Johna Sharp

I am the current DVRC President, and I have decided to run for reelection. I was appointed to the Board in August of 2017 and elected for a two-year term in 2018. My tenure as your President has not always been easy. As you can imagine there is a huge learning curve to a position like this, and I haven't always handled issues in the best way possible. But I have learned from my mistakes and I feel that I am now better equipped and better educated to keep Dreamland in a moving forward position.

I am now a provisional member of the Alpha Unit, the Arizona District 8 Chapter of the National Association of Parliamentarians, because I felt the need to better educate myself on parliamentarian procedures for facilitating our meetings. I initiated the hiring of non-Dreamland residents into the office so that the politics of living here do not interfere with daily DVRC business. Office procedures have been streamlined and documented so that when the staffing or Board changes, the job functions do not. We have a Board that doesn't always agree with one another, but we get along and are making progress. And I believe that the overall atmosphere in Dreamland has become more positive.

My degree in Business Management has been useful in guiding DVRC into a more contemporary management style. I believe we need to place more focus on our residents to find out what they want and need; and how we can modernize our business practices to get there. By doing this, we should be able to increase our community's involvement with the hope of not having to increase our annual fee. More members means more revenue to cover increased maintenance and overhead costs.

Having moved here from the Seattle area, I have lived in Dreamland since 2016 and reside with my sister Suzette on E. El Paso Street.