October 2019 Executive Minutes

Greetings Bloggers,

Minutes of the General Meeting of the B.X./Swan Lake Community Association, 24 October 2019, at the BX/Swan Lake Fire Hall Meeting Room

Chair:  Paul Williamson
Present:  Ray Ivey, Terry Donnelly, Terry Slobodin, Harry Knopf, Karl Ernst, Sue Urquhart, Dale Urquhart, Marg Bomford.
Call to order 7:00 pm.
Agenda approved.

Minutes of 18 September approved. Moved by Ray; seconded by Terry Slobodin.

• Discussion starting with communication. Sue Urquhart volunteered to be information officer. Sue to take responsibility to line up guest speakers.

• Discussion of membership. Decided against making all residents and property owners automatically members of the association. Secretary, Terry Donnelly, to maintain membership list and an email contact list. 

• Blair Peden absent so no report on fire mitigation in the BX canyon.

• RDNO update: Bob Fleming and Amanda Shatzko unable to attend. No report.

• Harry Knopf reported on the stage coach. To purchase a new stage coach would cost $50,000 U.S. Dollars. Looking into other possibilities. 

• B.X. Ranch Land: Vernon Regional District of the North Okanagan members on board. Report they will not push for sale of the land for a year.

• Regional District of the North Okanagan has grants available for projects under the title “Greater Vernon Trails and Natural Spaces”.

• Noted the Land to Table group has a meeting scheduled at the Vernon Public Art Gallery 6:00 to 8:00pm October 29, 2019.

Meeting adjourned 8:08pm Next meeting Thursday, November 28th, 2019.

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