Minutes of 2008 Annual General MeetingANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING Sunday August 3, 2008 Call to Order: Acceptance of minutes from 2007
annual meeting 1st Ian
Fraser, 2nd Gary Goodfellow -no business coming from the minutes REPORTS President: Dave
Golem -celebrations of 50 years,
recounting of an historical event from Jack McGeachie’s family history -many other stories
of life on the lake in earlier years, encourage all to preserve them by
building a library, contact anyone on the executive -reviewed water
quality protection, actions we can all take to maintain quality i.e.: no
washing of hair, clothes or pets in the lake, no fertilizers, minimize
petroleum product usage, build buffer zone -reminder to all
members that the loon watch programme is undergoing and those interested in
participating should contact one of the executive -MPAC will be
reassessing this coming year with a 4 year phase in, advice writing MPs to
stress the importance of fair evaluations Vice President: Steve Churchill -re-enforced that
cottagers become involved in events, offer suggestions for things that would
interest people particularly families -special thanks to
Carolyn Dobson for a great job on running the regatta, a big turnout was seen Treasurer: Glenda Opsahl -financial statement reviewed -finances are in a good position -thanks to Dean
Butler for his work on the t-shirt programme, the fundraising has been quite
successful Membership: Marlene Pollard -180 cottages are members -thanks to all the canvassers again
this year for their tireless work calling on neighbours -Marlene still needs stories for the
newsletter Social: Carolyn Dobson -thanks to the
helpers at the regatta that greatly contributed to its success -the list of winners will be in the
newsletter and on the website -reminder of the last couple of
events, the Fun Run and the waterfront concert Municipal
Affairs: Gary Goodfellow -no business to report -water testing has found the results
to be consistent with previous years -historical data can be found on the
Ministry of Natural Resources website -lake capacity study
from 1992, the reserve fund collected at the time of the proposed development
is still on hand and will continue to be a back-up in case of a necessary
action -lake capacity study
was accepted by -2 entries for the rock
bass derby, need to encourage more kids to enter or consider discontinuing Old Business: -the liquid waste
disposal plant for North Hasting is underway however it is uncertain whether
there will be enough capacity for sewage waste from our lake to be discard at
this location -cost could increase substantially
in the near future New
Business: High
speed internet -update on services -Restal is now offering service to
residents on the lake -Arantel has approached Jim Tanner
on the south road but they are not building yet -Sympatico has a local number for
dial up service -a show of hands
found that 6 members would be interested in high speed internet service, a
questionnaire to be put in the fall newsletter to determine extent of interested -the developer is going to the OMB
to add more lots to those already approved -well and septic
systems are planned for all lots, which are to be a minimum of one acre each -new lots are within 1000ft of
shoreline New Activities on the -discussion on how to get the
teenagers together, i.e. Bonfires -other ideas include
card nights, corn roast, golf afternoon Tudor/Cashel
Township Services -a health clinic in
Gilmour for emergency -a library is open to
township residents -more info on the
services available to be added to the newsletter and put on the website Fire
Service -Tudor/Cashel has
disbanded their fire services - -discussion on
donating to the Limerick Fire Dept to build on the $50k support received from
the -determine if there
is a wish list for equipment -Motion: Association is to investigate a substantial
donation to Limerick Fire services from the general association fund or by
fundraising -1st by Dave Langman -2nd by Ian Fraser -all in favour, motion carried Update
on Zebra Mussels -all surrounding lakes now have
these mussels -everyone should be
cognizant of washing boats to remove any larvae and mussels before entering
waterways New
Doctor -there is a new doctor in Coe Hill
accepting patients -Dr. Rob Kamermans 613-337-8984 -letters to
Tudor/Cashel and Distribution of Door
Prizes: Motion to Adjourn: |
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