The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2019 Nov issue Villager | Page 2

2 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER November 2019 Charbonneau Country Club welcomes new board members By CLARA HOWELLL Bringing unique skills to the table E ugene Tish says being in- volved with any formal board at this stage in his life wasn’t his first choice — he’d prefer sitting by his koi pond and sipping a glass of wine. But he saw an opportunity to have an im- pact and address some important is- sues in his community. Tish was selected to replace Bob Harland, whose term expires in 2022, on the Charbonneau Country Club Board. The issues, according to Tish, that are attracting a lot of attention right now are the construction of the new additional clubhouse where the Annex currently sits and the golf course merger. “Those are both sort of really on the top burner to be addressed,” Tish said. “My goal is to help facilitate good open discussions and hopefully find a permanent resolution.” And Tish believes his 45-year ca- reer in law and commerce will help him do just that. He’s been a member of the Oregon State Bar since 1974 and is still an ac- tive member of the Bar, even though he’s retired from private practice. “I spent many years in private in- dustry as general counsel but also moved into general management in- cluding general marketing manager, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief executive officer and my last little fling after my third retire- PMG PHOTO: CLARA HOWELL Eugene Tish’s 45-year career in law and commerce gives him a unique skillset on the CCC Board, he says. ment was to buy and operate a 50-room hotel on the coast that we renovated and reopened as a bed and breakfast,” Tish said. Tish has lived in Charbonneau for 25 years with his wife, Carol, but for about eight of those years, they had the hotel in Garibaldi and spent a lot of time at the coast. When Tish was receiving his con- tinuing legal education in 2018, one of the classes he took was on mediation. He now serves as a volunteer media- tor in Clackamas County doing small claims cases and community media- tion intake to facilitate conversations between people and help them com- municate better. “You live a career and you work hard and there are rewards that come with that but when it’s over, it’s im- portant to use the knowledge and skills you acquired to pay back to your community,” Tish said. Tish plans to bring his skills in me- diation, facilitating community meet- ings and his knowledge on how to make meetings operate effectively to the board. This is what he’s most excited for: “The opportunity to contribute to positive dialogue and to hopefully work toward resolution of some of these issues in a manner that will ben- efit our community years into the fu- ture.” Tish, who originally hails from Ida- ho, moved to Charbonneau from Port- land because at the time he was run- ning a manufacturing company in Sa- lem. He and his wife were both members of different clubs in the past but are not involved in any formalized group at this time. “Whenever possible our focus is sit- ting by the firepit at the koi pond and having a glass of wine or martini,” Tish said. Data driven When John McLain was encour- aged to apply for a spot on the Char- bonneau Country Club Board, he felt he needed to step up and serve. “I think I can help because you need to take complex stuff and make it real- ly simple and then you go out and you host meetings and you talk to your residents,” said McLain, adding that part of the reason he agreed to join the CCC Board was because he has the “highest respect” for CCC Board President Kathy Harp, he knows some of the other board members and peo- ple he respects encouraged him to ap- ply to be a board member. McLain replaced Larry Walker on the CCC Board, whose term will ex- pire in 2021. And even though McLain noted he hasn’t served on the board long enough to know what’s needed, he said he has hit the ground running with his consulting skills. “I came into this as a resident to add some consulting skills to help them summarize and communicate in- formation that’s useful for these big decisions,” McLain said. Some of the big decisions McLain said the board will need to tackle soon relate to the new additional club- house, or activities center, and the golf course merger. McLain retired from a career at Portland General Electric in 2014 — the same year he moved from Lake Oswego to Charbonneau. He currently teaches business management classes at Clackamas Community College He said the way his wife Cathi de- scribes Charbonneau is well put: “You don’t buy a house here, you buy into a lifestyle.” That’s something he values most about Charbonneau: the active com- munity. McLain became an active tennis player, president of the Men’s Club, a resident board member on the Asset Management Committee and a consul- tant for staff. He said when community members ask why the board has decided to do something and why they think the current clubhouse is overused, he wants to have data to back important decisions being made. “I thought I could help as a consul- tant going, ‘I can help you quantify that,’” he said. A Publishing Partnership... The Charbonneau Villager is a joint publishing partnership between the Charbonneau County Club and the Pamplin Media Group. Advertising contact Jesse Marichalar  [email protected] | 971-204-7774 J. 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