2022-2023 Board of Directors

• 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.

The Vice President:

• 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

Communications:

The communications team (essentially Janice & Melissa) keeps our members informed on an on-going basis: 

• about things that are happening at the lake,
• engages the Lake Weslemkoon community, 
• provides interesting and educational material about environmental and cottage related topics through the use of the website, Mailchimp, Instagram and Facebook.

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 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).

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.
• Answers questions of the LWCA membership.
• Informs the membership of changes and / or repairs to the dam.

The Courtesy Markers Director: 

• 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  

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.   

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.

The 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.

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.