July 2025
Members in Attendance: (14)
South Pond: (7) Bill Seabourne, Don Taft, Meg Noyes, Skip Neilsen, Judy Neilsen, Carol Yorzek, Doug Vizard
North Pond: (7) Sue Sasdi, Rich Sasdi, Liz Dyer, Randy Weiss, Jeff Clark, Chelsea Dietlin, Chris Roberts
Call to Order: 6:46 pm
Meeting adjournment: 8:08 pm
Minutes, Recording Secretary: (Anne), electronic approval received
Treasurers Report: (Carlene), Accepted
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
• Water Quality: Lake Preservation
• High Water Mark: Don stated there is no new information on the High water mark. We will continue to work with town administrator.
• SWWTP: No update
• Weed Treatment: Doug stated that this year we treated a substantial amount of area. The areas identified around our lakes that were treated were an estimate of appx. $14,000.00. In addition to the treatment plan, with the increased motor activity around the lakes, this inhibited some new growth from forming. The QQLA received a $100.00 donation from a wind surfer who enjoys surfing in the lakes and wanted to contribute to the weed treatment.
• Weed Treatment continuation: Don met with Carl regarding competitive bidding and weed treatment. The answer was a Yes, however, too late to complete this year. The water and wetlands were mentioned, and it was asked of Carl if we could do that, or Pond and Lakes. This depends if Carl is confident in continuing the collaborative effort with “Solitudes.”
• Beaches: Jeff reported that South Beach was closed due to an increase of bacteria that was monitored and announced. The QQLA did not receive this information directly. Jeff and Don will work on communication regarding any future beach closures with the Board of health agent. The process will be Jeff will inform Bill and Don, who will then let Anne know for the newsletter/ correspondence to get out immediately informing the new information. There was no activities as scheduled previously on South Pond due to closure, but boat parade did take place on water.
Communication/ Education:
• Photo Contest: Total of approximately 15 submissions Randy confirmed. July 27th will be deadline with two prizes for the winners. A $20 gift card to the Quaboag Book Shop, and a $10.00 to the Clam Box restaurant.
• Next Newsletter: N/A
• Poke Paddle Run: Randy reported that the June 2025 poker paddle run, was a fail. 500 people viewed the event, but only 23 showed up. There was 21 prizes equaling in over $1000.00. We will attempt a different route next year on how to be successful with participation.
• Phonebooks: Insert page to be available for annual meeting in August with member updates. All numbers will be corrected and there will be up to two pages to add the additional changes. Pending data at this time for review.
Fundraising (Bill)
• Bill will complete one for mailing in July.
Membership:
• Membership: Currently 130.
• New Member Packets: No new update at this time.
Environmental/ Education Subcommittee: Don, Anne, Bill, Chelsea, Liz & Bonnie.
• Looking for recipes, human interest stories for future issues.
Misc. Topic
• Annual Meeting: Sue stated the invitations have since been sent out as well as all volunteer positions have been filled. We are in need of a screen, projector as well as microphone.