3000th pageview milestone

Just a quick note to let you know that today the NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP Gas Lease Blog surpassed 3000 pageviews since I first clicked “publish” last month. Not bad, for a li’l ol’ blog that began as a way to keep neighbors on a dozen or so streets (Coronet Estates) updated on efforts to organize a group to negotiate a gas lease with the energy companies.

Once we began incorporating other subdivisions and neighborhoods our group began to grow faster and it was then I decided to change the name of the blog to its current name to encompass all of the neighborhoods we represent.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read what’s going on. If you want to see something on the blog that relates to gas leases or gas drilling drop me a line at arlingtongasdrilling (at) gmail.com and tell me about it. I’ll see what I can do.

Be the Tortoise, not the Hare

The moral of the Tortoise and the Hare story was that “slow and steady often wins the race”. In essence, that is what we are trying to accomplish with Neighborhood Group. We want our our neighbors to join us in the worthy common cause which is negotiating the best gas lease deal possible for all of our members. But we’re not identifying with the tortoise just for the purpose of being slow. Our goal is to put together a lease with generous financial terms for you, our members, but to also include stipulations and fair conditions that the energy company will abide by. Above all, the Negotiation Committee wants to “get it right the first time” when it comes to this gas lease issue. We feel that we would be doing you a disservice if we were to haphazardly slap together a contract proposal that had more holes than your grandmother’s doily.

We understand that some folks were hoping a deal could be negotiated prior to Christmas in order to have a little extra “holiday cash”. However, rushing to meet a deadline like that would be counterproductive to our group. The Negotiation Committee is carefully looking at the best way to reward your commitment to our group with this lease, not only in the short term but in the years to come as well.

You all have been models of patience and steadfastness and we humbly thank you. Now we ask for your continued patience and support in the next few critical weeks as we craft the details of this contract with your best interests as our guide. Let’s win together!