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President's Report
June 5, 2004
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Member Roll Call:
Meeting called to order by President Jeff Burke at 1:30pm.
Present: Jill Wilm, Paul Specht, Jorja Burke, Mike Czarny, Ronie
Jacobsen, George Kupfer, Steve Smithson, Tom Olson.
Approval of
Agenda:
Motion by Ronie to approve, 2nd by Jill. Motion carried.
Reading and
approval of Annual Mtg. Minutes:
Motion by Tom, 2nd by Mike. Discussion of approval of minutes:
Annual meeting minutes must be approved by Van Vliet Lake
association membership, therefore, could not be approved by the
Board at this meeting. Minutes from the prior board meeting were
not read and approved.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Paul Specht’s report: 2008 memberships are held by 30 households
with 50 paid members (39 households/60 members in 2007) $825
received in 2008. ). $895 received in 2007. Approximately $3,400
in checking account.
Old Business:
Annual Meeting
Review:
Discussion ensued regarding membership attendance at the Annual
Meeting. Speaker Carolyn Scholl’s presentation was well received by
attendees.
Posting Meeting
Minutes to Website:
Motion by Mike for VVLA Board minutes to be electronically previewed
for website posting. Board members will respond within 5 business
days of receipt of minutes with their corrections/comments; 2nd by
Steve. Motion carried. Possibly, annual meeting minutes (reports)
could be posted on the website and approved by the membership in the
same manner.
Signage:
Jill is still waiting for responses from manufacturers about metal
ordinance signs to be posted at the boat landing. Board members
agreed to purchase a sign. Jill will check on quantity discounts as
Jeff and Otto Novak (Oxbow) brought up this item for discussion at a
recent Presque Isle Town Lakes Committee (PITLC) meeting where other
lake association representatives indicated interest. Paul asked
about Beaver protection signs. Jeff said they’re in the works but
not ordered.
Membership:
Some residents have contacted board members and said they would like
more social events. Working groups such as “shoreline adoption”
(other PI lake associations have plans in place or are working on
them) may provide a venue for people to work together. Monitoring
the Van Vliet boat landing within the Clean Boats/Clean Waters (CB/CW)
program is another idea.
Advantages of
mailing information as well as maintaining the website was
discussed. Special mailings may be the best way with new
information: i.e., CB/CW efforts. Cost of postage, printing and
time involved for board members should be considered. A motion by
Jill to mail new lake information to all lake residents with a 2nd
by Steve carried. Steve will handle the CB/CW info mailing.
Comments: Tom - “add nuisance weed issues;” Mike - “include letter
from President & info from Mike re the 2008 Aquatic Plant Management
Plan (APMP);” mention letters sent to DNR, etc. Paul will contact
residents who are not currently members of the lake association.
New Business:
VVLA’s Role In
the Current Grant Process:
There was
discussion of the roles of Northern Environmental (NE), PITLC and
VVLA. Letters to PITLC and NE reiterating VVLA’s expectations that
the APMP will include plans for nuisance native plants w/copies to
Kevin Gauthier, Matthew Wagner, Ted Ritter, etc. Letter to be
prepared by Jeff, reviewed by Board members and returned to him with
their comments. What’s the next step? Response to NE re APMP may
require an additional board meeting.
Clean Boats/Clean
Waters:
Ronie suggested setting up two-person teams at the boat landings
w/Memorial Day 2009 as a target (with July 4th, Walleye Tournament,
Musky Classic, and Labor Day to follow). A motion was made by Ronie
to set up a subcommittee consisting of 2 board members and 2
non-board members working to implement the CB/CW project with a 2nd
by Jill. Motion carried. Ronie & Jill will serve on this
subcommittee & will contact interested residents.
Website ideas:
Jill suggested that journal-type items be sent to the web master for
posting: photos, wildlife sightings, weather or comments on lake
happenings - keep it light!
Meeting calendar:
No meetings scheduled for the balance of year.
Meeting
Adjourned:
3:30ish.
Respectfully submitted,
Jorja Burke, Secretary
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