The January Meeting:
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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
January 19, 2003
(Subject to approval and correction at the Board of Directors’ Meeting on February 16, 2003)

CALL TO ORDER: by President Bob Bowman at 9:30 a.m.
PRESENT: Bob Bowman, Ricardo Camarillo, Laura Mork, Barbara Myers, Darlene Stoffer, Treasurer LuWilla Croy, Operations Manager John Graham and General Manager Jackie Granger.
EXCUSED: Lucy Bain 
VOTING STATUS: All board members present are in good standing.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:

2003/1/1 M. Darlene Stoffer 2nd Laura Mork “that we approve the November and December 2002 Board Meeting Minutes.” Passed.
MEMBERS & GUESTS:
Victor Armfield  objects to the suggested $200 to view the financial accounts of LISECC, Ron Bain - commends detailed, comprehensive minutes, Ina Clark - impressed with web site, remember to drive speed limit especially on community roads, did not waive audit based on state law (67% needed to waive) only 61% voted for waiving the audit.
Barbara Myers asked if Ina Clark meant that we should audit now. Ina Clark stated that she thought we should follow state law.
Kate Underwood - observing, Audrey Bowman - observing, JoAnn Bowman- observing, Bob Warner  - observing, Marge Warner - observing, Nora Dybdahl - observing, Rob Seckinger - observing, Louise Weber - read correspondence from Michael Wardell regarding cost of records inspection and that he did not suggest the $200 flat fee, suggested that LISECC retain hard drives of any disposed computers.
LuWilla Croy stated that there has been an article regarding information remaining on the hard drive once it is erased. Barbara Myers stated that the recovery process can be complicated and expensive. Discussion followed. See motion 2003/1/2.
Neva Buechner - observing, Tom Christiansen  - observing.
2003/1/2 M. Ricardo Camarillo  2nd Darlene Stoffer  “Any computer that is donated that the hard drive is destroyed after the data is retrieved.” Passed.

COMMUNICATIONS:
Ron Bain & Chuck Ortego - report from the Financial Oversight Committee, read by Bob Bowman.
Tootie and Lee McCollum - Christmas Card from Ghana, Africa.
Louise Weber - bylaw submissions for presentation at the 2003 Annual General Meeting.
Don Adema - bylaw submissions for presentation at the 2003 Annual General Meeting.
Margery Price – seminar on “Parliamentary Procedure for Boards and Councils”. Bob Bowman suggested that Jackie Granger take this course, with registration fee, time and lunch it should amount to less than $300. 

2003/1/3  M. Laura Mork  2nd  Barbara Myers “that you attend this meeting.” Passed. Referring to Jackie Granger attending the seminar: “Parliamentary Procedure for Boards and Councils” by Margery Price.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
PLANNING:
No report at this time.
 

WATER
Laura Mork asked about the status of the reservoir. John Graham stated that we are minus 7'10", when we get six inches of rain then the reservoir starts to fill. After discussion with Darlene Stoffer it was decided that the pump back system should be turned on. There is currently 7 million gallons of water in the reservoir. Laura Mork recommends that the pump back be started at John’s earliest convenience. There are records that go back to 1994 which can be viewed. Discussion followed. 
Laura Mork asked about the leaks that have not been able to be found. John Graham stated that Operations has been chasing leaks down around Cedar and Beach (they are combined at less than 5 gallons per minute.) It is a difficult search - one was found yesterday. 
Rob Seckinger asked why he was not informed when his water was turned off. Laura Mork asked if the routine order of business was to inform residents prior to turning water off. John Graham said that the effort is made to do so. Discussion followed.  
 

OPERATIONS:
Darlene Stoffer stated that she toured LISECC with John Graham. The main concern is the level of the reservoir. Nothing much else is going on. Darlene Stoffer stated that there have been new logs placed around the parking lot at the Clubhouse.

John Graham submitted his written report as follows:

WATER:  The Total gallons of water used for the month of December was 777,300 gallons. Average daily usage was 25,070, gallons per day. 
We continue to have a small leak in the mains. This has gone on for approximately six weeks. There are several reasons why we haven’t found the leak , but the primary reason is that we believe that it is at the end of the system, which makes it very difficult to determine flow.
RESERVOIR: The reservoir is at –7’ 10” from overflow. If the level does not begin to rise soon the pump back will be turned on Feb 1st. This is the time of year we watch the rain gauge closely. We need 6” of rain before we start to see the reservoir rise. We have continued to clean around the reservoir this winter with the level down. This has primarily involved removal of dead brush and trees from the water and surrounding area.
TESTING: The December water samples have been sent to Avocet and not been returned at the writing of this report. The November samples were all satisfactory. 
TRAINING: None scheduled until Feb.
MAINTENANCE: Only routine maintenance has been completed in the month of December. The backhoe brakes have been replaced. I once again want to thank Tom Christensen for his assistance and advice.
MISCELLANEOUS: We had several very interesting tides at the end of the month. This is because they were accompanied by a good strong south east wind. The tide which normally would have been the highest of the year at 10 feet, when accompanied by a 40 mile per hour wind caused a 2 foot on shore flow The result was that we lost several boats, and several more were destroyed. This happened last year, and I took pictures of both storms. We will need to remind residents with boats that they need to be removed in the fall.
 


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