Minutes of IHGE Board Meeting
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
7:00 PM

Present: Melissa Bowen, Jim Gooding, Ralph Johnson, Diane Nicholson, Kurt Riegel

Pool committee/club house – Melissa Bowen reported that the Pool committee will be meeting next week with the management company concerning repairs to be done prior to the swimming season, including repair of some tiles and the replacement of the diving board. 

Sign and lighting update – the signs are now installed and we are waiting for Miss Utility to come mark lines so that the final electricity can be hooked up to illuminate the Rt. 2 entrance.  Soon we will have walls with signage and lighting for both Indian Hills and Glen Eden.

Mortgage exploration – Ralph Johnson and Sophia Phillips are talking with banks about commercial loans and will have more information to share at our April meeting.

The solar power project was discussed and the members of the Board who were present felt that separating the solar power project from the refinancing of the clubhouse would be wise.  If we are able to find grants for half of the costs, financing the rest should not be too difficult and the payoff would be realized sooner.  We will assign someone on the Board to do the follow up so that this initiative is not simply lost.

Bylaws – Kurt Riegel sent the Board members draft 3 of the bylaws revisions via email. Since there are some changes that still need to be made, and the Nominating Committee needs to move forward, the members of the Board present suggest that we finalize amendments to the Bylaws and hold a Community meeting in June.  At that time, new Board members will be elected and the suggested revisions to the Bylaws will be presented to the community.  The vote on the bylaws would then occur in July, after the new Board is in place and would be phased in over the next year.  The Board voted in favor of this item.

Diane Nicholson asked Melissa Bowen and Teresa Woo to be a part of the nominating committee and to get word out to all neighbors via an email blast as well as the website that the committee is looking for members as well as nominations to the Board.  Melissa indicated that she is hoping to get Glen Eden residents involved in the nominating committee this year.  Diane indicated that she is willing to continue to be on the Board but because there is a possibility that she will be moving in the next year, she cannot run for President. 

The idea of placing a camera at the Rt. 2 entrance has been tabled for the time being.

Rather than have a “work day” this year, we plan to have a work week.  We are thinking that perhaps the week could stretch from April 24th – May 2nd.   It was suggested that we post a comprehensive list of chores to be done on the doors of the clubhouse and cross them off as they are completed.  We might want to schedule hours in the early evenings during the week.  Perhaps we can have bagels, coffee, and donuts on the first weekend.  More planning and feedback will occur at next month’s meeting if not before.

Since there was not a quorum, Board members were canvassed for their votes after the meeting took place.

Diane Nicholson
President