Hallo daar almal,
Ek is seker baie sal met my saamstem dat Desember maand is die beste maand in die Estate want dan is die meeste mense met vakansie en die plek behoort aan die paar van ons wat agter bly. Die diere is oral van naby te sien en die ou kleintjies is darem maar te oulik as hulle so in die veld rond en bont spring agter hul ma's aan. Dit is nou ons tweede Desember maand wat ons net by die huis bly om net hierdie absolute stilte en vrede te ervaar. Ons verkies om met vakansie te gaan wanneer almal weer terug is by die werk en skool. Dan het ons ook weer die see en strand vir onssself. Ons is seker maar selfsigtig!
Ons stem heeltemal met Ciarra saam omtrent die afwesigheid van kommunikasie in die plek. Ons het uitgevind dat die braai elke nou en dan is afgestel omdat daar glo nie genoeg mense opgedaag het nie. Ons het in die begin e-mails gekry om ons te herinner en om getalle te bevestig, maar die laaste drie keer het ons geen e-mails gekry nie. Hulle kan nie verwag dat mense sal opdaag as hulle nie ten minste 'n week voor die tyd 'n herinnerings nota kry nie. Kan ons nie maar weer probreer om elke drie maande 'n braai te reël nie behalwe gedurende winter maande nie? Ons moet net 'n beter manier bedink om die inwoners daaroor in te lig. Die klub huis is daar vir ons gebruik, maar ons weet nie eers of dit toelaatbaar is om 'n drankie daar te gaan drink of nie en wanneer dit uitgehuur word of nie. Hoe vind ons uit?
Dan ten laaste ons raat aan Gato die plant man - verruil die plante wat jy gekoop het en wat nie inheems is nie uit aan ander mense buite die Estate vir plante wat inheems is. Sodoende kry jy darem iets terug vir die geld wat jy uitgegee het.
Groete aan almal
Mnr em Mev XYZ
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Gato the plant man
Hi to Ciarra and everybody,
I just want to say to Ciarra that I think she is doing a great job and I hope that this will become a very successful way of communicating with one another.
I am a very keen gardener and I wanted to ask other bloggers if they have had the same problems as me with ingidenous plants from nurseries, I bought a whole lot of plants and was told they were indigenous only to find out that half of them are not. Some were quite expensive but now sit outside my factory office.
I also wonder how long it will take for the first blogger to complain about the neighbours dogs barking all day and night and also some owners who have so many lights on that their houses look like a Christmas tree. We only have 2 gate lights on at night.
Chow
Gato
I just want to say to Ciarra that I think she is doing a great job and I hope that this will become a very successful way of communicating with one another.
I am a very keen gardener and I wanted to ask other bloggers if they have had the same problems as me with ingidenous plants from nurseries, I bought a whole lot of plants and was told they were indigenous only to find out that half of them are not. Some were quite expensive but now sit outside my factory office.
I also wonder how long it will take for the first blogger to complain about the neighbours dogs barking all day and night and also some owners who have so many lights on that their houses look like a Christmas tree. We only have 2 gate lights on at night.
Chow
Gato
Trouble in "paradise"!!
Hi,
Some of you might have received a petition letter given to you regarding problems with stand 324. I understand that a lot of you have given Adrian and Rynette Farrar (1 Lourie Close) your signed petition forms. My husband and I was also among the people who were lucky enough to have spoken to Rynette personally when she handed these out. Given the facts by them, it begs the question of what sort of people we voted in as board members and to make qualified and impartial decisions. I think at the next AGM we better think very clearly of who we are going to select as board members. The kind of people we need are ones that look after our best interest and make sure we all follow the estate rules.
We are very disappointed that these problems are going on in our upmarket estate. We have heard from many others of how they are concerned about board decisions and are also interested how the Farrar's case is handled. Whilst we hear daily of strange goings on in our country we should at least have confidence in our estate being different and everything is above board.
As some of you know now of Adrian and Rynette's protracted problem and I have asked them to publish their story on this blog as and when they feel the time is right. At the moment I believe things are quite sensitive.
Until later
Ciarra
Some of you might have received a petition letter given to you regarding problems with stand 324. I understand that a lot of you have given Adrian and Rynette Farrar (1 Lourie Close) your signed petition forms. My husband and I was also among the people who were lucky enough to have spoken to Rynette personally when she handed these out. Given the facts by them, it begs the question of what sort of people we voted in as board members and to make qualified and impartial decisions. I think at the next AGM we better think very clearly of who we are going to select as board members. The kind of people we need are ones that look after our best interest and make sure we all follow the estate rules.
We are very disappointed that these problems are going on in our upmarket estate. We have heard from many others of how they are concerned about board decisions and are also interested how the Farrar's case is handled. Whilst we hear daily of strange goings on in our country we should at least have confidence in our estate being different and everything is above board.
As some of you know now of Adrian and Rynette's protracted problem and I have asked them to publish their story on this blog as and when they feel the time is right. At the moment I believe things are quite sensitive.
Until later
Ciarra
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Welcome to new members!
I would like to welcome the following members:
Spiro
Mr & Mrs XYZ
Gato
Thanks for e-mailing me all your relevant information. You are now welcome to e-mail me your letters that you would like to be published on this blog.
Greetings
Ciarra
Spiro
Mr & Mrs XYZ
Gato
Thanks for e-mailing me all your relevant information. You are now welcome to e-mail me your letters that you would like to be published on this blog.
Greetings
Ciarra
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Welcome to the "Nature Family" blog!
Hi everybody,
I have been pondering for quite some time about starting a blog for owners from the eco estate and here it is. We only communicate with each other when we meet by accident and at the annual "bun fight" at the yearly AGM. After Tuesday night's AGM it was clear that we all actually need a forum where we can express ourselves, share information, complain to each other, get advice, have a bit of fun and so on. With any luck next year's AGM we won't be going home at 21H00 and Mr Coleman won't have his hands so full. If the board members do address our questions and complaints via the blog, maybe they won't have to answer so many questions at the AGM. I invite all register owners of Meyersdal Nature Estate to register with me at ciarra@newsestate.co.za. The developer and board members are welcome to register - and if they want, answer any mail.
To register you need to e-mail me the following:
As many of you know there wa,s and still is, a definite lack of communication between developer / board members and home owners despite of what was said at the previous AGM. I can't understand why when it comes to sending us the bills we always receive them, but when it come to important information or even just reminders for cocktail evenings and braai's, we don't all receive notification. I thought maybe it was just me not receiving e-mails but it was clear last Tuesday night that this was not the case.
This AGM night reminded me of a meeting that was held at the club house about 2 years ago when pandemonium broke out resulting in much embarrassment for Grant Hinkley (as chairman). The sentiment was unsavoury practices and a total lack of transparency. Mr Booysen revealed for the first time to home owners about his intention to build townhouses where the old quarry is. Many owners were unhappy because they were not informed about this fact when they bought their stands. Mr Booysen's reply was that he can't be held liable for what the estate agent involved said. Owners were told mostly, by Neil Diamond Properties staff, that the quarry was to be returned to bushveld. Mr Booysen said that we must go and read the Articles of Association and that this document gave him the right to do with the "quarry land" as he wishes. Home owners felt that townhouses don't belong in an upmarket estate like ours. After a lengthy debate, home owners were still not happy with what Mr Booysen just revealed, but reluctantly agreed that he can rather build houses than townhouses in this area. Mr Booysen also wanted to open a "Boutique Hotel" at the top of the estate, but this idea was shot down in flames by nearly all home owners.
This latest AGM I found the way that they announced the new board members very strange. Mr Coleman just said that we will run with the same members as last year and does anyone have a issue with it. Am I wrong in saying that there are quite a few names missing from the list he has read out? Mr Coleman did not say anything about members resigning or leaving. If there are members missing he should have said so and ask us to elect others in their place - not so? Can anyone tell us if there are members missing from this year's board, that we elected last year?
I ask all home owners to give this blog support and register so that we can all discuss topics of mutual interest. On this blog we can debate, ask others for advice, give opinions and suggestions and we can even have a vote on certain issues of interest. People can share good news for example births, weddings or any other pleasant happenings with all of us. At sad times we can offer some sort of moral support as well. It is important to note that this is a forum for discussions of all topics of interest related to our estate. Anything that's on your mind is welcome.
My Afrikaans is nie baie goed nie julle, maar julle moet maar verskoon, as foute insluip. Ek sal my bes probreer, met die hulp van 'n Afrikaans sprekende dame. Ek is aangesê deur my ander helfte om 'n stuk in Afrikaans te skryf, sodat die huis eienaars almal kan weet, julle is welkom om in julle eie taal ook te skryf.
Ek kon nou die dag nie my oë glo, tot ek 'n hoender en kuikentjies in die straat sien rond skarrel nie. Weet mense nie dis teen die munisipaliteits reëls om hoenders aan te hou in 'n dorps gebied nie. Wel, ek sê julle nou, die eerste oggend dat 'n hoender haan my wakker kraai - daai aand kry my familie hoender of sal ek liewer sê, haan pastei vir aand ete.
Nog 'n interessante ding wat ek so tussen my kuiers teë gekom het, is die snaakse name wat mense aan sekere huise toegeken het. Daar is byvoorbeeld die perdtjie huis, Durban se hawe, Randse lughawe kontrole toring, die Angelikaanse kerk en die lollipop huis. Ek verstaan, ons kry eersdaags 'n NG kerk huis ook. Weet iemand nog van ander snaakse name - laat weet ons bietjie.
Well, I hope we all are going to find this blog useful and enjoy the interaction.
Until later
I have been pondering for quite some time about starting a blog for owners from the eco estate and here it is. We only communicate with each other when we meet by accident and at the annual "bun fight" at the yearly AGM. After Tuesday night's AGM it was clear that we all actually need a forum where we can express ourselves, share information, complain to each other, get advice, have a bit of fun and so on. With any luck next year's AGM we won't be going home at 21H00 and Mr Coleman won't have his hands so full. If the board members do address our questions and complaints via the blog, maybe they won't have to answer so many questions at the AGM. I invite all register owners of Meyersdal Nature Estate to register with me at ciarra@newsestate.co.za. The developer and board members are welcome to register - and if they want, answer any mail.
To register you need to e-mail me the following:
- Copy of municipal account
- Your e-mail address.
- The name under which you would like me to post your mail - can be your real name or you can be under an alias.
As many of you know there wa,s and still is, a definite lack of communication between developer / board members and home owners despite of what was said at the previous AGM. I can't understand why when it comes to sending us the bills we always receive them, but when it come to important information or even just reminders for cocktail evenings and braai's, we don't all receive notification. I thought maybe it was just me not receiving e-mails but it was clear last Tuesday night that this was not the case.
This AGM night reminded me of a meeting that was held at the club house about 2 years ago when pandemonium broke out resulting in much embarrassment for Grant Hinkley (as chairman). The sentiment was unsavoury practices and a total lack of transparency. Mr Booysen revealed for the first time to home owners about his intention to build townhouses where the old quarry is. Many owners were unhappy because they were not informed about this fact when they bought their stands. Mr Booysen's reply was that he can't be held liable for what the estate agent involved said. Owners were told mostly, by Neil Diamond Properties staff, that the quarry was to be returned to bushveld. Mr Booysen said that we must go and read the Articles of Association and that this document gave him the right to do with the "quarry land" as he wishes. Home owners felt that townhouses don't belong in an upmarket estate like ours. After a lengthy debate, home owners were still not happy with what Mr Booysen just revealed, but reluctantly agreed that he can rather build houses than townhouses in this area. Mr Booysen also wanted to open a "Boutique Hotel" at the top of the estate, but this idea was shot down in flames by nearly all home owners.
This latest AGM I found the way that they announced the new board members very strange. Mr Coleman just said that we will run with the same members as last year and does anyone have a issue with it. Am I wrong in saying that there are quite a few names missing from the list he has read out? Mr Coleman did not say anything about members resigning or leaving. If there are members missing he should have said so and ask us to elect others in their place - not so? Can anyone tell us if there are members missing from this year's board, that we elected last year?
I ask all home owners to give this blog support and register so that we can all discuss topics of mutual interest. On this blog we can debate, ask others for advice, give opinions and suggestions and we can even have a vote on certain issues of interest. People can share good news for example births, weddings or any other pleasant happenings with all of us. At sad times we can offer some sort of moral support as well. It is important to note that this is a forum for discussions of all topics of interest related to our estate. Anything that's on your mind is welcome.
My Afrikaans is nie baie goed nie julle, maar julle moet maar verskoon, as foute insluip. Ek sal my bes probreer, met die hulp van 'n Afrikaans sprekende dame. Ek is aangesê deur my ander helfte om 'n stuk in Afrikaans te skryf, sodat die huis eienaars almal kan weet, julle is welkom om in julle eie taal ook te skryf.
Ek kon nou die dag nie my oë glo, tot ek 'n hoender en kuikentjies in die straat sien rond skarrel nie. Weet mense nie dis teen die munisipaliteits reëls om hoenders aan te hou in 'n dorps gebied nie. Wel, ek sê julle nou, die eerste oggend dat 'n hoender haan my wakker kraai - daai aand kry my familie hoender of sal ek liewer sê, haan pastei vir aand ete.
Nog 'n interessante ding wat ek so tussen my kuiers teë gekom het, is die snaakse name wat mense aan sekere huise toegeken het. Daar is byvoorbeeld die perdtjie huis, Durban se hawe, Randse lughawe kontrole toring, die Angelikaanse kerk en die lollipop huis. Ek verstaan, ons kry eersdaags 'n NG kerk huis ook. Weet iemand nog van ander snaakse name - laat weet ons bietjie.
Well, I hope we all are going to find this blog useful and enjoy the interaction.
Until later
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