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.