Secretary's Comments

As usual, you can find the minutes of our last Board meeting in the column to the right.

As I transcribed Deanna's minutes for presentation on the web, a couple of extra things came to mind that I'd like to also mention.

• In the April meeting minutes we reported that there was one unit whose dues had not been paid, and against which we were about to impose a lien. I am happy to report that Deanna successfully contacted those owners, and the dues have been brought current without our having to resort to legal recourse.
• Also in the April meeting minutes there was mention of a bike path that SROA wanted to install through Wildflower II common grounds. Deanna, Rod Englert and Ed Vignoul were successful in their negotiations with SROA, with the end result that the bike path will be routed around Wildflower II grounds rather than through them.
• Finally, a little additional commentary on one agenda item reported in the current minutes: We owe a vote of thanks to Janet Kreger, Dixie Trout and Marge Vignoul who investigated color choices and reported back to the board to help with their decision.

Finally, don't forget to come to the Annual Owners' Meeting. This year again it will be held in the Sunriver Library, in the business park, on October 11, 2003.

Now let me put in my annual pitch for interested owners to volunteer for service on our board. The composition of a five-member board has been very successful in my opinion. Five members are much more representative of the diversity of views that our ownership comprises. With a five-member board, the tasks of running the association can be divided among enough board members that no one is overloaded.

This year there will be three open board positions. Rod Englert and Ed Vignoul have each consented to run for re-election; however Steve Trout, who was elected at the last Owners' Meeting to fill the one-year opening is unable to run for re-election. Thus, we are very interested in enlisting one or two owners to volunteer for board membership.

Board Meetings are held once each quarter; meetings are about 2 hours long. Meeting location's to date have been either Sunriver or a board member's home somewhere along the I-5 corridor in Oregon. If a board member cannot attend in person, we have a conference phone that allows him/her to attend by telephone. We have used this device quite successfully this past year.

Each board member takes responsibility for some aspect of our Association business. We rely upon board expertise to help us with meeting organization, construction practices, bidding and letting contracts, budgetting, communications and legal matters.

Our by-laws limit board members to three 2-year terms, so it is essential that we incorporate new board members on a rotating basis. Consider taking your turn as a board member this year.