"Proposed New Bylaws of the WVHOA November" is the new document for membership review. The document title was updated and the dates in the certification section to reflect January 18, 2005 (annual meeting date).

"Proposed New Bylaws of the WVHOA November" is the new document for membership review representing all the changes and feedback we have received.

"Highlighted Changes Since October" highlights all of the changes made to the document since the October version. This is provided for your reference and ease of use in reviewing the new draft and in identifying the changes.

Note: As published in the November newsletter, the Board plans to continue to take comments and opinions on the new proposal until November 30th, at which time the final proposal will be published in the December newsletter. The proposal will be offered for membership vote at the January Annual Meeting.

A new revision of the proposed bylaws has been produced. The new version can be downloaded here.

Meeting minutes are available here.

Slides from the presentation can be downloaded here.

The HOA board has approved the working group draft bylaws for presentation to the homeowners for a vote. The working group has prepared two documents:

• Proposed bylaws
• Summary of changes (comparison)

These documents will be discussed in the two public meetings: Thursday, September 16th and Saturday the 18th (7pm and 10am, respectively). Both meetings will be held at the clubhouse.

The By-laws working has published a status page. Updates will be made there as the project proceeds.

The WVHOA held the annual May membership meeting on Tuesday, May 18th at the clubhouse. Outside of the board, 15 members were in attendance. Topics discussed include:

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Wood Valley
• Macon Rd sign project update
• Financial update
• McClain lawsuit(s) update
• Bylaws / Articles of Incorporation

An electronic version of the presentation is available here.

The Corresponding Secretary position on the WVHOA board has become available. If you are interested, please contact a board member for a description of the duties and other details (see Contact Us link at the left).

The annual membership meeting and elections set a new record for attendance at the January 20th meeting. The clubhouse was packed to capacity and the total number casting ballots (in person or proxy) was over 250. Final (certified) results of the elections will be available on/before January 25th, but preliminary results of the elections were annouced during the meeting:

President	Craig Wooster
Vice President	Mark Hunsinger
Treasurer	Walter Whaley
Recording Secretary	Chris Merrill
Corresponding Secretary	Judy Wewerka
Member-at-large #1	Marla White
Member-at-large #2	Eric Tjalma

Additionally, the membership charged the new board with a project to address the problems in the HOA by-laws. These problems include responsibilities that are mis-matched with our covenants, confusing membership rules, unclear voting rules and a fiscal year that is mismatched with the board membership term. Several members volunteered to participate in this project.

Great news on the WV signs! After a dicussion about the finances that are reserved for constructing a sign at the Macon Rd entrance, a member volunteered to lead the charge on this effort. More details will be released as they become available.

Additional details about the meeting (including registration, speaker sign-up, rules of order, voting, and proxies) are available here.

We have a full slate of candidates for the HOA board this year, including multiple candidates for some positions. If you cannot attend the meeting, please fill out the proxy form included in this month's newsletter to help ensure that Wood Valley continues to run the way you want!

The HOA board will continue dues at the same level again this year! A dues payment envelope is included in this month's newsletter. If you have misplaced the newsletter, you can find the HOA mailing address here.

Voting on the covenant referendum has been suspended due to a lawsuit filed by Dennis and Linda McLain against the Wood Valley Homeowners' Association. We are doing our best to resolve this quickly and we will furnish more information as soon as we can.

A "Special Edition Newsletter" has been published to provide an update on Covenant Referendum. We are encouraged by the support from the community and concerned with the mis-information that is being circulated!

Volunteers will be at the clubhouse on Saturday to accept signatures supporting the initiative.

In response to requests for an easier way to provide feedback to the Board regarding the covenants referendum, this form has been provided.

The covenant referendum has generated great interest within the community. Well over half of the neighborhood attended one or more of the meetings. For those of you who were unable to attend a meeting, your covenant packages will be mailed to you in the next few days.

The covenant materials provided at the meeting are also available in the covenants section, for your convenience.

The first covenant meeting (Sep 30th) was a big success! The clubhouse was packed to capacity. Vern Wenger and Wayne Johnson put together a GREAT presentation that makes this very complex topic easy to understand. The discussions were lively and the attendees seemed quite pleased with the results of the Covenenant Preparation Committee.

Regarding the informational meetings for the covenant referendum on September 30th and October 6th and 8th, please note the following:

• If you have not been able to return your RSVP card, you are still welcome at the meetings. We'll make room for everyone, so please join us! (However, if you can still return your card for the October meetings, please do so.)
• You may wish to come to the clubhouse early (between 6:40 and 7) to receive your voting packet prior to the meeting. That will save time and crowding afterward. We'll begin the meetings promptly at 7 in order to stay on schedule and get you home at a reasonable hour.
• There will be a speaker sign-up pad at the registration table. If you wish to be heard with a question or comment, you may sign up to speak prior to the meeting. We will begin the discussion with those on the list, then recognize members from the floor so that all who wish to speak will have the opportunity.

More information is available in the convenants section of the website.

You should have recently received, via US Mail, an information packet describing the Wood Valley Homeowners' Association's project designed to unify our neighborhood under one set of land use covenants and empower the Association to administer them.

Please review this information carefully, and plan to attend one of the three informational meetings. An RSVP card is enclosed with your packet - please mail that in with your selected meeting date as soon as you can to facilitate planning for those meetings.

More information is available in the convenants section of the website.

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