Our “Extra” Special Members
Along with our winter letters for 2011 RSCA Membership, we provided the opportunity for Shores residents to volunteer a little “extra” to help fund our activities. We want to acknowledge these Shores neighbors who thoughtfully made that “extra” contribution:
- Anacelis & Michael Adams
- Lou & Bud Bailey
- Judy Chiasson
- Jerry Stout & Sarah Elder
- Saad Saleem & Nosheen Faruqui
- Dr. Edda Gomez-Panzani
- Naomi & Robert Hernandez
- Keith Hunter
- Kent & Helen Lee
- Andrew & Lesli Leong
- Andrew Koch & Mahalyn Lu
- Vincent Mason
- Richard & Jessica Millard
- Karen Siu & Joon Moy
- Ana & Oleg Nickolayeva
- Rick O’Connor, Jr.
- Mirella & Alex Stefan
- James M. Walker
- Kristen Sze & Jason Wong
Our special thanks to all of these people for their generosity and additional support of RSCA’s activities.
What We Do
If you want details of what RSCA tries to do in Redwood Shores, you can go to the RSCA.org web site and, under “Your Community Association,” there is a link to “RSCA Documents”. On page 1 of the original Articles of Incorporation you can read the purpose for which the Association was originally formed in 1970. Also under “Your Community Association” there is a link to our current Bylaws with more detail about our “mission” (Article III).
But I think all of this can be summed up in two words: “Communicate” and “Advocate”.
RSCA communicates by printing and distributing this monthly PILOT magazine. The PILOT is the only magazine, focused entirely on our local community that goes to every residential household and many businesses in Redwood Shores. We also communicate about events of local interest through our roadway signs on Marine Pkwy and Redwood Shores Pkwy. When needed, we send postal mail to every Shores residence on issues of larger importance (like the levees). And we now are expanding our ability to communicate by email to those who join our list.
Our goal is to be informative (without being intrusive) about events and issues specific to the Shores.
As the advocate for Redwood Shores, RSCA has for over 40 years actively supported the shared interests of all Shores residents, including homeowners and renters. We also support the interests of our local businesses who share with us this wonderful community. At its Annual Meeting RSCA provides an opportunity each year for the community to meet and hear from our local elected officials and those city & county employees who serve us. When needed, RSCA provides other forums for united community action.
RSCA is dedicated to preserving the highest quality of life by also promoting activities and events for “our little island.” We work to keep the Shores a GREAT place to live and work.
We Could Use Some Help
RSCA is entirely a volunteer organization. And the list of things that we “could” be doing – things we would like to be doing – continues to grow.
If you have areas of specific interest in the Shores that YOU would like to see improved, and you have 1-2 hours a week to work with RSCA, let’s talk about how we might help each other. RSCA can provide support and a platform for action that you might not have as a single individual.
There are also specific skills which we could put to good use. We can always use help with publicity, art/graphic design, finance/accounting, and architecture/construction. We can find a way to use any skills you might have that you could spare for 1-2 hours a week.
Right now we manually keep track of the 5400+ residences and 700+ businesses in the Shores. We need a better system. If you have experience with CRM or “membership management” systems, especially “cloud-based” systems, please contact me. We can always use some fresh thinking as we look for new technology to help RSCA stay in touch with all our Shores neighbors.