The following members attended: Bill Bortzfield, Wayne Williams, Pat Parrish, Mary Loving and Sallie Wnuk . Residents Byron Delong, Mark Lemmenes, and John Loving also attended.      

Sallie opened the meeting by asking Bill to read the November minutes. The minutes were approved as read.      

Sallie then gave the treasurer's report. As of November 31, 2005 the neighborhood had a balance of $30,790.15 .   

She then reviewed the final tally for the proposed amendments to the Secret Woods covenants and bylaws.  The final count was:

Proposal to waive annual dues for board president, secretary and treasurer: 85 yes, 14 no. 

Proposal to increase the new homeowners initiation fee to $500: 84 yes, 11 no.  

The measures, which were proposed by residents at the annual meeting in June and mailed out  in July, failed.  The board agreed to bring up the idea of a new homeowner initiation fee increase again next year at the  annual meeting.  

Bonnie Cowling relayed to Sallie that the block captains reported  they were not willing to do the research necessary to order the luminaries.  At the October meeting Bonnie reported that the block captains had volunteered to take on the project.

Given the late notice, the board decided to cancel the event this year since no one in attendance could commit to spear-heading the project with such short notice.

Sallie reported that Richard's Lawn Service has fixed the tennis court ties.   Mary asked for an update on the toilet at the men's room at the pool being fixed.  Sallie said her husband hadn't completed repairs yet, noting that the project turned out to be bigger than first thought.  Mary suggested the neighborhood get a handyman that could be our on call person for things like this and agreed to check around for such a person.

The meeting adjourned at 7:09pm     The next meeting will be January 10 at 6:30pm at the Southpoint Baptist Church.  Submitted by Bill Bortzfield on December 26, 2005.