Montpelier Today, May/June 2008
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May-June 2008
TERRI SHIPP
REAL RE ALT TOR®
LAUREL OFFICE TOP PRODUCER 1996-2006! TOP 1% NATIONWIDE LICENSED SINCE 1989 MONTPELIER RESIDENT THINKING OF SELLING? WANT RESULTS? I HAVE SOLD OVER 50 HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD! WORK WITH AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL! CALL ME TODAY FOR A STRESS FREE MOVE!
E-Mai l: Terri@L E-Mail: erri@LNF NF.com .com www.terrishipp.com
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May-June 2008
2008 Board of Trustees
Chair, Executive Committee
301 526-1105 [email protected]
Member, Executive Committee Committee
301 793-7472 [email protected]
vacant 301 604-4945 [email protected] 301 362-3078 [email protected]
Inside this issue:
February 2008 Minutes
7
February ACCC Report
9
March 2008 Minutes
10
March ACCC Report
12
301 490-7614 [email protected]
Budget
13
"# 301 776-1842 [email protected]
Profit & Loss, Financials
14
! Member, Executive Committee Committee
301 776-5016 [email protected]
Pool Hours
the month prior to publication. Please forward all association and newsletter correspondence to: P.O. Box 2503 Laurel, MD 20709-2503 or e-mail to: [email protected]
Swim Team Info
20
General Information for Residents
21
Calendar
23
Committees 301 725-7586 [email protected]
Helping Hands
26
202 213-6856 [email protected]
$ $!" , 301 725-6930 [email protected] # # 240 547-0523 [email protected] $ 301 776-7947
Advertisements are not an endorsement of products or services by the Board of Trustees or the Montpelier Community Association, Inc.
Advertising Rates For Montpelier Today 2008 Rates Per Issue
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$ 110.00 75.00 50.00 35.00
PrePaid Annual (6 issues) $ 594.00 405.00 270.00 189.00
License information, as required by the State and County, must be displayed on all advertisements
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MONTPELIER TODAY is published six times per year (Jan/ Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, and Nov/Dec) by the Montpelier Community Association, Inc. Material for the newsletter must be submitted by the 15th of
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Chair, Facilities Committee 301 604-5226 [email protected]
240 547-0523 [email protected]
http://www.montpelieronline.org
ACCC Approval Request Form
Chair, Traffic Committee
MONTPELIER TODAY is published by the MONTPELIER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
!" Mary Hughes, Editor
[email protected] 240-938-1995
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If you are renting your home and have a mailing address other than Montpelier, please let us know. We want all members to receive their MCA correspondence and MONTPELIER TODAY in a timely manner.
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Letter from the President To my neighbors:
The community yard sale is coming May 17, so clean out your closets and fill your driveways with goodies. This is a good opportunity to renew/reuse/recycle…..or make a killing on Ebay. It's also a fun way to meet y your our neighbors. I took a tour of the community last year (the rumor that I bought a purple kilt once owned by Patrick O'Kane is sadly untrue) and I spoke with several people who claimed it was a very successful day. I was able to empty my own driveway using freecycle (nod to this great volunteer network) and plan to do so one more (last) this year.
For those of you who attended the lively session of last month's membership and board meeting, there was a great deal of discussion regarding the proposed proposed bylaw changes. Several members posed good questions or expressed concern about specific aspects of a change. In addition, a number of members suggested that including a brief explanation of why each change was proposed would be helpful in giving people some context in which to make a decision. A couple of members offered to help coordinate those changes, suggestions, clarification etc., so that we can relaunch this initiative in the near future. Please know that this was and still is a daunting project as our documentation is not always in synch and often involves line by line comparisons as well as some interpretation as to original meanin. That said, I would like to take a moment to thank James Mathis for a fantastic effort at getting all of this in order and shepherding it through several iterations so that these final changes can be made on a solid foundation.
Lastly, if you see a board or committee member out and about, please take a minute to say thanks. I am hopeful our extended meetings are getting behind us, but it is worth noting everyone involved in them has worked incredibly hard over the past few months -- to the point where we had to go home with unfinished business on more than one occasion because we had stayed past the facility's closing time. Thankfully, Deerfield let us run a bit long where needed, but it was not without some hard decisions and a lot effort on everyone's part.
With the weather gearing toward more outdoor activities, please sure to take note see of your surroundings and be your impact. If you unusual activity, report report it appropriately. We have a great security team who work closely with the police, but they can always use extra help. If you see something you can do to clean up or make the common grounds more attractive, jump in. We contract with some of the local kids to keep the common areas tidy, but they too can use some help. Our beautification committee has had to take a bit of a back seat to some of the more time restricted issues, but they have been working hard to suggest improvements in landscape and usage of the common grounds, so you may be seeing some of their results in the upcoming weeks.
OK, really lastly -- depending on when (or if ) you read this, Earth Day may have come and gone, however, since I am incapable of allowing a chance to pass without singing the praises of earth and sky, and reminding people that we are the keepers of that earth and sky -- look up, look down, look around, take your charge to heart and do what you can. Kendra Wagner President, MCA Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Meeting— Tuesday, May 13 at 6:45 pm Board of Trustees Meeting—Tuesday, June 10 at 6:45 pm Deerfield Community Center, preschool room. MCA Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month. Montpelier homeowners are encouraged to attend.
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May-June 2008
TERRI SHIPP
REAL RE ALT TOR®
LAUREL OFFICE TOP PRODUCER 1996-2006! TOP 1% NATIONWIDE LICENSED SINCE 1989 MONTPELIER RESIDENT THINKING OF SELLING? WANT RESULTS? I HAVE SOLD OVER 50 HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD! WORK WITH AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL! CALL ME TODAY FOR A STRESS FREE MOVE!
E-Mai l: Terri@L E-Mail: erri@LNF NF.com .com www.terrishipp.com
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May-June 2008
2008 Board of Trustees
Chair, Executive Committee
301 526-1105 [email protected]
Member, Executive Committee Committee
301 793-7472 [email protected]
vacant 301 604-4945 [email protected] 301 362-3078 [email protected]
Inside this issue:
February 2008 Minutes
7
February ACCC Report
9
March 2008 Minutes
10
March ACCC Report
12
301 490-7614 [email protected]
Budget
13
"# 301 776-1842 [email protected]
Profit & Loss, Financials
14
! Member, Executive Committee Committee
301 776-5016 [email protected]
Pool Hours
the month prior to publication. Please forward all association and newsletter correspondence to: P.O. Box 2503 Laurel, MD 20709-2503 or e-mail to: [email protected]
Swim Team Info
20
General Information for Residents
21
Calendar
23
Committees 301 725-7586 [email protected]
Helping Hands
26
202 213-6856 [email protected]
$ $!" , 301 725-6930 [email protected] # # 240 547-0523 [email protected] $ 301 776-7947
Advertisements are not an endorsement of products or services by the Board of Trustees or the Montpelier Community Association, Inc.
Advertising Rates For Montpelier Today 2008 Rates Per Issue
Full page Half page Quarter page Business card
$ 110.00 75.00 50.00 35.00
PrePaid Annual (6 issues) $ 594.00 405.00 270.00 189.00
License information, as required by the State and County, must be displayed on all advertisements
% & '
%240 938-1995 [email protected]
MONTPELIER TODAY is published six times per year (Jan/ Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, and Nov/Dec) by the Montpelier Community Association, Inc. Material for the newsletter must be submitted by the 15th of
16 19
Chair, Facilities Committee 301 604-5226 [email protected]
240 547-0523 [email protected]
http://www.montpelieronline.org
ACCC Approval Request Form
Chair, Traffic Committee
MONTPELIER TODAY is published by the MONTPELIER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
!" Mary Hughes, Editor
[email protected] 240-938-1995
Please Note ! ! " # $
%&
!'" # # ( ) $
If you are renting your home and have a mailing address other than Montpelier, please let us know. We want all members to receive their MCA correspondence and MONTPELIER TODAY in a timely manner.
3
May-June 2008
Letter from the President To my neighbors:
The community yard sale is coming May 17, so clean out your closets and fill your driveways with goodies. This is a good opportunity to renew/reuse/recycle…..or make a killing on Ebay. It's also a fun way to meet y your our neighbors. I took a tour of the community last year (the rumor that I bought a purple kilt once owned by Patrick O'Kane is sadly untrue) and I spoke with several people who claimed it was a very successful day. I was able to empty my own driveway using freecycle (nod to this great volunteer network) and plan to do so one more (last) this year.
For those of you who attended the lively session of last month's membership and board meeting, there was a great deal of discussion regarding the proposed proposed bylaw changes. Several members posed good questions or expressed concern about specific aspects of a change. In addition, a number of members suggested that including a brief explanation of why each change was proposed would be helpful in giving people some context in which to make a decision. A couple of members offered to help coordinate those changes, suggestions, clarification etc., so that we can relaunch this initiative in the near future. Please know that this was and still is a daunting project as our documentation is not always in synch and often involves line by line comparisons as well as some interpretation as to original meanin. That said, I would like to take a moment to thank James Mathis for a fantastic effort at getting all of this in order and shepherding it through several iterations so that these final changes can be made on a solid foundation.
Lastly, if you see a board or committee member out and about, please take a minute to say thanks. I am hopeful our extended meetings are getting behind us, but it is worth noting everyone involved in them has worked incredibly hard over the past few months -- to the point where we had to go home with unfinished business on more than one occasion because we had stayed past the facility's closing time. Thankfully, Deerfield let us run a bit long where needed, but it was not without some hard decisions and a lot effort on everyone's part.
With the weather gearing toward more outdoor activities, please sure to take note see of your surroundings and be your impact. If you unusual activity, report report it appropriately. We have a great security team who work closely with the police, but they can always use extra help. If you see something you can do to clean up or make the common grounds more attractive, jump in. We contract with some of the local kids to keep the common areas tidy, but they too can use some help. Our beautification committee has had to take a bit of a back seat to some of the more time restricted issues, but they have been working hard to suggest improvements in landscape and usage of the common grounds, so you may be seeing some of their results in the upcoming weeks.
OK, really lastly -- depending on when (or if ) you read this, Earth Day may have come and gone, however, since I am incapable of allowing a chance to pass without singing the praises of earth and sky, and reminding people that we are the keepers of that earth and sky -- look up, look down, look around, take your charge to heart and do what you can. Kendra Wagner President, MCA Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Meeting— Tuesday, May 13 at 6:45 pm Board of Trustees Meeting—Tuesday, June 10 at 6:45 pm Deerfield Community Center, preschool room. MCA Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month. Montpelier homeowners are encouraged to attend.
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