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| Minutes from the August 24, 2005 meeting. CALLED TO ORDER The August 19, 2005 meeting of the WLIA was called to order at 8:15 p.m. by President Osterhout. Approximately 30 members were present. Secretaries report - None. Treasurers report - Checking Account: $7,565.29 Dam Account: $14,308.58 Total: $21,873.87 160 Paid Members, highest membership. A motion was made, Treaurers report was passed as read. Schenectady Outboard Racing Association Members of the SORA were present to speak about the upcoming races in September. A 7-8 minute promotional video tape was shown for the Boat races. Races will be the last weekend of September. Bruce Boyle, President of SORA, a member of American Powerboat Assocation, spoke about the organization. Comments made: still looking for more parking, boats and some campers will be at Pleats, there is no sponsorship for the racers, they just want to race and help our community raise money. Dan Johnson asked about cleanup, who will notify homeowners of the time frame and how do we stop other boats from going on the lake during the race. SORA does all of the cleanup, flyers will be put up to notify residents to the time frame, they do police the lake to keep people away from the race zone. There will be 50-60 entries on the lake. Dave Whitbeck asked why they came to Warners Lake as small as it is. A great deal of them live in the Capital District and would like there families to see them race. Traffice Control - Willard said that we have asked East Berne Fire Police to help with Pleats. There will be no parking on the streets. The Ambulance Squad will be on the scene. Sponsoring Organizations are Pleats and the WLIA. Bob Dollar was concerned about liability being a sponsor. SORA stated that we could be added as additionally insured on their policy. Willard mentioned that there is no obligation for us to be a sponsor. The race will be able to be seen from any house on the lake. Non-Lake Residents will have to view the race from Pleats. Donations will be made to the WLIA and Helderberg Ambulance by SORA. Gail Dollar asked about fueling the boats. SORA responded that the boats will be fueled on shore mostly. The boats only hold two quarts of gas. They do have a spill cleanup crew if needed. The boats will be a minimum of 50 feet from shore. Racers have to stay within the inner course which will be approximately 150 feet from shore. Dan Johnson made a motion to allow the race, Dave Paton seconded. Gail asked that it be contingent on being additionally insured. Roger Lamberton opposed. Motion was passed. OLD BUSINESS 1) Boat Launch Committee - The Committee does not want anything written to give the WLIA rights to the launch. The committee feels that the Lake Assocation should give money towards the lauch, Fisherman have offered donations. The committee also feels that sending out letters to members should not be done. They are hoping that members who use the launch will step forward to make donations. Willard Osterhout - original estimate was $3,500.00. Second estimate is the same. The launch will be 60 ft instead of 75 ft. A "Y" needs to be put in at the top. All excavation and labor is free. We are only paying for the materials. He only needs to use the launch twice a year and therefore does not need to fix it for himself. It's up to the WLIA whether or not they want to spend the money to fix it. Bart made a motion for the WLIA to pay for the launch. Dan Johnson mentioned putting a $3,500.00 cap on the expense. Marcella seconded the motion. The motion was passed. NEW BUSINESS 1) Donations to be made to Helderberg Ambulance,East Berne Fire Department, and Berne Knox, motioned was made by Teri Johnson to make the donations, seconded by Gail Dollar. 2) Family Day - Loss of $324.89. Ponies were a success. There were a lot of kids. A new Chair person is needed. 3) Dinner Dance - 65 people attended, 59 paid dinners. We paid Pleats for 85 dinners. Our original estimate was 80-100 guests. The attendance was down 25 from last year. Loss of $550.00. Willard Osterhout - Should we continue Family Day and Dinner Dance. Suggestions were made for every other year. This will be discussed at the Winter meeting. 4) Dam Committee - Backhoe removed large concrete piece in front of Freestones and the telephone poles that were along the dam. A small piece of the spillway is breaking away, needs to be patched when the lake is down. 5) Website - Guestbook is installed, new pictures, family day, dinner dance and minutes will posted soon. 6) Historical Committee - 12 more books were ordered, working on the book addendum, researching weddings on the lake - up to 12. Gail Johnson asked if it's Warners or Warner Lake. 7) Membership Committee - 161 members. A lot of non-residence members, canoes, small boats and fisherman. 8)Testing the Lake - Freestones said that the state has been testing the Lake. Bob Dollar suggested that it be tested once or twice during the summer. Willard will contact the State to see if they are testing. 9) Bob Dollar wants to plan Water Chestnut picking. Stacy Loucks will look for online resources about Water Chestnuts and post them to the website. 10) Annual Raffle - Profit $732.00. Winners were $300 1st prize - The ticket was made out to WLIA, $100 2nd prize - Emily Dowdall, $50.00 3rd prize - Jen Rockmore. 11) Nonimating Committee - Officers being presented: President - Willard Osterhout Vice President - Bart Mullen Treasurer - Lee Jones Secretary - Stacy Loucks Director - Gwen Ringer. The Nominating Committee Chair person, Gwen Ringler, moved that in the absence of the Secretary, that Vice Preseident Bart Mullen cast one ballet in favor of the slate of Officers. This was done and the slate of Officers was accepted. 12) Meeting and function dates next year - Winter - February 12th Summer - June 30th Family Day - July 15th Dinner Dance - August 12th Last Meeting - August 18th 13) A moment of silence was held for Marge Turko. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Milt Bates at 10:00 pm, seconded by Teri Johnson. Meeting was adjourned. |
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