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Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting

December 3, 2005

Golden Sands Restaurant

Present: Dave Lemkay, Tom Green, Adrian Daley, Norma Bailey, Gail McPhee, George Wilcox, Norm Edwards, John Gulland

President Dave Lemkay welcomed the board members and guest John Gulland

Motion: Clark/Daley that the minutes of Oct.1, 2005 be accepted as printed. Carried

President’s remarks:

  • Name search of our association is free and clear

  • Application made to register the association name

Motion: Bailey/McPhee that the fee of $150.00 be paid to cover the registration of the association and if it needed to be fast tracked an additional $100.00 to be included. Carried

  • The constitution was given to the lawyer for input and a draft copy was distributed to members present. Any concerns are to be e-mailed to the president or secretary within two weeks.

Web site: John Gulland spoke using a computer presentation about the association’s web site. Several points were discussed:

  • the web site must be user friendly and welcoming

  • the site must contain useful and historical information

  • it has to be easily accessed

  • board members should visit the site frequently and offer suggestions

  • the site can be used as a filing system, record keeping, announcements and archival purposes

  • the web site has to be a resource to the board and informative to the user

FOCA Update

  • Mick Daley gave an overview of the recent FOCA annual meeting

  • A brief discussion took place in regards to the document entitled “Waterfront Ratepayers After Fair Taxes (WRAFT). All members were encouraged to read this resource from our web site.

  • Insurance was once again the main agenda item and it was felt that a legal

  • opinion would be sought as to the need for the association

Motion: Wilcox/McPhee that the Golden Lake Property Owners Association pay the initial premium fee to cover Directors’ Liability Insurance once all legalities have been cleared. Carried

Membership: Norm Edwards reported that we have 350 paid members. All membership cards that remain should be returned to the membership chair.

Acting treasurer’s report: The association has a bank balance of $4330.00 some bills pending.

New Business: The newsletter was discussed with one member’s concern over missing info and the lack of emphasis on property assessment

The date of the annual meeting was confirmed June 3, 2006 to be held at the Killaloe Public School 9:00 am

Next Board meeting: May 6th 2006 at Golden Sands Restaurant 9:00am

Motion to Adjourn: T.Green