Minutes of the Board of Directors

The Patterson Lake Association of Lanark Highlands

632 Fairs Way

August 12, 2007

Present: Lorne Bowerman, Howard Stanley, and Ted Manning

Regrets: Jack Hobbs. Rhodena Bell, Patrick Gilliland

1. Lorne opened the meeting at 1:05 PM and noted that we have a quorum. In the absence of Rhodena, Lorne took the minutes and will circulate a draft to the Board prior to publishing them on the Internet.

2. Howard moved seconded by Ted that the agenda be accepted. Carried.

3. Howard noted an error in the last minutes regarding the amounts of the bills reimbursed. Howard moved that minutes be approved after deleting the sentence in paragraph 3 of the June 15, 2007 minutes starting with "We have current expenses..." and substituting "We have current expenses for Lorne of newsletter copying of $27.53, aquarium test kits of $43.30, and stamps for the newsletter mailing of $55.12 for a total of $125.95. We also have current expenses for Ted for aquarium test kits of $64.95." Carried.

4. Financial: Howard reported that the books are in for auditing. Howard distributed the Revenue and Expense statement for fiscal year ending July 31, 2007. After discussion, Howard moved seconded by Ted that the Revenue and Expense statement be accepted. Carried. Howard also distributed a Balance Sheet. After discussion, it was agreed that the Balance Sheet would show assets of $515.54, nil liabilities, and equity of $515.54. The $515.54 is the end of the fiscal year bank balance. Howard moved seconded by Ted that we accept the amended Balance Sheet for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2007. Carried. There were no bills presented for reimbursement.

5. Lake Testing: The lake testing program has been most interesting, but we still do not know where the high alkalinity at the deepest point comes from in the middle of the summer. The readings are similar around the lake and in the source creeks. The pH which was the most concern is still around 7, or neutral. Lorne reported that they had found a lake bottom spring which they covered with nylon weighted with rocks around the outside. After a while the nylon puffed up in the centre and a sample was taken and tested. It showed a GH of 60, a KH of 120, a pH of 7.0, NO₂ of 0.5 and NO₃ of 20. This was consistent with other results from the lake and creeks. Lorne reported that a neighbour who happens to work in a water testing lab offered to take some samples and measure them. That should confirm whether our aquarium test strips are giving reasonable results. Lorne reported a lake level of 8" above the north culvert bottom, a temperature of 24°C (26° by the end of the meeting), and a Secchi reading of 5.8. Lorne also reported that the Secchi readings this summer have been consistently above the 20 year Watershed Watch results.

6. The meeting decided that there was no culvert cleaning action required for now.

7. A good discussion was had on the by-laws. There were some minor editing changes noted by Lorne needed for our April 19th Board approved set: 4.01 should be changed to show only one vice president; 6.01 the word "auditors" should be changed to read "auditor(s)" as there may be only one auditor; and 6.02 where the "a" should be deleted before the word "vice president". Lorne also suggested that we insert the correct dates, and delete the reference to corporate seal at the end, as the sole publication of the by-laws is to the Internet. Ted moved seconded by Howard that the changes be accepted and the by-laws approved. Carried. Kathleen Sullivan had forwarded extensive suggestions for changes to the by-laws which appealed to the Board because they were in plainer English. However, as the suggestions were only received two days before the meeting, the Board could not act on the suggestions for the upcoming AGM. The Board did decide to present the just approved by-laws to the AGM and work with Kathleen on further refinements for presentation next year. Ted offered to work with Kathleen on the plain English version.

8. Lorne distributed a proposed agenda for the AGM for discussion. In a discussion of nominations, it is believed that all members will be standing for re-election to the Board. If this is the case, the officers will continue in there present jobs. Lorne will publish the agenda to the Internet and include a copy in the Newsletter.

9. Lorne asked for suggestions to include in the newsletter which will be mailed to all lake property owners this week. Lorne noted that he will write a covering letter and the Board approved by-laws will be included. Lorne had met with Jamie Saunders at MVC to discuss septic tanks re-inspections and he will include that information. Howard suggested a few words on making sure that anyone who is swimming across the lake have a boat with them to make sure other boats see them in the water as they are hard to see in choppy waters.

10. Ted offered to host the next meeting in Ottawa at 1980 Saunderson at a date in October or November. .

11. It was moved by Ted and seconded by Howard that the meeting adjourn at 2:05 PM. Carried.