OSTA PODCAST
Time for another OSTA update, and the big news is that October 4th is set for the conference. Write it in pen, write it in pencil if you’re driving. Write it in the dust on the dashboard. This is an important date, and you’ll want to be there.
We said it may be coming. Well, it is confirmed. We have booked the Hilton Garden Inn. That’s at 3528 Gateway Street in Springfield, Oregon, if you’re going to Google it.
So you’re going to want to mark down the date October 4th, it’s going to be from 11 to 3. And, to answer your question, yes, there will be lunch. Yes, we’re going to have prizes, awards, and yes, we’re going to be lunch. Yes, we’re going to have prizes, awards, and yes, we’re going to have guest speakers.
There are a lot of things scheduled for the day, and you guys are going to want to be there.
Interestingly, we also looked at the price. The last conference we held was in 2019. And then COVID hit, and then all kinds of things happened, and well, we didn’t have a member conference between then and now.
Now, back then, tickets were $25. And that was lunch, prizes, awards and all the things I spoke of. Well, for 2025, we thought, why not $25 per ticket? That’s right, holding the old price. But wait, there’s more. If you’ve got a curious neighbor, who’s OSTA-curious and would like to find out what we’re up to. They can come along and membership is included in the price of their ticket.
If you’re a resident of a manufactured or mobile home, please attend the OSTA conference.
We’re going to have some speakers. We’re going to have panels. Good things in addition to the usual food and prizes. We’re going to have, hopefully, an opportunity for you to get your questions answered live, right there at the event.
Where is OSTA going? We want you, the members, to be part of that decision. One of the panels will focus on the next five years for OSTA. What are the goals? What would we like to accomplish?
We’ve taken our first bite at the apple, trying to get rents under control, but there’s so much more to do. There’s enforcement of the existing laws. There are existing problems that we are all aware of regarding maintenance. There are abuses by management. There are a lot of things.
We want to know what you would like to do. One of the sessions we’ll be holding is dedicated to planning the goals for the next five years, including you, the dues-paying members, the benefits, and the recipients of those services. When we start discussing the conference, this is all about you. We’re going to report on what we’ve been doing. We’re going to report on some of the goals we have, and we want to find out what you, the members, would like to have
.
In planning the conference. We decided to try to go midway through the state. Somebody’s going to be unhappy, regardless of where you put it. So we put it midway in the Eugene-Springfield area and, to make it more palatable for folks like me who are going to be driving in, we do have a limited number of discounted rooms available at the Hilton, so if you’re interested in that, you’re going to want to reach out to OSTA by calling 541-508-0404.
We are going to have on our website, the OSTA website, a definite QR code and I will put a link with full ticket information on the login for this podcast. I urge you. I’m already surprised I’m getting around to cutting this podcast, and people are already buying tickets. We’re nearing the sell-out point, and we want to ensure you can attend.
Now. I’m not panicked about selling out, but we were surprised by the number of people who showed up in Salem for our events. We don’t want you to be disappointed, so I suggest you go ahead and order your tickets now. If you plan to attend, please book your rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn in beautiful Springfield, Oregon, now.
What else is going on? We have a new representative in the Southern Oregon area, as well as a new board member and director. So in addition to myself serving the Southern Oregon area, we have another person, Shannon. Shannon is going to be working in the Southern area and we’ve already got a group or two that has indicated they’d like to start a chapter. So we are going to make ourselves more available.
Now that we’ve completed this legislative business, we’ll be working to increase our availability to you. That means, with you inviting us to your park, we can come out and give you all kinds of information. So that’s good, that’s new and that’s exciting.
We hope you will attend the conference and help us plan for the next five years. Some of the things we’re going to be working on are putting together a rating system for the parks so the potential buyers can look at this rating system, and you, the owners, will have an opportunity. Think of it as a Yelp review for mobile home and floating home living.
Some things lined up for the conference, which I’m quite excited about.
We are looking into it, but I’m not sure if we can actually do it, a concert. However, you will see more live streaming. You’ll be able to call in and talk to us directly right there online and that would be on our YouTube platform. There’s a lot going on, with many changes.
The law is signed into effect. If you’re getting a rent increase right now and mid to late July saying, “yeah, this is going to take.” No, it doesn’t. I put together a whole explanation of how this works. You should have gotten a rent increase by early June if it was going to take effect before September of 2025.
If you’re a member, the OSTA conference is for you. When is it again? I hope you wrote it down. October 4th, 11 to 3, Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield, Oregon. The OSTA Conference 2025. And if you want to bring a guest from your mobile home or floating home community, they’ll get a free membership included in the price of their ticket.
Got questions? Go to the website. Got questions? Call 541-508-0404 leave us your info. And got questions? Bring them to the conference, because we’re going to have a lot of people there who can help you get answers.
All right, that’s it for now. More to come, as it happens, be safe, stay cool. We’ll see you soon.