Well , hi everybody . Time for another OSTA Update . I'm Bill Bateman , your host . Come on in , let's get things started . Welcome to another OSTA Update . I'm Bill Bateman , one of the team here at the Oregon State Tenants Association , osta , and we have got a lot of things going on . It's so big in fact I'm going to cut this into two pieces .
In this edition we're going to talk about the fact the conference is already half sold . We've sold approximately half of the tickets . That happens on October the 4th and that happens in beautiful downtown Springfield at the Hilton Garden Inn . That's technically Eugene , if you're not a native Oregonian and don't have all that information in the back of your head . But yeah , that's happening from 11 to 3 , and tickets are still available . Good seats and $25 per person . That's the same price it was when we had our last conference before COVID . We've kept the price the same to make sure you can come along . And , by the way , if you want to invite a neighbor , another resident of a mobile home park , they'll get a free
membership if you bring them , and that's kind of a good deal . Hilton Garden Inn , 3528 Gateway Street in Springfield .
Speaker 1We're working on the lineup right now and one of the things I have had a lot of requests for when I go out to parks and we just , by the way , we do that . I just recently went up with our treasurer , shannon , to Canyonville to talk to an individual who's having a problem up there and talk to them and some of the things in their parks . They said you know , we have the park doing a newsletter . How can we put our own newsletter together ? Well , there's no reason that you can't . And if you are new to the newsletter version business , I'm going to be giving a free seminar at the Osta Conference the basics of getting into putting out your own newsletter . It's easy , very inexpensive and you can combine it .
Speaker 1Not everybody uses a computer . I have about half of the people in my park . I do the newsletter here in my park and about half of our 70 residents don't do a whole lot on computers . Well , we send it out as a PDF . It's an electronic file . That's really easy to do and we also print them out on a color printer and put them up by the mailbox . So if you don't feel like signing on , you've got an opportunity to get that newsletter . We'll have all kinds of tips and tricks for you , especially if you are a new newsletters person , so that's coming up at the conference . I hope you have a chance to stop by and say hi , we'll be up there , well , up until at least three o'clock taking care of business . And in the next podcast , well , we're going to have an update on HB 3054 and getting it implemented .
We have already had some issues with folks trying to get around the deadlines . Trying to say , yeah , we're going to raise your rent in January of 26 to 10% Doesn't sound good . I'll have a full breakdown on that .
Speaker 1Next edition , this edition , let's talk about parks Specifically . Parks actually do sell to residents . The good news is that happened in Glenwood , colorado , and the bad news is it's not happening much here in Oregon . That's one of the things I want to talk about at the conference what we can do to kind of level the playing field for communities that wish to buy their own park . And let's look at the mechanism here in Oregon for doing that how , what , who , when it's a complex procedure . We formed a purchasing committee here in the park and that's as far as we've got . So that's something we want to talk to . Maybe that's one of the things I know . It's one of the things I want to talk about in the coming five years . Maybe that's something that's important to you too Getting control of your park instead of seeing it sold to a large corporation . So that's coming up Kind of a big deal here for us and it is a big deal for you .
We finally got our non-profit postal permit . Now that's a lot of hard work and I've got to send a special shout-out to Rochelle , who's our vice president , for the tons of work she put in to get that thing happening . It's official . We are an official nonprofit , nonprofit organization mailing we can put that little thing in the upper corner instead of a stamp mailing we can put that little thing in the upper corner instead of a stamp . And that's going to reduce our costs , which means your dollar , your membership dollars , are going further .
Speaker 1Also a reminder and this is working out real well new address , if you want to send it to 105 West Bowls B-O-L-Z Road , suite 1587 . That's in Phoenix , oregon , 97535 . That number will be in the newsletter , it's on the website and it'll be on the membership forms . It'll be everywhere . We're going to hire a skywriter , I think , and put it up there in the clouds . But we do have a new address and it has already reduced a lot of the problems with people sending in a check and then the check getting delayed because it has to be forwarded from one city to another and the mail gets backed up and yeah , that's just not right for you , that's not good business for us . So that's another problem we've cleared out of the way .
Speaker 1That's our Osta update for today , september the 5th
. Come on back . I'm hoping tomorrow , or at least the day after , to have the update on HB 3054 and some more information on what's happening . Also , keep an eye out for your newsletter . This promises to be interesting . Rochelle normally does our newsletter and she is just swamped with the conference . So I have stepped up and I have said I'm going to do it this month . So no wagering please . Let's see how this comes out , but it should be kind of fun . I'm looking forward to doing that and I hope you're looking forward to reading the next issue . So that's it for this week . Cooler weather ahead At least that's what they're promising us . So stay cool , stay safe and we'll see you next time . Thank you .