Brooks Lake Area Association

The March 24th Meeting was called to order at 6:45pm on Thursday March 24th at the home of Manda and Jonathan Goldsberry.  All four officers were in attendance and two general members.

The meeting presentation was written by Manda Goldsberry and is available for download here.  The agenda was as follows:

• Introductions
• This is the start of our 4th year and we have come a long way!
• Thank you for everyone involved in the Can Trailer and all donations.
• www.brookslake.info
• We have  $713.94 as of 20th Feb.
• Will someone check the PO Box  twice a month?
• We only have 7 individual/family members in a given year and at $5 a membership that is only $35 toward the P.O. Box ($40), mailings etc.
• Water Testing-  Annual cost $225
• What do Water Test results mean?
• Overview of meeting with Wright County Soil and Water
• Point-Intercept Survey
• County-wide Lake Association COLA
• Lake Management Plan
• Resources and Grants
• Moving forward…What is next for the Association

Manda started the meeting with the agenda in her presentation, these are the items of note kept by myself (Jonathan Goldsberry) that were not within the presentation:

• We could really use someone to volunteer to check the P.O. Box as it recieves quite a lot of junk mail and needs to be emptied regularly.  None of the officers regularly visit the post office.  If another member is regularly at the post office, and would like to help out, it would be greatly appreciated.
• Manda made motion to vote on moving forward with trying to gather the money to do a point intercept survey so we can move forward with the Lake Management Plan and hopefully begin treating the lake next year.  Ron seconded the motion and all in attendance voted in favor.
• Manda discussed the possibility of a Wright County Coalition of Lake Associations (COLA) and the formation meeting will be held April 14th. Ron motioned that we send delegates with permission to join the COLA (with join fees at $100 or less), Corynn seconded the motion and all in attendance voted in favor.
• The last vote was motioned by Corynn to change Article 6 Section 1 of the bylaws to read: “Association will meet annually in the spring with the date set in place no later than 15 days in advance” and Article 5 Section 4b to be stricken from the bylaws.  Ron seconded the motion and all in attendance voted in favor.
• There are several Grant and membership opportunities available to the association to help with our costs.  Please contact Manda for more information or to get involved.  We need a volunteer to come forward and help with grant writing.

The meeting was called to a close at 8:00pm.