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I was humbled when colleague members of the DMFPO Board of Directors elected me President
for the current year. During my fourth year as a member of the board it will be a pleasure
to further serve this fine organization that does so much to promote communications among
the many businesses, entities and people in the Del Monte Forest plus those outside the forest
that we interact with. In the mid-1980s when I was a newer manager in the Office of
the Los Angeles County District Attorney, all of the head deputies were sent to the
USC School of Business for management training. The two main lessons that the "Trojan" management
professors hammered into us were that the most important asset of any organization are the people;
and that each and every organization runs on communications. Inasmuch as DMFPO’s primary function
is to act as a communications hub within the Del Monte Forest those two lessons are even more relevant
to the implementation of the DMFPO mission, and the current board is dedicated to following this beacon.
When my wife Pinky and I first moved to Pebble Beach during 1999 and 2000 we were promptly introduced
to DMFPO, and early-on I attended meetings of the Traffic and Safety Committee. In those early years Pinky and
I didn’t understand the role of DMFPO in the Del Monte Forest - which, to my trained, experienced and governmentally
structured mind was immediately recognized as "Unincorporated County Territory".
This organization, I said to myself, has no power. It is not like a City Council or even like a Condominium Board of
Directors both of which have the power to make rules, raise revenue and enforce discipline. What does DMFPO do,
I silently asked?
During the ensuing decade, and especially during the years of my service on the DMFPO Board of Directors,
all of those questions have been answered for me, and I look forward to the opportunity to discuss those answers
with property owners in the forest or other stakeholders who are curious about the subject.
Stating it in the simplest way we can, DMFPO fills a vital space in the Del Monte Forest community.
In many ways most if not all communication paths flow in one way or another through DMFPO.
By design, DMFPO has connections to all of the entities, businesses, organizations and individuals
who make the forest work on a day to day basis. During the past several years it has been an amazing
experience for me as a board member to sit and watch as past and present members of the DMFPO Board of Directors,
and other folks connected to DMFPO, have displayed an amazing knowledge about the interworking of the Del Monte Forest, and observe their rapid ability to identify the person, place, organization, entity or business who can best respond to issues that are brought to the attention of the DMFPO Board of Directors. In summary what I have found is that DMFPO has no power other than the power to communicate and often influence events. In my opinion, it is a role at which DMFPO excels.
It has been my personal observation that DMFPO serves each and every property owner in the forest whether or not
they have paid their membership dues. Needless to say, it will be a privilege, and a "labor of love" to serve as
the DMFPO President for 2010. If I, or any other member of the DMFPO Board of Directors, can be of service please
call, write or send an e-mail to the DMFPO office (see "contact us" in our web-site at www.dmfpo.org).
Members of the board will be notified, and we will respond accordingly.
Very Truly Yours,
Don Eastman
President
Del Monte Forest Property Owners
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There is a saying that we Americans love to collect "stuff", that sometimes we have so much "stuff" that we
fill our garages with it and park our cars in the street or driveway because there is no room left in the garage!
We are also entrepreneurs and seeing a need for a solution to the mounting piles of "stuff" collected by Americans, huge
storage parks have sprung up across the country where we can rent additional space to store our extra "stuff". Another
recent innovation is PODS or Portable On Demand Storage. PODS have been popping up recently in various locations in the Del Monte Forest as people remodel
their homes or clear out their "stuff". The original idea behind PODS was that you called, they came and dropped off the
storage unit, you filled it up and they took it away to their storage facility or delivered it to your new location if you were moving
house or relocating.
Under the auspices of our Pebble Beach fire department and the Community Services District, we have completed
planting our own Fire Safe Demonstration Garden. It is located on the south side of the Fire Station along Forest Lake Road
and is now ready for viewing and walkthroughs...