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THE SEA RANCH SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2007

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Rethinking how TSRA Communicates by Tim Tyler

“Everything’s Movin’ Too Fast”

Miss Peggy Lee wrote and recorded a song with this title in 1947 before The Sea Ranch and modern communication technologies existed. The first issue of The Sea Ranch Soundings was published in spring of 1984; not long after the IBM PC was announced, but well before the original World Wide Web software was completed in 1991. Since 1991, unimaginable computer power and communication capability have become available throughout the world – even at The Sea Ranch.

Lets go back to 1984 and see what this “Quarterly Newspaper for The Sea Ranch Association Members” had to say at that time. On the front page, we find the following:

• An introduction from the editor (Ginny Trumbull), which included a promise that Soundings would report “the pro-con sides of all controversial issues….”

• A headline proclaiming “Houses to Replace Horses” since Unit 36 development had (finally) been approved.

• A featured article headlined “Bane Bill Funds Help VFD Achieve Goal” (complete with an architectural rendering of the proposed new fire station).

• A boxed quote from the Environment League (1972) stating that the Sea Ranch “thinking and building come pretty close” to the unachievable goal of building “a simple, beautiful Whole Earth kind of place for people to thrive in.”

The article on development of Unit 36 went on to explain that the horses would be transferred to what

is now the Equestrian Center; and, even though plans to develop Unit 36 had been around for years, most of the 300 attendees only heard about it at Larry Halprin’s First Design Workshop (held in 1983).

The article on The Sea Ranch Volunteer Fire Department went on to mention that Dan Levin had been the architect on the planned new fire house, and there is a picture of a (somewhat younger?) Toby Lovallo fighting a fire.

Then, the first “Sounding Off” letter to the editor was from the late Gordon Beebe in which he said a Sea Rancher had referred to the “Land Management Plan” as looking like a “lollypop farm.” Beebe referred to the plan as: “pine plantation thinning, meadow burning, hedge trimming….” And, he went on to touch on the following points:

• “…that under the flag of ‘fire protection’ and ‘resource management’ our Association is unconsciously diluting The Sea Ranch Concept….”

• “Yes, we need fire protection. But there are other better ways to achieve it.”

• “Are we on our way to becoming just another recreational/retirement community, which are a dime-a-dozen in California and elsewhere?”

• “Will individuals seeking aesthetic values of a natural environment like The Sea Ranch, and willing to pay for it, be attracted or repulsed by man-made ugliness?”

• “We have development plans….But how about a non-development plan?”

• “It will take some time. And time is running out.”

The first issue of Soundings was over twenty years ago, and The Sea Ranch remains the place where I choose to live. So time has not yet run out (for me). However, fire hazard mitigation, environmental considerations, member communications, development, and pro-con discussion remain high on our list of controversial issues. Is there a place for pro-con discussion in a quarterly publication, when e-mail can provide more discussion in a day than Soundings can provide in a year?

I am convinced there is, and that is a change from my original thinking when I wrote How TSR Communicates: Electronic vs. Paper Media (Soundings, Summer. 2000). (http://www.tsra.org/archives/Archive57.htm#Media) In fact, a lot has changed since then in the way TSR communicates. For example:• The Sea Ranch Membership

club no longer exists because technology has changed; and Anne Long, who graciously provided that service, has moved on to be chair the Web Site Committee.

• TSRA Web Site is undergoing a much-needed, major overhaul in an effort to achieve its great potential.

• The Bulletin is now being posted on the Web Site weeks in advance of the paper copy; and the ‘Community Manager’s Report’ contains so much good information it is actually worth reading on-line. (I know this because my wife has finally succumbed and even printed out some of The Bulletin before receiving it through the mail.)

• TSRlist, that freewheeling, independent, shoot-from-the-hip creation that exemplifies everything that is both good and

bad about the World Wide Web has been reined in just a bit by Administrator Bill McCarthy. This has been accompanied by cries of both ‘censorship’ and ‘it’s about time’. However, TSRlist hasn’t changed all that much, and it remains the home of ‘lively’ pro-con discussion among its subscribers.

• TSRA has finally recognized the importance of e-mail and is ‘blasting’ messages of importance out to members who have provided their e-mail addresses.

• Finally we get to The Sea Ranch Soundings, which remains essentially true to its origins as a paper publication even though the archived copies on TSRA Web Site provide an increasingly valuable on-line research source. The quality of this publication is due to the efforts of Kathi and Duane Gordon who have published it ever since I have been a member of TSRA. Everyone knows they are irreplaceable, and there is currently talk about how Soundings will inevitably have to change when they retire.

So, where does all this leave us?

For me, a devoted TSRlist junkie, it means going back and taking a look at “how TSR communicates.” And, either fortunately or unfortunately, this comes when I have spent a great deal of time going back through my personal archive of TSRlist messages. There have been repeated calls for TSRA’s board of directors to engage in open discussion on TSRlist; and during the last election there were also challenges to BOD candidates to debate the ‘issues.’ What struck me was the fact that basic issues have not changed all that much and neither have the ‘pros and cons’ - regardless of how

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Rethinking how TSRA Communicates much progress has been made in addressing some of those issues. What has changed is the speed at which opinions – both informed and uninformed – can be expressed on electronic media.

Quite frankly, I was shocked by my own ignorance when I was loaned a copy of the original issue of Soundings so I could scan it into my computer; and see how much work it would take to get back issues up on TSRA Web Site. (They still aren’t there, but they would certainly be a valuable addition.) I hadn’t arrived here as a TSRA member until 1998, and I only met Gordon Beebe once, shortly before he died. I had no idea pro-con discussions about ‘lollypop farms’ had been going on at least back to 1984. I didn’t appreciate the amount of work, and compromise, that went before our fuel management program got adopted by the TSRA board of directors.

It is easy to ‘discover’ fire as an issue and pontificate about it on TSRlist, it is quite another to come up with affordable and acceptable

solutions that will maintain the quality of this very special place so that it does not become ‘just another recreational/retirement community.’ We need to revive “Sounding Off”. We need to maintain the quality of articles – both pro and con - on the major issues confronting our community. Yes, we need Soundings – perhaps not exactly as it is now structured – but as a counterbalance to our increasing dependence on electronic media where “Everything’s Movin’ Too Fast”.

And, we definitely need an update on “How TSR Communicates - Electronic vs. Paper Media”. It is obsolete. Three months allows enough time to think seriously about what is going on and perhaps even do a little research to determine where we may be heading. What a concept! I sometimes need to be reminded to THINK when I spend too much time on TSRlist ‘proacting’ with the other e-mail junkies.

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Two new ventures of local chef and community activist, Shannon Hughes, originator of Pangaea, of-fer exceptional culinary opportuni-ties, each a unique expression of the community. In April, Hughes opened Lorca, a tapas bar, located inside the Sign of the Whale Bar at 194 Main Street in Point Arena. Lorca serves tradi-tional tapas and small plates every Monday and Tuesday night from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Hughes, who was chef for many years at the Old Milano Hotel, is known for the variety and freshness

of her exceptional food. Lorca’s menu reflects her international inspi-ration, offering some highly popular standards, including Fries with Ha-rissa-zattar aioli, Braised Short Ribs in Rioja red wine, and varied Brus-chetta, as well as a changing selec-tion of hot and cold plates that have included Tacos de Pato with blood orange mojo de ajo, Seafood Paella, Eggplant Tart with manchego, spin-ach and preserved lemons, Spinach Tortilla Espanola, marinated Ahi, Croquette de Bacalau, and an assort-ment of well dressed baby vegetable salads and more. Along with sous-chef Sarah Ives-Lewis, Hughes has been serving a full house since the night Lorca opened. Lorca has an authentic bar atmosphere – no reservations - com-fortably reminiscent of many tapas bars in Spain.

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THE SEA RANCH ARCHIVES COMMITTEE SEEKS BULLETINSThe Sea Ranch Archives Committee is asking help in completing their files of The Sea Ranch Bulletin. If anyone has the following issues and would make them available to the Committee, either for outright donation or for copying, it would be greatly appreciated. The issue numbers are:

1969 - #71975 - #441976 - #52, #53, #561977 - #s 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70

1978 - #s 71, 76, 77, 821979 - #s 84, 86, 891981 - #s 103, 104, 105, 106, 1071983 - #1362006 - #s 394, 395

Archives Committee Chair Dave Bess specified that only the above issues are needed. Contact Dave Bess at 785-1154 or [email protected] committee member Kathi Gordon at 785-2952 or [email protected].


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The Joy of Looking at Art TSRVFD PICNIC FUNWhile the tour is one of the best excuses around for cruising up the coast, you should start (or end) each day right in your own backyard, which will feature something for everyone: participating Sea Ranch artists include Ann Berger (ceramic sculpture); Ruth Conley (ceram-ics); Dwight Eberly (oils); Maureen Feldman (hand knits); Jan Fogel (mixed media); Mel Gerst (photog-raphy); Craig Gilliland (oils, pastels & watercolors); Tom Haines (turned wood); Roger Jones (woodwork); Barbara Kelley (prints, oils & mixed media); Paul Kozal (photography); Bill Lange (photography); Jeani Martini (oils & acrylics); Esther Munger (mixed media); Sandy Os-trau (oils); Richard Skidmore (pho-tography); Genevieve Wilson (pen-cil, watercolor & mixed media); and Toni Wilson (concrete sculpture).

Mark your calendars and invite your families, friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers to visit the Studio Discovery Tour, from 10 to 5 each day on September 1st -3rd and 8th & 9th. And be sure to preview the work of all 41 tour artists at The Dolphin Gallery in Gualala begin-ning September 1st. Whether you visit one studio or every one, you are sure to enjoy it.

by Barbara Pratt

For fifteen years, a highlght of late summer has been the Studio Dis-covery Tour. This year will be no exception, as enough artists to fill MOMA (one can dream) will be welcoming neighbors and visitors into their studios to look at, talk about, and maybe even go home with a new piece of original art. In all, 41 artists stretching from Stew-arts Point to Little River will be on hand both Labor Day weekend and the weekend after, with 16 locations -- representing 18 artists -- on Sea Ranch alone.

If you were lucky enough to have made it to the Gualala Arts Center this spring, you may have gotten a sneak peek at the wide variety of artwork that will be on the tour. Judges selected three pieces from that show to feature on the cover of this year’s guide—you’ll just have to get the guide to see who won. As tour veterans know, the guide is an invaluable tool for customizing and navigating your route. That is es-pecially true for Sea Ranch, where directional signs do not exist and the included tour map is essential. Look for the guide this summer in your mailbox or at The Dolphin Gallery, Gualala Arts Center and other local businesses, as well as online (www.studio-tours.com).

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Editor: Kathi Gordon

Reporters/Contributors: Pat Ditzler, Kathi Gordon, Regina Lathrop, Marty Linker, Laurie Mueller, Nancy Powers, Barbara Pratt, Rae Radtkey, Martha "Dibby" Tyler, Tim Tyler

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It is SOUNDINGS policy to continue to welcome all submissions of articles by TSRA members. The articles must be typewritten, double-spaced, 500 to 750 words or less, and signed by the author. The SOUNDINGS Editor will determine whether the articles are suitable and relevant to Sea Ranch membership, and whether there is space for their publication. Because of space limitations and when necessary, articles will be subject to editing. ALL ARTICLES ARE WELCOME, subject to the above conditions. If you have questions, please call SOUNDINGS Editor Kathi Gordon, 785-2952. (She is delighted when people volunteer!)

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46TH ANNUAL ART IN THE REDWOODS FESTIVAL By Barbara Pratt

Once again the Art in the Redwoods Festival returns to Gualala Arts Center for the 46th annual event. What began among the redwoods on Gualala ridge in 1961 has grown to a two-day attraction for thousands. This popular weekend event will repeat the successful formula of past years, with some new twists!

The heart of the festival is the mag-nificent display of fine art through-out the building. Over 400 pieces will be on display - including oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, pas-tels, drawings, photographs, sculp-ture, woodworking, stained and fused glass, jewelry and fiber arts - most of them for sale Admission $6; children 12 and under are free.

Organizers remind artists to get their Fine Art Entry Forms in by July 16. The forms are available at Gualala Arts or can be downloaded at Gual-alaArts.org.

For those unable to attend the fes-tival, these works will remain on display through Sunday, September 2. The Gualala Arts Center is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on weekends from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The “Top Hat” opening dinner & wine celebration at the Gualala Arts Center starts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening; doors open at 6:00 p.m. Guest Chef James Romeo of the Sea Ranch Lodge will be in charge of the scrumptious dinner with paired wines. Diners will get a sneak peek preview of the Fine Art Exhibit even before it is judged. Only 100 tickets are available for this evening of evenings. Advance dinner tickets ($150 each) are recommended as it usually sells out by August 1. Call 707-884-1138 after May 1 to purchase dinner tickets with Visa/MC.

The Champagne Preview is on

Friday evening from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Admission is $10.00 for adults, and children 12 and under is free. Artists entered in the fine art exhibit are admitted free.

Outdoor artist booths will be open for a sneak preview from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. The Fine Art exhibit sneak preview is from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Award presentations and judge’s critique will take place Friday at 6:00 p.m. in the outdoor amphitheater. Artists should be present to receive awards but their presence is not mandatory.

The Festival is open to the public on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the indoor fine art exhibition and outdoor festival activities. Admission is $6.00 for adults and children 12 and under are free.

Live musical performances will take place both on the auditorium stage and in the outdoor amphitheater throughout the festival weekend, with Sunday’s performances focusing on local music.

The grounds will be filled to the brim with vendor booths offering a host of items including jewelry, ceramics, wood, tiles, weavings, specialized apparel, leather goods, photographs, textiles, and artwork. Service clubs and local businesses will set up

barbecue, beverage, baked goods, and ice cream booths.

For more information please call (707) 884-1138 or e-mail [email protected].

Here is a schedule for the Art in the Redwoods Festival 2007:

Dinner: Thursday, August 16, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Preview: Friday, August 174:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Festival: Saturday, August 18,10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, August 19,10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Exhibit: On display through Sunday, September 2.

Cantiamo Sonoma at the 2006 Art in the Redwoods

Art Glass entry in 2006 show.

Vendors' booths line the walkway at Art in the Redwoods.

Dick Halley appears trapped inside sculpture.

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