President’s Blog

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Meetings with meaning

Greetings from ROC USA’s new offices in Concord. After seven years of being hosted and housed by the NH Community Loan Fund, ROC USA has outgrown the space available and has moved out on our own. More on … More »

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N.H. Community Leadership Address

I was happy to be the keynote speaker for the 2015 class of community leaders last Friday night.  My remarks followed Paul Jerome’s address.  Paul was elected by his classmates to speak for the class.  His remarks dovetailed … More »

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Thank you Venture Lake Estates!

I had to be in NYC last Thursday for a presentation at the Ford Foundation so I took the opportunity to visit with the Board of Directors at Venture Lake Estates in beautiful Hyde Park, N.Y. Thank you, … More »

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Downright inspiring: Clarence Hall

I had the privilege of attending the National Credit Union Foundation’s Herb Wegner Memorial Award ceremony on Monday night in Washington, D.C. All four awardees were very impressive, but one brought tears to my eyes. Clarence Hall is … More »

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Start of the year, end of the year

I have been heads down with report writing the last month and I’ve missed getting my blog together. Well, 2014 was quite a year! Many individual ROCs accomplished great things in 2014, including Wheel Estates in North Adams, … More »

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Happy Holidays to All

This Christmas, I offer you this piece of wisdom that has touched many, including me. Happy Holidays, all. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far … More »

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ROC USA Board of Directors adopts ROC leader priorities!

The ROC USA Board of Directors met last week in Washington, D.C., and adopted four priorities put forth by the 23 ROC leaders who attended this year’s Community Leadership Institute! While ROC USA’s formal Strategic Plan isn’t due … More »

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My favorite “meetings” of my entire life!

And, that is saying something because I’ve attend a lot of meetings! Seriously, I’m just back from five days in Cincinnati and a stop in NYC and wow, what an incredible time. First off, we started last Thursday … More »

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My only regret about ROC-A-PALOOZA: I couldn’t be there!

The practice of electing community leaders is not unique to ROCs. I’ve read many times that a third of owned homes in the U.S. are in some type of association managed neighborhood. It’s surprising, but when you consider … More »

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A ROC MALL discount that really paid off!

I saved 37% and got better quality paint through my Innovia – ROC MALL – discount at Sherwin Williams! You have to tell them it’s a commercial account and it will show up as CCA Global in Manchester, … More »