TILE FLOOR

TILE FLOOR LOOKING GOOD

The Back Meeting Room is taking shape - the tile floor looks very good.

REBUILDING THE BACK ROOM

Progress rebuilding

MOVING ON TO PLAN B

Your Board worked hard to try to come up with a plan to "fast track" the building repairs. The plan would have included borrowing quite a bit of money and would further have required everything to fall into place in a pretty precise manner. This plan was never fully developed, understood, and supported by all Board members, and as a result, was never fully explained to the Membership. While a lot of effort was expended to get the Members fully involved through the use of absentee ballots, a regular Members meeting at the club, and some talking, the Members did not respond in sufficient numbers as required by the By-Laws to permit the necessary borrowings and related actions required to fast track the building.

That said, it's now time to move on to plan B. The building will not be restored to its original grandeur all at once any time soon. Logically, we will attempt to get the back meeting room up and running using funds we have on hand and local donations. This will permit development of a meeting schedule and have people returning to the Creek. With winter coming on, we feel we can build out this room, and after checking the electrical system, have a heated facility since the heater is in the attic and was unaffected by the flood waters. This also provides time for the new Board, which is seated in January, to develop its own approach toward completing the facility, doing fund raising, having a membership drive, etc. and perhaps having another Members' meeting in the spring.

The point is that we are not dead yet, and while we may not be a fully functioning 24 hour club for a while, we are going to try to get started once again soon. Stay tuned to this station for additional news when it develops.

MEMBERS VOTE DOWN CLUB REBUILDING PLAN

The members voted down any plans to borrow money to rebuild the club. The By-Laws require approval of a 2/3 majority of all voting members to borrow money, to pledge club assets, and to spend amounts over $5000 on any one item. All three proposals, which were interlocked and interdependent, were defeated by virtue of not meeting the 2/3 majority required. At this time, new plans are being developed to consider alternatives to borrowing money for club repairs, but since the new Board is seated in January, it would appear at this time to be an agenda item for the new Board next year.

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 2009

The annual members meeting elected the following officers and Trustees to serve beginning January, 2009.

President - Randy B
Vice President - John L
Exec Vice President - Hilda J
Treasurer - Cindy S
Secretary - Steve R
Tr at Large - Ken W
Tr at Large - Joe C

Good luck to these poor suckers for the coming year

ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE

As we near the annual Members' Meeting scheduled for 3PM next Saturday, there are a few crucial items on the ballot relating to financing the reconstruction of our building that require as much Member participation as possible. Therefore, we are making available Absentee Ballots for those of you voting eligible members who may wish to vote but who will be unable to attend the meeting. Please contact any of the Trustees or contact me by e-mail (ghinyard@verizon.net) or phone (281-532-3001) to see about getting an Absentee ballot on file before the meeting. Should you vote absentee and then wish to show up and vote in person, your absentee ballot will be discarded. We really need a good turn out on this matter to assure By-Law compliance and to keep moving forward.