OPA—Finally arriving in this Century

It is easy to take for granted a business or corporation, or in our case a non-profit association, just sort of runs along on its own; kind of like it is its own human, makes its own decisions, and things like data and document archiving, membership communications, and tax returns or corporate filings “just happen”. Well, they don’t, and for a volunteer organization like OPA, it relies constantly on real people to make all these things happen. Over time, unless these business functions at hand are tended to regularly and consistently, they get behind—and sometimes way behind. The current Board of Directors has been working diligently this past winter and spring to modernize OPA, for example last January it voted to subscribe to Microsoft Office 365 for dedicated email (Outlook), document storage (SharePoint), virtual communications (Teams and Bookings), and also in the process of developing a new website for improved member access, which means that we can all communicate easier electronically and handle business activities more efficiently, timely, and completely.

Over that past 8 months, the Board has been organizing all association documents, updating by-laws, properly filing state and federally required non-profit status documents, and implementing proper accounting and email functionality. This means that we can grow, track funds, and the membership will have improved access to the Board and all the association’s information resources.