Friends of Lake William’s

Board Meeting Minutes

February 27, 2010

Present were Directors Frank Catalano, Paula and Steve Looby, Richard Lesh, Jack Zappulla, Penny Hermann, Paul Cote, John Clayton, Diane Marquis and four members.

The meeting was called to order by President Catalano at 1:12 PM.

President’s Report – A letter was sent to the Finance Board requesting funding for water treatment for the 2010/2011 season.

Secretary’s Report – A motion was made by Steve Looby, seconded by Paula Looby to accept the minutes from the June 2009 Annual and special meetings. The motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report – The report was read by the Treasurer and copies were provided to the President and Secretary. Since June 13, $3,345 was received, $5800.09 was spent. A motion was made by Paula Looby, seconded by Steve Looby to accept the Treasurer’s report. The motion carried.

Committee Reports

Communication – Working on a spring newsletter. Plan to do two newsletters this year. The first one should focus on the calendar of events for the season and order forms for merchandise. A motion was made by Diane Marquis, seconded by Paula Looby to make the first newsletter focused on the events and order form. The motion carried.

Lake Clean Up – Will be held August 7 with the rain date of August 14. It was suggested that activities be posted in the schools for students who are interested to obtain service credits.

Membership– The letter will go out in April and there is a goal to increase members by 10.

Care Fishing – No report

Water Quality – Record secchi disk reading last season. We don’t know if the Agricultural Experiment station has posted the results of the lake survey on the web site yet.

Town Meeting Monitoring – Board representatives will attend the upcoming Finance Board meeting.

Boating Safety – No report

Boat Parade – Discussed taking a break this year or not decorate boats and call it lake spirit day. We could also substitute the kayak/canoe race. A motion was made by Diane Marquis, seconded by Paula Looby to have a Boat Parade in alternate years. The motion carried. A motion was made by John Clayton, seconded by Penny Hermann to hold the kayack/canoe race on July 3. The motion carried. Richard Lesh and Diane Marquis will organize the event. We will likely have different divisions for various age groups and type of boat.

Unfinished Business

None

New Business

Nominating Committee – the Secretary will distribute the board list which contains expiration dates and ask for volunteers for this committee.

A motion was made by Richard Lesh, seconded by John Clayton to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 2:36PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Penny Hermann

Secretary