NOVEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER

MEMBER NOTIFICATIONS

As part of the continuing effort to keep members notified of upcoming events, notices and other information, we have installed two TVs to show this information. The TVs are located at the gate by the window where they process memberships and on the back of the red shed. We have just installed the TVs and are still working with how to best put up the notices so please expect to see us improving on this in the coming days. We hope this will be another way to help inform members who may miss information from our other forms of communication.

RRPOA Kids Playground

We are on our last property raffle and are almost to our goal for raising money for the kids playground.  We have 50 tickets left on the last raffle.  Get your ticket today and help us reach the finish line and upgrade the kids playground.  Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased only by a member, but can be put in whomever name you would like.  There are no limit to the amount of tickets you can purchase.

We would like to congratulate Monty Winslow as the first winner of this raffle.  

We would like to congratulate Jonathan Roberson as the second winner of this raffle.

We would like to congratulate Martin McGuire as the thrid winner of this raffle.

Buy your tickets today and maybe you could be the winner of the fourth raffle.

RRPOA KIDS CHRISTMAS

FIRE COMMITTEE

As part of Ms Sandy’s commitment to keeping members informed, she would like to let members know that we have purchased hi-vis FR vests for Fire Prevention Committee members. Not all members of this committee are involved in fighting fires, some are involved in crowd control. When/if Forestry arrives on screen, they have asked that RR fall back and perform crowd control. When Forestry is fighting a fire they cannot always see people through the smoke. They rely on the radio communications to ensure they are aware of the location of other Forestry people when fighting a fire, but they are not always aware of lookie loos in the area. More times than is comfortable, they have almost ran over lookie loos when fighting a fire. 

All that being said, we are asking that if members see people wearing the vests pictured below, to please respect their instructions to stay out of an area where forestry would be working for a fire. They are volunteers as part of this committee and are simply asking people to stay out of areas that forestry may be working in so that Forestry can quickly and safely put out a fire.

FIRE CALENDAR

In an effort to continue to keep members informed and to get better information and tracking of fires in RR, Ms Sandy has made a fire calendar.  This calendar is a visual representation of the fires that happened in RR in 2025 thus far.  By putting together calendars such as this and making incident reports and investigations for each fire that has happened in RR, we are hoping to get better data to determine patterns, unusual people/vehicles at each of the fires.  This information for suspecious fires are shared with the state fire investigators.  Not all fires at RR are suspecious fires and we are looking to have an accurate accounting between those fires and be able to keep the membership informed thusly.  Below is a photo of the fire calendar that Ms Sandy shared with the Fire Committee at their last meeting, that she would like to share with the membership as well.

THANKSGIVING NOTICES

In a continued effort to quickly get members through the gate during Thanksgiving weekend we will most likely be using both sides of the red shed for sign ins during peak times. Our goal is to keep traffic from backing up on the road as much as possible. We have always had two lanes for the red shed, but sometimes when we open the second lane members are not aware that they can use it. When the second lane is open for the red shed the below picture of the cones will be removed and the pictured arrows will be flashing pointing to both lanes. Please help us by using both lanes when you see this so that we can continue to quickly get current members signed in and through the gate. 

 Also, it would be a great help to make sure that as you are pulling up to the gate everyone has their membership cards or IDs ready.

If your membership is expiring during the week of Thanksgiving, we are strongly encouraging you to renew early. You can renew at the front gate or online at RRPOA.net. If you renew early you do not lose any time on your membership as we keep the month and day the same and just change the year. 

Some notes: 
If you print paperwork from our website and just bring that to the gate they will not accept. If you pay at the gate you have to do the paperwork at the gate. If you pay online you do the paperwork online. This is due to how they verify signatures on the membership agreements. If you renew online, they still have to go through the same paperwork so it is not instantaneous. They process people in order and if there are a lot of orders then there may be a wait time in processing. So please don’t renew online when you are waiting in line at the gate or when you are 10 minutes from the gate. Chances are it won’t be processed and you will get stuck at the gate. 

 Also, note online hours are 9-5pm Monday thru Friday. If you renew at 5pm and are on your way out that same day, chances are you will be stuck at the gate. Finally, if you renew online make sure you do the membership agreements and check your emails from remotegate@rrpoa.net in case they are needing information from you. Failure to fill out membership agreements will cause your orders to be cancelled. Membership agreements are required for each year, whether you do at the gate or online. At the gate, that is the stack of paperwork you sign and causes the wait times. 

If you are bringing family in on a Family pass, keep in mind that siblings can only be added to your family pass online. This is due to the increased identification needs for siblings. Please plan ahead on adding family to your family pass as failure to do so may cause them to be turned away at the gate. 

We know that everyone wants to enjoy the holiday weekend with friends and family and our primary concern will be to get current paid members signed in and on their way through the gate. Please plan ahead for memberships or adding family members to family passes so that you can quickly go through the gate during this weekend.

Someone has dumped an animal carcass in one of the dumpsters at the front gate. We are asking members to please do not dispose of the carcasses in those dumpsters. If a member needs to dispose of a carcass they can do in the woods in the hunting area or at their camp, NOT in the dumpsters at the front gate. There is a horrible smell there and we cannot do anything with those dumpsters until Monday. It’s also not feasible for us to dig through the dumpster to take out the carcass. Please use common decency and do not dispose of carcasses in the dumpsters.