Brookshire Cluster General Assembly
Meeting
Here are
Brookshire Cluster’s annual General Assembly meeting minutes. Each year in late
winter/early spring, the entire cluster gathers together for a general assembly
meeting. The purpose of the meeting is for the community to do a year-end
review and suggest/approve actions for the upcoming year. The minutes are broken down as follows, just
click on any of the following links:
Other
items for general discussion
Brookshire
Cluster Contact List
Welcome to John and Emily Wodan
– our newest cluster residents!
Financials and Budget
Most people are paying their dues on time which helps our
Treasurer Leann Yoder focus her attention on more important aspects of our
financial planning. Here are some 2003
financial highlights:
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Financially,
we are in very good shape. We have a
surplus in the bank, most of which has been reserved for repairs and
maintenance.
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preventative maintenance (filling cracks, etc.)
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piecemeal
repairs as necessary
o
complete
repaving (target date 2006)
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In
order for us to ensure that we have the budget for this work, a temporary
increase in Cluster Association dues of $25.00 per quarter was suggested, a
vote taken, and the measure passed unanimously.
Therefore, beginning in the 2nd quarter of this year,
Cluster dues will increase to $220.00 per quarter. This increase in dues will allow us to
keep a reserve and raise enough money to replace the asphalt in 2006.
Spring Cluster Cleanup will be scheduled soon – likely towards the end of
April. If you have any suggestions of
things you’d like to see done, please send them to John Fay or
Our annual Yard Sale will be held on Saturday,
May 15
The Brookshire Cluster Summer Picnic is scheduled
for Saturday, July 17 (rain date the 18th). Watch for signs as the date gets closer.
Out-going: Maura O’Connor -Social
Director [Thank you Julie]
Onboard:
John Fay –
Landscape Director
Leann
Yoder – Treasurer
Jackie Gaskill – Secretary
Eric Blow - Social
Director [Welcome]
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Brookshire
Cluster has a new website! Check out www.brookshirecluster.org
for all kinds of good information like:
o
meeting
minutes
o
governing
docs
o
upcoming
events
o
photos
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and more…..
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Once
again we will be ordering bags of mulch from the Lion’s Club; if you are
interested, please contact
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If
you are interested in signing up for Maple Leaf –Spring
gutter cleaning service, please contact
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Identify
areas for special attention during cluster cleanup (mention to John Fay lsfay@comcast.net )
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Sherry
is beginning to look into some suitable options for sunrooms and gazebos. If we are going to move ahead with this
initiative all plans will first need to be approved by the Cluster, and then
taken to the Reston Association for approval.
If you are interested in more details or in helping to look into this
issue, please contact Sherry DeReuter sherry.dereuter@longandfoster.com
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On
a similar note, it was proposed that the Cluster look into making some changes
to our color palette (at the very least we will need to be able to find a
replacement brand of paint, since Martin Synour
paints are no longer available). If you
have a color you would like to add to our palette, please let a Board Member
know. All colors will have to be
approved by the Cluster and RA; this issue will be addressed in a future
meeting.
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As
part of the asphalt assessment, Deirdre is looking into the possibility of adding
a few new parking spaces. She will put
together some plans along with budget information to be addressed at a future
meeting.
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Available on request. Please contact Jackie Gaskill Jackie.gaskill@comcast.net
or