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NEWS March 21, 2008 Seven Lakes Times 39
Westside Annual Meeting
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the board.
Board secretary Ed Tuton verified
that balloting procedures
for the election followed the
Bylaws and that all required supporting
materials, including the
budget, were distributed to lot
owners six weeks prior to the
Annual Meeting. The 2009-2010
Nominating Committee members
are Ed Cockman, Betty
MiIligan, Mary Price, and Michael
Shapiro.
Westsiders approved the Fiscal
Year 2008-2009 budget by a
better than two-to-one margin,
despite objections earlier this
year that the Board had failed to
adopt $100,000 in budget cuts it
had identified.
Bill Judge and Skip Ragland
took the opportunity during the
public comment portion of the
meeting to acknowledge and
thank the retiring board for their
work this year. “In the past year
our board has exhibited a wonderful
amount of integrity and
congeniality – and all of us
appreciate it. We especially
appreciate the work of our president.”
Ragland continued, “If
the new board is only half as
good, we are in very good
shape.”
Volunteer Recognition
SLWLA President Jim Haggard
reported the board struggled
with narrowing the list for volunteer
recognition this year.
“Every time I came up with a
name,” said Haggard, “to honor
for their volunteer work, I would
think of another name and another.
So this year, rather than
honor one person we decided to
honor the whole community!”
A four-page parchment document
detailing almost 300 names
and more than twenty-three
committees, teams, and categories,
was distributed at the
Annual Meeting held on Sunday,
March 16. It read, “A grateful
and appreciative thank you to
all those members and friends of
the SLWLA who, through their
efforts over the past year, have
improved the quality of life for all
of us.”
Haggard said the enormous list
was incomplete and he thanked
the office administrative support
volunteers and offered an apology
to anyone inadvertently left
off the list.
“I find this community and the
volunteers in it are priceless,”
said Haggard.
The three outgoing directors
were also honored during the
meeting. Instead of plaques,
ornamental trees are planted in
their name along Lakeway Drive.
A Kawanza cherry tree has
been planted in honor of Jo
Nicholas, Hugh Beckwith, and Bill
Mamel. A Southern magnolia
has been planted in honor of
last year’s outgoing board directors,
Jim Meikle, Betty Milligan,
and Virgil Reid.
Westside
Results
Silberhorn 628
Shepard 518
Milligan 479
Johnson 222
Kuhn 206
BUDGET
For 474
Against 206
Year in review
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amendments over the past year.
“We need to make sure we
have a reasonably concise document
that we can understand,”
said Haggard.
The NC Department of Transportation
is attempting to obtain
approval for and funding of an
upgrade to the SLW railroad
crossing, reported Haggard. He
explained that the railroad has a
liability if someone is hit but that
an upgrade with lights and traffic
arms will require closing other
nearby crossings.
“That doesn’t sit well with folks,
but we have not quite 4,000
crossings each day,” said Haggard.
“There are some huge
downsides if we don’t get these
issues addressed.”
Haggard said the association
database is nearly complete,
however, a database administrator
– either volunteer or hired
– is necessary to maintain and
update the information.
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was installed with funds from
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area remains that residents
would like to see fenced.
“Speeding may come to overshadow
all other issues,” said
Haggard in concluding his report.
“Two people have been hit at
the mail house and Longleaf
and the entry and exit roads
are increasingly dangerous due
to high rates of speed.”
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