President - Patty Milne
- Addresses association member questions and concerns.
- Consults and works with with board members on directions, projects and activities for the LWCA.
- Maintains communications and conducts correspondence with various government agencies, interest groups and like-minded organizations
- Prepares the Agenda and Chairs the board meetings and the AGM.
Past President - Ken Senter
- Is responsible for the election of directors at the AGM.
- Is also asked to help find new directors to the board to fill upcoming vacancies on the board.
Vice President - Melissa Tervit
- May assume the duties and powers of the president during the absence or inability of the President.
- Fulfills other duties as delegated by the Board of Directors.
- Ensures that the Workplan is current
Secretary - Carol Bell
- Attends the meetings of the Board of Directors and records all facts and minutes of the proceeding in the books kept for this purpose. Arranges for a replacement secretary if unable to attend a board meeting.
- Attends the AGM and records the minutes that are distributed to members for approval at the AGM the following year.
- Maintains and distributes the Directors Contact List to board members.
- Fulfills other responsibilities as needed.
Communications - Janice Mackenzie
The communications team keeps our members informed on an on-going basis about things that are happening at the lake, engages the Lake Weslemkoon community, and provides interesting and educational material about environmental and cottage related topics through the use of the website, Mailchimp, Instagram and Facebook.
Custodial Visits - Steve Latto
The Custodial Visit Director works with the custodian to organize and conduct spring and fall cottage checks for members.
- Provides a membership list and custodial cards to the custodian.
- Prepares and monitors custodial visits log detailing cottage number, date, and incident (if any), action taken, date of contact with member.
- Receives the custodian's invoice for verification and furtherance to the LWCA treasurer for payment.
Forestry and Trails- Bruce Magee
The mandate is to work with forestry organizations around Lake Weslemkoon, and Otter Lake to proactively initiate solutions and communications to maintain and improve the water quality of the lakes and shoreline land values by improving the forest ecology and riparian zone around the lake.
The Forestry and Trails Director:
- Liaises with and is informed by the Forestry companies and MNR about forestry activities that affect Lake Weslemkoon, and actively participates in negating those activities that will harm Lake Weslemkoon (i.e. water quality, sustainability and biodiversity of the lake/riparian zone), and affect landowner property value around the lake (i.e. view-scapes from harvest activity).
- Proactively seeks advice and solutions to improve the health of the forest and the riparian zone around Lake Weslemkoon, and as a result positively impacts the lake’s water quality and ecology.
- Communicates forest health and riparian zone improvement solutions to the lake community. (e.g. articles in the Loon Call, presentations at AGM, one on one with lake community).
- Supports/initiates the implementation of forest health and riparian zone solutions to improve the natural environment/ecology around the lake. (e.g. tree seedling planting initiatives, forest and environmental management practices via educational hikes and discussion with members).
- Manages and maintains all hiking trails around the lake so that they are portage-able by canoe, and they are identifiable with appropriate signage
Lake Levels
The mandate is to work with MNR to maintain appropriate water levels and to keep members informed on water level issues at the lake.
The Lake Levels Director:
- Regularly monitors the lake level
- Liaises with appropriate staff at MNRF to deal with any issues that arise with lake levels and operation and conditions at the dam.
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Markers and Buoys
- Takes requests for placement of reef markers and lights.
- Works with marker and buoy contractor to maintain and replace lights and markers.
- Liaises with the Office of Safe Boating and the Ministry of Transport to ensure that our markers comply with Ministry standards
Membership
The Membership Director:
- Organizes Membership campaigns
- Maintains main member directory and spreadsheet
- Prepares mailing labels for the Loon Call and aids Loon Call Editor in preparing Annual Lake Directory.
- Sets up and staffs membership tables at AGM.
- Prepares and disseminates Welcome Bags to new members and new cottagers.
- Prepares custodial inspection list
- Fulfills other duties as needed
Municipal Affairs
The Legal and Municipal Director:
- Deals with legal matters and issues as they arise and relate to LWCA.
- Deals with issues involving the Township of Addington Highlands and other municipalities including land use development, severance applications, zoning matters, official plan matters, waste site issues, election issues,and other matters as required.
- Fulfills other duties as needed.
Treasurer
- Keeps full and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Association in proper books of account.
- Manages bank accounts and investments.
- Disburses funds as directed by the Board of Directors ensuring proper supporting documentation for all disbursements is maintained and retained by the Association.
- Prepares regular statements of financial position for meetings, the fiscal year end, Loon Call, and as directors may require.
- Prepares an annual budget in consultation with the Board of Directors.
- Ensures annual filings to Ontario Corporations Branch are submitted as required.
Water Quality - Ian Mackenzie
The mandate is to help preserve the quality of the lake water by testing the water in various specific key locations on a regular basis, seeking analysis of trends and causes, and reporting the results to the membership.
- The Water Quality Director:
- Tests the water quality at least twice a year for dissolved oxygen and temperature at at least two deep sites on Lake Weslemkoon and Otter Lake and prepares a report.
- Tests the water quality every year for coliform, E. coli, nitrogen, and phosphorus at the eighteen sites on Lake Weslemkoon and Otter Lake, arranges for professional lab analysis, seeks analysis of trends and causes, and prepares a report.
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Jr Loons
The mandate is to organize some entertaining, environmentally responsible activities for young people on the lake.
The Junior Loon Director:
- Arranges activities that are supervised by adults under the guidance of the Junior Loon director(s). Involvement of older children in leadership roles is encouraged.
- Aim to organize 2 activities, one land-based such as a hike and one water-based each summer. Water craft activities must involve non-motorized boats only.
- Junior Loon directors are not expected to attend all board meetings.
Subcommittees & Initiatives
Current subcommittees that we have are:
- Safe Boating
- Invasive Species
- Lake Stewards and Volunteers