WE HAVE THE POWER!!
Many years ago I tried forming a committee to deal with Purchasing (Non HOA related). We were just a few homes at that time and the committee never got off the ground.
Today, we are a community of over 500 families and we still are growing. As such, the power to influence better pricing on common things that we all require, is now available.
I served on two HUGE purchasing groups that had an overall purchasing power of hundreds of millions of dollars. The Greater NY Hospital Association and the Joint Purchasing Corporations both dealt with better contracts and pricing for hospitals. A hospital was NEVER forced to abide by any contract unless they made the decision to submit their volume for going out on bid for a particular item. However, logically, if the volume for hundreds of hospitals is in the millions of dollars, a company would give it's lowest price in order to get this business versus one hospital giving a very small dollar volume.
Here at Regency, as Goodie Mollen has shown, getting 150 + homes to have their driveways sealed, proved that a company would come in at $40/driveway versus your calling someone in and paying $70 for the same thing. The only question being, will it be the same thing? We've had that happen. Not always is the lowest price the best. The quality of the items might be different and/or the service might not be up to par. The purchasing committee then deals with these issues and they can exclude some companies that are sub-standard.
Here's the way it worked when I was on the various Purchasing Committees.
1. You pick something, let's say Exterminator services.
2. The Committee gets input from the Community as to who they currently use and what is provided and at what cost.
3. The committee will also ask if you were pleased or not pleased with the service and why
4. The committee will then send a message out to the community saying that we are entertaining bids from companies X,Y,Z and would you want to be included.
5. Naturally you can opt out or you can say, I only want company Y. The committee will only tell each company how many homes are involved and X and Z will not be given your home.
6. Once the bids are opened by the committee, ONLY those homes who were included in the bid will be allowed in on the contract. The vendors would be told that they can't add other homes at our contract prices. The other vendors would be told that they cannot UNDER BID the contract in order to circumvent the winning bid. Sounds complicated but it really isn't.
Naturally the committee would formulate it's own procedures but we do have the buying power and we can include other adult communities in this group in order to strengthen the buying power.
We need at least 7 volunteers to work on this. Let me know if you are interested and if we can find 7 volunteers we will pursue this endeavor.
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NEW RECORD SET BY A REGENCY RESIDENT
For years, Al Maltzman, the "MALTED MAN" of Regency Basketball, held a record that everyone thought was unbeatable. Al, who is Regency's Sr. Olympic Basketball coach, has put together teams that have won medals every year and many were Gold and Silver. Just this week in practice, Al saw his record of getting in 26 CONSECUTIVE FOUL SHOTS BROKEN! Not only was the record broken but it reached a new plateau of probably never being duplicated. Howie (MR. BASKETBALL) Sacks was able to sink, are you ready, 43 CONSECUTIVE FOUL SHOTS. Keep in mind that in professional Basketball if you shoot 85-90% of your foul shots, you are considered great. So I have decided that by achieving this new record HOWIE SACHS will now be known as "SHOTGUN". So please give Howie the recognition he deserves and when you see him just say, "HELLO, SHOTGUN!"
AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS
To be held on Thursday, June 21st in the library from 5:00 to 7:30P.M.
Call Sue Tendler to make an appointment for your audition (732-521-2121)
Regency Actors and Players will be performing their new show on Oct. 19 and 20.
We will be needing people to work behind the scenes as:
administrative assistants
typists/computer layout
sound and lighting
stagehands
advertising
ticket sales
seamstresses
Please call Lorraine Zimmerman (732-605-1319) if you are interested.
AMATEUR MUSICIANS GROUP FORMING
We are looking to find interested, "amateur musicians" who haven't played in a while as well as those who might still be playing, to get together for some fun and enjoyment. We would like to meet on a regular basis to learn and practice playing some basic song arrangements.
Any available "Professional" musician is welcomed as well, to mentor us and help establish a structured environment for our scheduled sessions.
Please contact Ed Fleischer (732) 605-7048 or Jerry Minkin (732) 605-1982 if you are interested in joining.
Or, you may sign-up at the concierge desk, and we will get back to you.
ROCK N ROLL AT THE MARLBORO REC CENTER
(THANK YOU STEVE WILLIAMS FOR THE INFO.)
Schedule for outdoor concerts at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center
Sunday, July 8 at 7:30PM
Jimmy & the Parrots, The Party Dolls and Fireworks display
Sunday, July 22 at 6:30 PM
Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge
Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 PM
The Nerds
CLARK FITNESS AND TRAINING SCHEDULE
JULY & AUGUST
CLICK ON LINK:
http://www.comteche.com/free-image-hosting/images/lQ929799.pdf
THAT'S IT FOR NOW
RON
Many years ago I tried forming a committee to deal with Purchasing (Non HOA related). We were just a few homes at that time and the committee never got off the ground.
Today, we are a community of over 500 families and we still are growing. As such, the power to influence better pricing on common things that we all require, is now available.
I served on two HUGE purchasing groups that had an overall purchasing power of hundreds of millions of dollars. The Greater NY Hospital Association and the Joint Purchasing Corporations both dealt with better contracts and pricing for hospitals. A hospital was NEVER forced to abide by any contract unless they made the decision to submit their volume for going out on bid for a particular item. However, logically, if the volume for hundreds of hospitals is in the millions of dollars, a company would give it's lowest price in order to get this business versus one hospital giving a very small dollar volume.
Here at Regency, as Goodie Mollen has shown, getting 150 + homes to have their driveways sealed, proved that a company would come in at $40/driveway versus your calling someone in and paying $70 for the same thing. The only question being, will it be the same thing? We've had that happen. Not always is the lowest price the best. The quality of the items might be different and/or the service might not be up to par. The purchasing committee then deals with these issues and they can exclude some companies that are sub-standard.
Here's the way it worked when I was on the various Purchasing Committees.
1. You pick something, let's say Exterminator services.
2. The Committee gets input from the Community as to who they currently use and what is provided and at what cost.
3. The committee will also ask if you were pleased or not pleased with the service and why
4. The committee will then send a message out to the community saying that we are entertaining bids from companies X,Y,Z and would you want to be included.
5. Naturally you can opt out or you can say, I only want company Y. The committee will only tell each company how many homes are involved and X and Z will not be given your home.
6. Once the bids are opened by the committee, ONLY those homes who were included in the bid will be allowed in on the contract. The vendors would be told that they can't add other homes at our contract prices. The other vendors would be told that they cannot UNDER BID the contract in order to circumvent the winning bid. Sounds complicated but it really isn't.
Naturally the committee would formulate it's own procedures but we do have the buying power and we can include other adult communities in this group in order to strengthen the buying power.
We need at least 7 volunteers to work on this. Let me know if you are interested and if we can find 7 volunteers we will pursue this endeavor.
NOT GETTING MY EMAILS?
Email address sometimes go from Subscribed to Unsubscribed within my ICONTACT (formerly IntelliContact) address book. This usually happens when someone clicks on the upper part of my email which indicates that you want to unsubscribe from getting emails. Please avoid clicking on this link since once you Unsubscribe, emails are no longer sent to you
Sometimes it just happens and there is no reason. If you aren't receiving at least 1 email per week from me, send me a note and I will review your entry in my address book. Naturally if you want to see any of my previous emails just go to:
http://regencyemailer2.blogspot.com/
and look under EMAIL ARCHIVES
NEW RECORD SET BY A REGENCY RESIDENT
For years, Al Maltzman, the "MALTED MAN" of Regency Basketball, held a record that everyone thought was unbeatable. Al, who is Regency's Sr. Olympic Basketball coach, has put together teams that have won medals every year and many were Gold and Silver. Just this week in practice, Al saw his record of getting in 26 CONSECUTIVE FOUL SHOTS BROKEN! Not only was the record broken but it reached a new plateau of probably never being duplicated. Howie (MR. BASKETBALL) Sacks was able to sink, are you ready, 43 CONSECUTIVE FOUL SHOTS. Keep in mind that in professional Basketball if you shoot 85-90% of your foul shots, you are considered great. So I have decided that by achieving this new record HOWIE SACHS will now be known as "SHOTGUN". So please give Howie the recognition he deserves and when you see him just say, "HELLO, SHOTGUN!"
AUDITIONS FOR SINGERS
To be held on Thursday, June 21st in the library from 5:00 to 7:30P.M.
Call Sue Tendler to make an appointment for your audition (732-521-2121)
Regency Actors and Players will be performing their new show on Oct. 19 and 20.
We will be needing people to work behind the scenes as:
administrative assistants
typists/computer layout
sound and lighting
stagehands
advertising
ticket sales
seamstresses
Please call Lorraine Zimmerman (732-605-1319) if you are interested.
AMATEUR MUSICIANS GROUP FORMING
We are looking to find interested, "amateur musicians" who haven't played in a while as well as those who might still be playing, to get together for some fun and enjoyment. We would like to meet on a regular basis to learn and practice playing some basic song arrangements.
Any available "Professional" musician is welcomed as well, to mentor us and help establish a structured environment for our scheduled sessions.
Please contact Ed Fleischer (732) 605-7048 or Jerry Minkin (732) 605-1982 if you are interested in joining.
Or, you may sign-up at the concierge desk, and we will get back to you.
ROCK N ROLL AT THE MARLBORO REC CENTER
(THANK YOU STEVE WILLIAMS FOR THE INFO.)
Schedule for outdoor concerts at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center
Sunday, July 8 at 7:30PM
Jimmy & the Parrots, The Party Dolls and Fireworks display
Sunday, July 22 at 6:30 PM
Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge
Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 PM
The Nerds
CLARK FITNESS AND TRAINING SCHEDULE
JULY & AUGUST
CLICK ON LINK:
http://www.comteche.com/free-image-hosting/images/lQ929799.pdf
THAT'S IT FOR NOW
RON
