September 2026

BOARD MEETING
September 9, 2026, 6:30 PM
Location: Seabourne Residence
Moderator of Meeting:  Bill Seabourne

Members In Attendance: (16)

South Pond: (10) Don Taft, Meg Noyes, Doug Vizard, Bob Post, Bill Seabourne, Marita Tasse, Carol Yorzyk, Bryan Rathbone, Mariel Houle, Skip Neilsen (Honorary Member)

North Pond: (6) Anne Falvo, Bonnie Mosher, Rich Sasdi, Randy Weiss, Sue Sasdi, Jeff Clark        

Call to Order:  6:30 PM 

Minutes, Recording Secretary: (Anne electronic approval received          

Treasurer’s Report: (Bonnie) Accepted

Bonnie reported that the QQLA received an anonymous donation that specified it be used for charitable purposes, it was unanimously voted to apply it to the Turkey Drive.

 Water Quality:               

TRC & Weed Mapping (Doug) 

The completed survey was sent to board, Doug requested that board members not share the document with others since we normally don’t receive a copy.

Carl is currently in negotiations with Natural Heritage to determine the best options for weed treatment in the spring based on the report. Doug is optimistic Carl will have reached an agreement with Heritage prior to the next conservation committee meeting in October so they can approve the order of conditions for weed treatment in the spring.  

Algae Bloom North Pond

Extensive discussion regarding recent and reoccurring algae issues in NP. A motion was put forward by Marita to form a committee to reach out to Carl and determine the QQLA’s best action regarding algae.  Rich offered to head up the committee, Jeff agreed to help, Rich will reach out to non-board members to assist as well.

Membership:                                                                       

Current Members: 143

It was determined that 35-40 previous members have not renewed, Rich will work with Bonnie to reach out directly to those individuals.  There was also some confusion as to when dues are paid, January-January, although some folks have renewed at the annual meeting.  This year one individual paid dues at the meeting.

Neighborhood Captains (Randy & Meg)                                   

 No response to neighborhood captains at the annual meeting. 

 Randy will continue to work on this with Marita’s help.

 Fundraising

Bill composed a beautifully written letter and send it to board electronically.  The letter will be mailed out in the next week with a few minor changes.  Anne will follow up with a copy sent out electronically.                                

Dashboard/ Finance Group (Bob, Rich, Bonnie) 

Bob distributed a QQLA financial overview called ‘Dashboard”

Rich and Bob worked extensively to create various graphs for the board to visually understand the budget.  Their efforts were well received and Bob plans to send an updated copy to the board each month prior to the monthly meeting.

Bonnie and Bob will address square payments so that only the treasurer can see data.  Concerns for privacy of our donors was raised as per voted at a previous meeting.

Beach Update: 

Jeff reported that Brookfield will continue to reimburse QQLA for porta    potty. Due to recent turnover in the department the plan for beach improvements was not implemented.  Jeff is committed to continue his efforts to provide handicap access to the beach.

Annual Meeting: (Sue)

Sue was very pleased with the annual meeting and thanked everyone for a job well done. It was noted that many attendees were socializing (or on their phones) during the speaker’s presentation, and it was suggested we add time for this in the future.                               

Photo Contest:      Randy

We had 65 admissions, no current contest 

Illumination Night:

Rainy, it was suggested to have a rain date for next year. 

Poker Paddle

Randy has everything in place; paddle will occur this Saturday 

Friendsgiving: 

Margaret Post is helping Judy to organize; all details are the same, the date is November 6th.  The website is set up to receive payment 

Board Membership:

 Quinks and Chris Roberts have resigned. 

 Jeff Clark has requested zoom access for meetings; board is willing to try  Facetime with him for future meetings.

New Business:

Turkey Drive:  Don will work on and provide details for the website. 

Ice Out: 

Difficulties with the dragon were discussed including the electronics, retrieval, accurate timing and payments.  The subcommittee will meet to discuss further.

Next Meeting

 October 14th @ Houle’s      Motion to Adjourn: 9:30 PM