Board Meeting. Food Drive. July, 2012

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1 July, 2012 White Birch Lakes Recreational Association 4730 Lake Road Farwell, MI Office (989) Emergency Maintenance (989) Safety (989) Board Meeting August 11 th September 8 th 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. All meetings are held at the Clubhouse. Food Drive Please remember that the food collection for Clare County will be continuing throughout the year. We are accepting canned goods, dry foods such as rice, macaroni and noodles. Please no perishables. The box is located at the clubhouse just inside the door. All your charitable donations stay in Clare County. This is a wonderful way to share with others less fortunate. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Your Board of Directors and Officers President Al Isaac gertji@yahoo.com 1 st Vice President Steve Bryant sfbryant1@yahoo.com 2 nd Vice President Kevin Dombrowski kd460@sbcglobal.net Director Mary Griswold Director Teresa Stephens Director - Dawn Holzer Director - Mary Cox-Perkins homeinfarwell@yahoo.com rapidstamper@yahoo.com muleman2318@gmail.com funk49pt@yahoo.com

2 GARBAGE NOTICE Lincoln Township has notified us that on garbage collection day, Wednesdays, the truck will be here to begin collecting trash starting at 6:00 a.m. rather than the previous 8:00 a.m. For those of you who had your garbage picked up around 8:00 a.m. please take notice that the truck will be arriving earlier on this new schedule. What s Happening Courtesy Of your Activities Committee Coffee Talk Every Friday starting June 1 st 9:00 11:00 a.m. at the clubhouse Enjoy a cup of coffee, a sweet treat and reconnect with your friends and neighbors. Fall Garage and Bake Sale Saturday, September 15 th 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 2 nd Annual Plant Exchange Saturday, October 6 th 1:00 p.m. at the Pavilion FREE plants Hunter Chili Saturday, November 17 th Clubhouse 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Just Being Neighborly Are your annuals on the brink of exhaustion? Here s a tonic to help them. 1 cup of beer 1 tbsp of corn syrup 1 tbsp of baby shampoo 1 tbsp of fertilizer Mix it all up in a gallon of water and slowly dribble the solution onto the root zone of your plants. Within two weeks they will be comeback kids. Tennis Rackets and Balls There are tennis rackets and balls available at the clubhouse for those who wish to use them on the newly paved tennis court. You will need to show your member ID card in order to borrow them.

3 White Birch Lakes Annual Membership Meeting Minutes July 21, 2012 Call to Order: President Stephens called the meeting to order at 10:23 a.m. Board members present: President Stephens, 1 st Vice President Cox-Perkins, 2 nd Vice President Holzer, Director Bryant, Director Dombrowski and Director Griswold. Absent due to a previous engagement, Director Crook. Director Holzer led the membership in prayer, followed by President Stephens with the Pledge of Allegiance. Burning Of Ballots: (1) Director Bryant moves to burn the 2011 ballots, second by Director Cox-Perkins, carried. Nominating Committee Report: Director Cox-Perkins (nominating committee liaison) reports the certified nominees on the ballot as: Kevin Dombrowski Mary Griswold Al Isaac Sal Scozzari Election: Report of Secretary: (2) Henry Papenheim lot 703 moves to approves the 2011 Annual Meeting Minutes, second by Bill Dombrowski lot 1210, motion carried. Report of the Treasurer: President Stephens s reports end of year income at $453,697.86, expenses at $356,263.00, with net income at years end of $97, Total of all accounts, $ (3) Fred Witchell, lot 648 moves to approve the end of year financial report, subject to audit approval, second by Ken Maltby, lot 1104, 1105, 1106, carried. President s Report: As Dawn mentioned earlier we lost a member of the association this month. Please keep the family and friends of Ron MacMillan in your thoughts and prayers. On June 4 th we had four trees that needed removing at the campground and I would like to thank the following people for helping our maintenance guys take the trees down and get the mess cleaned up. Peter and James Norlander, Dave Conley, Dan Holzer, Harry Thompson and Glen Stephens. Also, Linda Conley, Dawn Holzer and Helen Thompson provided lunch and refreshments, thanks to those volunteers, much appreciated and at no association cost. As I mentioned earlier, lunch is going to be at noon and we will have an invocation before we eat. Thank you, President Stephens

4 Committee Reports: Activities Report: Sally Keillor (chair) reports she is fortunate to be the chair of a wonderful group of volunteers, the activities committee which help put on these events. Our activities committee has four members who are stepping down. Sally explains that it is up to the members as to whether the activities continue. We need you to step up to the plate and volunteer. There are only three members left and they can t do it alone. So if you want the activities to continue, you need to sign up. Campground Committee: Fred Witchell (chairs) reports that the campground committee tries to do things to help the maintenance men. They spend about 80 hours at the end of the season preparing and coordinating camper storage. The committee has four members and this year they also completed the fence project around the storage area. This week they completed applying Sikkens on the picnic table tops and seats, the bottoms need to be done and we are looking for volunteers, also. They also cleaned up and marked the walking trail around the storage area. New volleyball net is up and we will be doing the sand soon. The campground usage is down this year, probably because of economics. The bath house is completed, hasn t been done for 25 years and he thanks the board for that. The mini golf course at the clubhouse, needs updating. Fred suggests a group or family each take on one hole for development and turn in plans for the improvement to the board for approval. EPC Committee; Chick Witchell (chair) thanks the EPC committee members, Dick Brandt, Janice Ochss, Jimmie Neal and Christina Van Pelt for their help this past year. Lot improvements for the entire year: 24 Tree Removal Requests 2 Campsites 3 Driveways 2 Decks/Porches 1 Additions to residence 2 Contiguous lots 4 Accessory buildings Sign the sheet for the EPC committee, we need new members. Transaction of other Business; None pending. Comments from the Floor: Fred Witchell #648 in eight years the board has been good on monies and improvements to the association, he hopes it continues. Would like to see more members attend the meetings. Jimmie Neal: 1094 asks Kevin Dombrowski if the rumor is true that if he wins the election he will be resigning soon afterward. Kevin said rumor. Election Results: Kevin Dombrowski 155 three years Mary Griswold 143 three years Al Isaac 137 one year Sal Scozzari 58 The ByLaw Resolution passed: 139 Ayes 30 Nays 135 absentee sent out 133 returned 73 meeting ballots

5 Adjournment: (4) Director Holzer moves to adjourn, second by Director Griswold, carried. Meeting 12:19 p.m. Closed Session: (5) Director Stephens nominates Director Isaac as President, second by Director Cox-Perkins, carried. (6) Director Griswold nominates Director Bryant as Vice President, second by Director Isaac, results: Directors Stephen, aye Director Dombrowski, aye Director Isaac, aye Director Griswold, aye Director Cox-Perkins, nay Director Holzer, nay Motion carried. (7) Director Griswold nominates Director Dombrowski as 2 nd Vice President, second by Director Stephens, carried. (7) Director Mary Cox-Perkins moves to adopt a resolution required by the Association bank authorizing President Al Isaac; 1 st Vice President Steve Bryant and Treasurer Elaine Carrasco as signatories on all checks, second by 2 nd Vice President Director Griswold. All in favor, motion carried Submitted by, Elaine Carrasco Photo Time Courtesy of Harry & Helen Thompson Even our youngest volunteers worked hard to clean up Lost Park Dressed up for the July 4 th Pig Roast One of our many volunteers who helped put on a great Pig Roast The Bounce House was fun for all ages.

6 White Birch Lakes Recreational Association 4370 Lake Road Farwell, MI Summer Hours - Effective May 28 th CLUBHOUSE HOURS 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Monday 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Friday & Saturday 12:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. Sundays POOL HOURS Monday 9:00 AM -7:30 PM Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 AM- 3:30 PM Closed Wednesday Friday and Saturday 12:00 P.M.-8:30 PM Sunday 12:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M. OFFICE HOURS 8:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 2 nd & 4 th Saturdays 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Closed Sunday Our Staff Supervisor Alice Van Bennekom supervisor@whitebirch.org Secretary/Treasurer Elaine Carrasco ecoffice@whitebirch.org Maintenance Jeff Wheeler Tom Alsup Clubhouse Mark Sullivan Richard Koehn Amanda Ackley