Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes of Board Meeting 3-16-06
The spring meeting of the MSCA Board of Directors was held at the home of the President, Bob Gross, on March 16, 2006.
Bob Gross, President, opened the meeting at 7:00. The Board discussed the upcoming printing of the community directory. Anne Stadnicki volunteers to put together the directory and have it printed at an estimated cost of about $850. Advertising revenue supplies about $600 of the cost, and Anne graciously subsidizes the rest in return for an ad placement. Bob volunteered to solicit additional advertisements from local merchants and the local pool clubs. A draft of the directory was shown, and a final round of updates – changes of information or ownership -- were provided by the Treasurer, David Grossman from the dues renewal forms. David noted that a few checks were still coming in. He will supply a list of household not yet having paid, which will be given to Block Captains for a final collection push. The Board discussed whether to provide directories to all households, or only those that had paid dues. The decision was to continue the goodwill practice of providing the directory to all residents, encouraging them to give back in return, whether by dues or participation in the community governance.
Bob will be putting together a spring edition of the Tetragon, our community newsletter, which will thank those households who have paid dues on time. The Board acknowledged that there is always a chance of missing some names, but would do the best it can to get the list complete as of the cutoff date for publication.
The date for the annual meeting was set at May 15th, at 7:30-9:00 PM at Beverly Farms Elementary School. Bob is working on speakers. Volunteers for any positions on the Board or Committee Chairs are solicited and names should be volunteered to Tom Hall, Secretary, (301) 340-7491. We urgently need a Vice President, a Transportation Chair, and a Landscaping Chair.
The date for the community yard sale was moved to May 21st to avoid Mothers Day.
On landscaping, Bob will authorize the new landscaper to clean and mulch the beds and plant enough pansies to carry us over to the summer planting of annuals. Landscaping consumes the largest portion of our annual budget, but the Board agreed it was important to the character and value of homes in the community to keep the corners we maintain looking nice.
In closing, the President thanked everyone for coming.
Meeting was adjourned.
