July 11
Rosetta Davis, Board Secretary
20:00 Pres. Stillman calls meeting to order. Pledge
20:02 Old Business. Pending proposal to install new streetlamps that look more colonial. Tara Solomon reports on discussion with Colonial Williamsburg (CW). Recommends hiring of an �old-timey lamp tender.� CW refuses to share list of local lamp-tenders. Phone book search proves futile, turning up only �lamprey-tenders.�
20:19 Jennifer Wyles suggests hiring lamprey-tender, using lampreys to light streetlamps.
20:21 Discussion of the feasibility of sewing lamprey-sized colonial costumes. Roger West points out that lampreys are water-based creatures, making them unsuitable for lamp-tending.
20:28 Debate over whether lampreys are eels. Finally decided that they are not.
20:41 Suggestion to use electric lamps. Glen Corey interjects that water in lamprey tanks will short out electricity. Pres. Stillman points out electric lamps render lampreys unnecessary.
20:44 Tara Solomon appointed official Pine Oaks Streetlamp Committee chairwoman. Asked to gather list of potential electric streetlamp suppliers and contractors. Further action postponed.
20:49 Pool reconstruction and reopening update. Date still on schedule for August 12.
20:53 Suggestion of a �Community Pool Day� to celebrate reopening. Debate over whether to invite all residents or members only.
20:56 Fred Muldoon offers to purchase �Members Only� jackets. Motion fails 1-10.
20:58 Motion to open �pool day� to all residents agreed to 7-4.
20:59 Question of whether to make Pool Day a potluck affair. Idea rejected after �July 4 disaster.�
21:04 New Business. Purchase of a community grill proposed to prevent July 4 events from reoccurring proposed. Debate over purchase of one community grill vs. amending neighborhood rules to allow private grill ownership.
21:13 Proposal of a library-like system for checking out communal grill. Concern that stamp ink will not show up on grill. Concern that many private grills will result in mesquite- or charcoal-filled air.
21:21 Motion to postpone further discussion until next summer agreed to 6-5.
21:23 Founder�s Day celebration report from Barbara Del Roca. All events on schedule. David Wilkes confirmed for dinner. Parade weather will be cloudy, but rain not expected until late afternoon. Arranging for an interview with 2Gazi founder in August newsletter. Suggests a full-page ad to publicize events.
21:33 Reaction to Community Newsletter. Muted at best. Some describe it as �too wordy.� Some questions about �Young Person�s Perspective,� appropriateness of content. Others appreciate being informed about community events.
21:43 Resident Concerns postponed until August meeting. Motion to adjourn agreed to 11-0.
Julia Schaun, Pine Oaks Book Club Co-Chair
Hello friends -
I want to thank all the new Book Club members who attended last month�s meeting for the first time. It was so much fun meeting everyone and finding out about their reading interests! In fact, it was so much fun we barely had time to discuss our Sandra Day O�Connor biography, and we've pushed back our August book in favor of �Sandra Day O�Connor,� part 2! I�ll continue leading the discussion as we delve into Joan Biskupic�s insightful biography of the first female Supreme Court justice. I�m sure it will be interesting and fun, just like Justice O�Connor!
As you�ll notice, this month�s meeting will be held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, rather than the traditional first Wednesday. This is for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that my co-chair, Barbara Del Roca, has been "busy as a bee" preparing for the Founder�s Day celebration. That only leaves two weeks to read September�s selection, James Joyce�s �Ulysses,� but I know we can do it!
Finally, I want to remind everyone that it�s time again to sign up for hosting and discussion duties. As I mentioned in last month�s newsletter, all Book Club members must either host a meeting or lead a discussion, or both. I�ll have a sign-up sheet on the 23rd for everyone to write down what they�d like to do. While our �sign-up meeting� is traditionally one of the weakest-attended (other than our November Thanksgiving-stravaganza), with all of these new members we should have more than enough volunteers for the next six months!
Community Voices...p. 4
Founder's Day Information...p. 3
Neighborhood Watch...p. 4
Message from the President...FRONT
Pine Oaks Book Club...p. 2
Welcome Wagon...FRONT
This Month in Pine Oaks...FRONT
Young Person's Perspective...p. 5
Julia Schaun