OLGA WATER USERS, INC.
Minutes of Annual Meeting
July 12th,
2003
Following registration, it was determined that a quorum was present.
The meeting was called to order by President Mary Beth Macksey at 8:05
p.m.
1. The minutes of the 7/13/02 annual meeting were
approved as distributed.
2. The minutes of the 8/10/02 special meeting were
approved as distributed.
3. The financial report as of 6/30/03 was accepted as
distributed.
4. Revision of bylaws
(At
the 8/10/02 special meeting the Board was directed to prepare a
revision of the
O.W.U. Bylaws, to be presented at
the next meeting.
A proposed revision of the Bylaws was distributed to the Membership on
5/28/03).
The President reviewed the circumstances pertaining to the Bylaws
revision and opened the subject for discussion.
A prolonged discussion followed, with comments made by a number of
Members present.
Curtiss Wikstrom distributed to the Members present at the
meeting his opinions, in
writing, on how the Bylaws should
be changed. A number of Members expressed the view that
there was insufficient time to consider his submissions.
The direction given to the Board at the special meeting on 8/10/02, to
separate administration items from the Bylaws, was revisited.
Other issues discussed included water availability, water usage both
overall and individually, water usage allocations, water pressure,
number of connections permitted by the State Dept. of Health, method of
counting memberships, number of connections in place, metering, etc.
The following motions were made:
Moved (Farrell), seconded (Sofaer): That the motion to accept the
revised Bylaws presented by the Board be tabled; that the Bylaws
Revision Committee reconsider the Bylaws revision and present a second
revision to the Membership.The motion was withdrawn.
Moved (Sharninghouse), seconded (Farrell): That we accept the revised
Bylaws as presented by the Board with the exception of the Membership
and Water Policy addendum and that the addendum be reviewed by the
Bylaws Revision Committee and resubmitted to the
Membership. The motion was defeated (73
"Nay" votes).
Moved (Wikstrom), seconded (Sofaer): That the Board is instructed to
address the four issues presented by Mr. Wikstrom (items 1 - 4 in his
second presentation) in revising the Bylaws and re-present them to the
Membership at a future date. The motion was carried
by voice vote.
5. Election of Director
There being no other nomination, retiring director Ted Driggers was
elected unanimously for a five-year term.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:47 p.m.
Noel R. Jeffrey
Secretary/Treasurer