Minutes of Board Meeting

15 May 2005

Board Members:      (Board Members and Positions for the 2004-2005 year of operations)  

      Charlie Russell, President, 11216 Lagoon Ln, 703-860-6842, chasrus@worldnet.att.net

Mary Medlin, Secretary, 2026 Lakewinds Dr, 703-391 5612, tindalr@erols.com

Janice Esser, Treasurer, 2008 Lakewinds Dr, 703-476-4689, janesser@comcast.net

Jim Naughton, VP, 2005 Lakewinds Dr, 703-715-0104, jnaughton@aol.com

Dale Seastrom, Director, 2011 Lakewinds Dr, 703-860-8546, Seastrom@aol.com

Grounds Manager:  Linda Rule, 2009 Lakewinds Dr, 703-476-5536, bock@biz-results.com

Meeting called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Charlie Russell.  Linda Rule did not attend.

Minutes:  The minutes of the previous board meeting on January 24, 2005, were reviewed, accepted with corrections, and submitted to Peter Blondin for posting to the Cluster’s website.

Old Business:

1. Grounds Report: In the meeting of Oct 18,2004, the board voted that all exteriors should be painted to the new color established in Y2K by December 31, 2005The notice for this and the correct color palette was sent out with the quarterly payment invoice.
2. Treasury Report: Janice Esser presented the quarterly report for the 2^nd quarter (10/01- 12/31/04). The quarterly report shows the cluster finances are balanced. A motion was passed to ask Linda Rule to obtain cost information on the remaining carports. A motion was passed to go forward with the geese control. Recommendations were made to clean and stain the docks and to get the new carports stained. A motion was passed to approve the Treasurer’s report.
3. The recycling day has been changed to Thursday.  The new day will be posted on the website.
4. Dale Seastrom discussed his research on the options available for new mailboxes. He will prepare a flyer for the cluster to explain options.
5. The board agreed to reopen the issue of uncovered parking spaces #79 and #47 for further review.

New Business:

1. Jim Naughton began a discussion on his belief that the cluster is not in compliance with the Reston Association regulations for clusters. He believes the annual election process is not in compliance and will put a procedure together for the upcoming annual meeting. He also feels that the meeting policy, procedures and practices are incorrect. Due to time constraints, these issues were tabled until the next meeting.

Next meeting: April 11 at 7:30 at Jim Naughton’s house.

      Meeting Adjournment: 9:45pm