY THIS SATURDAY MAY 3RD, 5PM TO 9PM, IN THE POOL AREA. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. 

I would like to thank the entire Social Committee for distributing the event fliers this weekend. It was great to open my door and see something other than a company advertisement. Hopefully the fliers weren't mistaken or thrown away by residents as this looks to be a promising event. I look forward to meeting new residents. 

THIS JUST IN...CLUBHOUSE OPEN TODAY!!! FINAL FOUR

I JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE THAT THE CLUBHOUSE WILL BE OPEN TODAY FOR THE FINAL FOUR!!! I'M NOT A HUGE UCLA FAN BUT ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A LOCAL TEAM IN A CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

This is awesome, I've been waiting to put that clubhouse to use and it looks like we'll have a chance to do so today. I believe the game starts at 3pm  so look for the clubhouse to be open sometime around then. 

ADRIANA OF THE SOCAIL COMMITTEE HAS TOLD ME THAT IT TOOK A LOT TO HAVE THE CLUBHOUSE OPEN SO WE NEED TO DO OUR PART TO TAKE CARE OF THE CLUBHOUSE. THE SOCIAL AND SAFETY COMMITTEES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THE CLUBHOUSE AT ANYTIME., AND IF HOMEOWNERS BECOME DISRUPTIVE THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM PLEASE ARISING PLEASE CALL:

JOE

714.200.4741

THE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER ON DUTY TODAY. 

VIVA LOS VILLAS!

The Social Committee has been working their butts off to pull our community together and they seem to be on the right track. At their meeting this past week they discussed the upcoming CINO DE MAYO get together we're having on Saturday May 3rd, and the clubhouse usage. The party duties were distributed to the committee members and I was even asked to design the flyer for the party. {Click Flyer on the Left to View Large Image} The party is going to have food, drinks, music, games and prizes. They're putting a lot of effort into this so I hope that all homeowners take the time to show their community support by showing up on MAY 3rd.

They also talked about the clubhouse being open for general use. It seems there were some issues that needed to be discussed prior to opening the clubhouse for general use. I update I received didn't go into great detail about the new clubhouse rules but they did talk opening the clubhouse for major sporting events like but not limited to: NCAA FINAL FOUR, NBA PLAYOFFS, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND MORE... Look to hear more about this soon.

ROCKY, ROCKY, ROCKY...

In case you haven't noticed yet the rocks under the stairwells are currently being installed. I must say it was a very noisy install but what do you expect, they're ROCKS!!! They look good. Hopefully they finish up soon because those parking spots would really come in handy this weekend. I know I haven't been posting much lately but I've been a little busy at work. Look for things to pick up in the next couple weeks. I just got an update from the Landscape, Safety, and Social Committee's so I'll have something up later today or early tomorrow.

Here is a summary of what's ahead:

1. More Lighting
   
2. Clubhouse possible open to watch sporting events
   
3. Cinco de Mayo Party  

Blog Ads!

In light of recent changes to the clubhouse rules, and inspiration again from Ben Dayhoe, I have decided to add ads to the blog. The revenue generated from these ads will help purchase items for our clubhouse/recreational use. These items will be donated to the Monterey Villas on behalf of all the blog visitors.

HOW IT WORKS:The way the ads work is that every time someone clicks on them it adds a few cents of revenue toward our purchase goal. Once we have enough money the item will be bought, donated and a new goal will be set.

WHAT ITEMS?: You might be asking what are we going to buy and who decides, well that's the best part YOU DECIDE, ( we'll after the first one, I had something in mind already.) While each goal is being fulfilled I will post an ongoing poll on the site to see which item the revenue will go for. The items in the poll will be realistic suggestions that you the resident provide. This has nothing to do with the Association Board or the Monterey Villas Budget, it's simply a way for us residents to get what we want and not have to get anyones approval.

WHAT IS THE FIRST ITEM: Like I said before I had something in mind is something that I feel is missing in our clubhouse, a ping pong table. I thought of getting a conversion kit which would just turn the pool table into a ping pong table when needed, but having a stand alone ping pong table will allow more things to do in there. So here is an example picture of what the table will look like:

Clubhouse Use

I just got this info, beginning next weekend and on weekends only, when not reserved for private parties, the clubhouse will be open for general use & locked at 11:00pm.

Thanks to some helpful input I've updated a few issues in the March recap so look for the "*UPDATE*" located in the last post to see whats new. There are some important changes regarding parking.

Clubhouse Reservations

Thanks to Adriana and Joe for sending me the new Clubhouse Reservations, check out the MV EVENTS CALENDAR to see if the Clubhouse is available for your next event. If anyone else has an event, i.e. yard sale, art show, or anything else you'd like to share with the community, post it here and I'll put it up on the calendar.

Social Committee Update

The Social Committee is pushing for a "Cinco de Mayo " celebration to be held on Sat. May 3rd. The party would include: a taco guy, mexican dishes and pinatas as well as a D.J. They also discussed non-party usage of the clubhouse. We hope to hear more updates soon.