7 Lakes North, South cast vote for change - Seven Lakes Times

NEWS March 21, 2008 Seven Lakes Times 3
Randy Zielsdorf elected SLLA President
by Greg Hankins
Times Editor
Randy Zielsdorf was elected
President of the Seven Lakes
Landowners Association [SLLA]
in a Board of Directors organizational
meeting held Tuesday
morning, March 18.
Nominating Zielsdorf, Director
Donna Stephan said, “I feel
Randy Zielsdorf
strongly that the President should
be someone who has spent a
year on the board . . . someone
who knows what has gone on
over the past year. I see Randy
as someone who is cool, calm,
and handles things well.”
Asked by Bud Shaver what
his priorities would be if elected
President, Zielsdorf said, “We
need to get serious about giving
Seven Lakes a good facelift,”
noting that new developments
planned for the surrounding area
would bring increased competition
for the sale of existing homes.
“I want to set up a priority list
sooner than later,” Zielsdorf said,
“and walk through that priority list
through the year. We need to
walk through the list, and clean
up everything.”
“We are going to be held to a
pretty tight budget,” he continued.
“We haven’t seriously sit down
and asked ourselves whether
our dues levels are right. Are
they too high, not high enough,
or just right. We need to look at
neighboring communities” in
order to better understand what
level of dues is appropriate.
Stephan’s motion was seconded
by Sally Kindsvatter. Denny
Galford then nominated Bud
Shaver for the President’s job.
When the vote was called, it
was Stephan, Kindsvatter, Zielsdorf,
Gary Caulk, and Don Truesdell
for Zielsdorf; Galford and
Shaver for Shaver.
The remaining officer slots
were not contested and were
unanimously approved by the
directors, making Kindsvatter
Vice President, Stephan Secretary,
and Galford Treasurer.
Zielsdorf made assignments
for the other working committees
of the Board, asking Galford to
head up the Finance Committee,
Truesdell to take Lakes & Dams,
Shaver to handle Maintenance,
Caulk to head up Security, and
Kindsvatter to chair Community
Standards.
Former Director Laura Douglass,
who resigned from the
Board just before the Annual
Meeting, will be asked to continue
to head the Recreation Committee,
with Assistant Community
Manager Chad Beane serving as
the Board’s liaison with that committee.
The Board voted to continue for
the month of April the current
membership of the Architectural
Review Board and the Judicial
Committee. These are standing
committees whose chairman
and membership are both
approved by the Board as a
whole rather than appointed by
the President.
In a wide-ranging discussion
the Directors discussed alternative
times — and even alternative
table arrangements – for
the monthly work sessions, as
well as the use of closed sessions
— or meetings closed to
the public but open to the press.
“One of my objectives is to
change the way that Seven
Lakes is running,’ Zielsdorf said.
“We’ve long sense passed the
time when we should be having
Board members micromanaging.
We need a strong community
manager . . . . I would like the
board to be strictly oversight
and volunteering where we can
be useful. So I want Dalton to be
here for these discussions.”
Director Shaver recommended
rethinking how the Treasurer’s
report is presented to the membership
each month, so that
“people have a better general
sense of where we are financially.”
Board members agreed to
meet again on Monday, March 24
at 8:00 am for a second organizational
meeting, during which
they will review priorities for the
community, finalize next year’s
Board meeting schedule, and,
perhaps, finalize the membership
of the Architectural Review and
Judicial Committees.
Before adjourning, they entered
a brief closed session for an
update on the driving range lawsuit.
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