Meeting was held at Bill Lefley barn

1.  Bill called the meeting to order.

2.  Present - Bill Lefley, Gail Zandstra, Michael O’Connor, David Bernat, Tammy Cunnion, Mike Flynn, Steve McKown, Herk VandenBosch. Excused - Mike Finn, Mimi Harris, Joe Milaukas.  Absent - Kathy Sarkisian. 

3.  Minutes from April 26, 2023, were approved.

4.  Treasury Report - As of May 19, 2023, the balance is $6,895.69.  $3,788.79 was transferred from Huntington Bank.  $5,350.00 was collected from dues.  All of that money was paid by credit card except for $400.00.  David wants the portal to include name and address.  David asked if the web site could have a back door for old accounts.  Bill explained that there is a drop down on the web site under organizational to add that.   David also questioned the D&O insurance and the liability insurance, concerning cost.   After discussion, the DLSA will continue to carry the insurance.  David will look into the coverage of both.  The treasurer’s report was approved.

5.  Board - Every 3 years 4 board members retire or are up for re-election.  The members are Herk VandenBosch, Tammy Cunnion, Mike Finn, Michael O’Connor.  Tammy, Mike and Michael have agreed to stay on.  Herk will retire.  Anne Dooley expressed an interest to join the board.  She has a marketing and advertising background.  She will fill the vacant board position and will also take over management of the web site and web material.  Steve made a motion to nominate a slate of these proposed trustees for 3 year terms.  Tammy and Herk seconded the motion.  The nominated trustees will be presented at the annual board meeting to be elected.    

6.  Marketing - New local business advertising link is on the website.  The business will pay $100.00 for a year and was capped at 20 ads.  The advertising will pay for the DLSA website for a year.  Herk asked about board approval for the ads.  It was decided that approval could be done by email to the board, either by Bill or Anne.  Tammy mentioned that a group post could be made public on the FB page, for advertising.  Herk asked how the DLSA wanted the FB page to be used.  Bill wants it to be another way to create community with members.           

  7.  Membership - 107 members   

  8.  Social - The annual meeting is June 24, 2023.  The tents and chairs are rented and the DB horns are playing.  It will be a potluck with no charge this year.  The board members will bring main dishes and set up from 1PM - 3PM on the day of the meeting.  Jan Bakker will be on the committee to help.  The board meeting will start at 5:30 and the annual meeting at 6PM.  No speaker was able to be found for the meeting.  Bill talked about wanting to get a speaker from the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland; Macatawa Bay Greenway and Kalamazoo Greenway, which is the watershed for the Kalamazoo river.  He has not been able to get anyone to call him back.  Herk said he will call Bob Fenton to get some connections.    

9.  Old Business - Steve handed out a letter to be sent to the Allegan County Road Commission from the DLSA about the road sign regarding the blind hill on Lakeshore Drive.  Steve discussed some of the signs.  Steve was asked by the board to sign the letter as our representative.

10.  New Business - Michael converted the by-laws into a word document.  He made some revisions, added in some by-laws and updated board members duties.  Michael passed out copies of the new by-laws for board members to look at or make more revisions, if needed.  The next meeting will be the annual meeting, June 24, 2023, at the Lefley barn.          

 11.  Mike Flynn made a motion to adjourn the meeting.   

Respectfully submitted - Gail Zandstra