Welcome everyone to the May Association Board of Directors meeting.
Today we are honoring David Cook, Past Association Board Director and President, among many other positions in The Villages. David has been an extremely valuable member of this community and I believe this is the last meeting he will be attending as a Villager. I know he closed on his new house in Manteca last week and should be closing on his Montgomery property shortly, if it has not already happened. David has led a very interesting life so far which was thoroughly laid out in The Villager article about him in the last issue and is posted on the portal. We will be having a reception for David and Evonne following our executive session this morning and invite everyone to stay and celebrate with us as we say goodbye to two outstanding Villagers.
In a few minutes we will get to hear our first water advisory committee report from Ed Logg. Ed has been very busy and his first report to the board is just over four pages long in a small typeface and packed with information. Apparently, there is a lot of work to be done in the area of water and Ed is going to give us the highlights and point us in the right direction. I would only ask Ed not to direct us to take baths in a 5-gallon bucket.
This will be the last Board meeting for David Raskin, and I sincerely thank him for all his hard work this year. David volunteered to serve a one-year term after our sudden loss of John Epperheimer last year. David will be returning to the Montgomery DAC, his first love, but has agreed to continue in a number of committee positions for the Board. We will miss you at the head table David, but I am sure Montgomery is happy to have you back.
Finally, I would encourage everyone to attend the town hall meeting tomorrow, May 28 at 5 p.m. in the Cribari Auditorium. This town hall is going to be held instead of the Fireside chat that was previously scheduled and will feature a discussion with Villages General Manager, Theresa Ostrander, and Chief Financial Officer, Blake Kennedy, about the increase is dues and assessments occurring as of July 1.
Thank you all for being here, and, as usual, my phone, my email and my door are always open and available for questions, comments or discussions.
—Association Board President Michael Schwerin
