We Pay (1200)--They Play (200)

A reader writes in:

Whether all of us are aware of it or not, Eastman is divided into two groups: Golfers (200) and non golfers (1200)--(our calculations show 221 and 1229 which results in the same ratio.)

But because of clever manipulation by board governance, and manipulation of all except for minor membership fees, ALL  GOLF EXPENSES are paid by fees levied on all 1400 assessable properties.

This means essentially golfers play while you pay 85% of the cost of their sport to Eastman.

This means that until now all governance of Eastman is controlled by boards with a large majority of golfers. And their every effort is to lower their costs, increase yours, and maintain a true shroud of secrecy over it all.

 This means that main golf expenses like machinery, golf employee benefits

etc., are hidden in "regular" expenses, hiding the real cost of golf to most of us.

How to fix it:

We must insist that every manner of governance in Eastman be populated with at least half of the members  being non-golfers. And all meetings, notes, estimates, recommendations, etc. are made available to all 1400 HOA payers.

What will be the results?

A dramatic increase in the cost of golfing for the 15% of  Eastman residents who are used to all of us paying for their sport thanks to our current governance.

It will mean that we see a dramatic drop in our HOA fees, and an increase in the value of our properties now so unfairly burdened.

This will mean we will probably see all the efforts to build a new Center (actually little more than a deluxe  golf  club house) disappear as we maintain the one we have which is younger than most of our homes.

This will mean that the golf course and its members will need to figure out another remedy to maintain their course and club, which up until now has been the burden of 80+% of us who do not use the golf facility.

How do we begin?

Addendum: Please send us your ideas.