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Meeting Minutes — 11 November 2014

Lake Maspenock Preservation Association

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

November 11, 2014

Present at meet­ing: Mal­colm, Pat­ty, Tina, Rick, Paul, Mike, Mark

Start time: 7:06 pm

  1. Review, dis­cuss changes and vote to accept min­utes from Octo­ber 7 E‑Board Meet­ing. Post meet­ing min­utes to web­site after board approval.

Motion: Mal­colm

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

  1. Trea­sur­ers report – New mem­bers… Account balance?

$2,853.69 in bank account

Tina sent in annu­al report — $15.00

Tina to check with CPA about addi­tion­al dona­tions and fund­ing for weed committee

  1. Web­site-Domain name, Dave Cormi­er, Jen Cassidy

Novem­ber 18th – Pat­ty and Tina to meet with Dave Cormi­er and Jen Cassidy.

Pat­ty and Tina will meet with Dave Cormi­er and Jen Cas­si­ty on 11/18 to go over turn­ing over web­site domain to LMPA. Has been host­ed by Dave, will now be han­dled by LMPA and Jen.

  1. Winter/Spring Social

Rick check­ing on March 21st date with Rod and Gun Club. Every­one to make per­son­al com­mit­ments to get peo­ple to come.   Good social event for net­work­ing with neighbors.

  1. Boat­ing Safe­ty Course

Need to secure Fire­house and teach­ers and pick date

  1. Water Test­ing

Third test of the year. Mark to do testing.

  1. Weed Committee/Markting/ACT/Fundraising

Mark talked to Domenic. Decom­po­si­tion of weeds will cre­ate more algae if not treat­ed. Mike talked to Don McAdams. He sug­gest­ed that the LMPA make an amend­ment to the Order of Con­di­tions that already exist. Notice of Intent can be cost­ly (appli­ca­tion) . Fol­lows order of con­di­tions. All part of the approval process.

Sug­gest­ed that we con­tin­ue draw down and add on chem­i­cal (dual approach) due to two dif­fer­ent weeds that we are try­ing to work with. Not try­ing to erad­i­cate, try­ing to control.

CPC is hold­ing meet­ing on 11/20, any appli­ca­tion for fund­ing needs to be in by 11/17. Pro­pos­al by Tues­day. Will raise pri­vate funding.

LMPA Board sup­ports going for­ward with pre­sent­ing mis­sion state­ment and dual approach for weed control.

Motion: (Mal­colm) Approval to move for­ward with appli­ca­tion and sub­mit­tal of appli­ca­tion to CPC for funding

Sec­ond: Tina

Unan­i­mous

  1. New Busi­ness:

Need to update brochure with “Weed Fund” box.

Will need to put togeth­er a thank you let­ter for the dona­tions received with Tax ID number

Pho­to con­test on Face­book – win an LMPA sweatshirt

  1. Next meet­ing? Decem­ber 17th – LMPA Hol­i­day Gathering

Invit­ing Weed com­mit­tee to join

  • Motion for adjourn­ment — Mike

Sec­ond: Malcolm

Unan­i­mous

End time: 8:45 pm