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The
Country Club
The White
Meadow Lake and Country Club, Inc., holds title to all
common properties. (See map) It also holds the liquor license
and maintains accountability on the operation of the Clubhouse
bar. There is no budget for these specific operations.
The Country Club has no Constitution of its own. Under corporate
structure requirements, meetings are held annually to elect
officers and a Board of Directors. Only those who hold stock
in the Country Club can vote or hold office. In addition to
electing officers and directors for the calendar year (usually
the same officers and directors elected by the Property Owners
Association), the stockholders ratify the Constitution and By-Laws
of the Association as applicable to Country Club operations. |
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Retention
Of Legal Counsel
Mr. Fred Semaru has been retained as attorney by White Meadow Lake Property Owners Association since 2005. Mr. Semaru attends every monthly Board Meeting and if needed Special Meetings where his expertise is sought throughout the entire year.
Previously Mr. Joseph Gordon was retained as attorney by White Meadow Lake Property Owners Association. Mr. Gordon attended every monthly Board Meeting and held Special Meetings since 1950. Mr. Gordon retired December 2006. The presence of Mr. Gordon as legal counsel during all those years has given us a continuity that has simplified the legal process.
Mr. Gordon's familiarity with the philosophy that was the basis for the constitution has been a source of much help to succeeding Counsel, Boards of Directors, and Officers of the P.O.A. |
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Membership
All
persons who own property in White Meadow Lake are automatically
members of the Property Owners Association. Each person who
has a deed and has paid the additional charges required receives
a certificate for one share of stock in the White Meadow Lake
and Country Club for each lot owned.
In the Property Owners Association, the Constitution confers
voting rights and common property use privileges by membership
regulations. Membership is automatic either through the possession
of a deed or a contract to purchase property in White Meadow
Lake. To be in good standing a member must not be in arrears
in the payment of one's dues.
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Membership
Classifications
Under the terms of
the deeds, agreements, and the Constitution of the Association,
membership privileges can be limited to the immediate family
of the White Meadow Lake property owners.
However, privileges have always been extended to those closely
associated with the immediate families. To assure this, the
Board defines different types of memberships. Those described
below are typical. |
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Full
Membership
Full membership covers
the homeowners husband and wife and members of their immediate
family. The immediate family consists of the homeowners' unmarried
children, their parents, and their unmarried grandchildren regularly
residing with them. Full membership entifles the homeowners
and their family, as defined above, to all the rights and privileges
to use the common properties of the Association. Full membership
also entitles every member in good standing to obtain an identification
badge for the homeowners (husband and wife) and members of the
immediate family as defined above. This badge allows the member
access to the common properties. Full membership also entitles
every member in good standing to participation in all P.O.A.-sponsored
sports and activities. In addition, they are entitled to the
use of all Country Club facilities including but not limited
to camp, pre-school, instructional classes and social functions.
Full membership also entitles every member in good standing
to receive the prescribed number of guest passes for the season,
good for the beaches and other facilities, to be used by nonresident
guests only. Full membership includes the right to vote and
to serve on the Board of Directors. |
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Associate
Membership
All persons other
than the immediate family habitually residing in the household
of the member may be eligible for an associate membership for
a specified sum per person per year, including adults and children.
Associate members have all rights of a full membership except
attending constitutionally prescribed meetings, voting and holding
office. They do not receive the free guest passes. |
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Lot
Owner Membership
Lot owners are granted
lot owner membership upon payment of their lot owner dues and
receive identification badges for the lot owners (husband and
wife) and members of their immediate family. The immediate family
consists of the lot owners' unmarried children. Lot owners do
not receive free guest passes and do not have the right to vote
or run for office.
Lot owners in good standing who elect to pay the full homeowners
dues in lieu of the lot owners dues are entitled to full membership
privileges as defined above in the year for which such full
homeowners dues shall be paid. |
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Rentee
Associate Members
Homeowners in good
standing may be permitted to rent their homes with Association
privileges with reference to the common properties of the Association
as enjoyed under full membership upon payment of the current
year's full membership dues.
Guest passes will be issued to the tenant only, upon payment
of the rentee fee. The property owner of the rented property
will receive badges for his immediate family (as defined above)
but no guest passes.
Rentees who are lot owners are subject to the rentee fee mentioned
above, unless they elect to pay full homeowners dues in lieu
of lot owners dues. |
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Joint
Ownership
Where a holding is
owned by two separate family units residing under one roof,
one of the owners of record must become a full member and has
all the rights of a full membership including attendance at
meetings, voting and holding office in the Association. The
other owner or owners are eligible for an Associate membership
as defined above upon payment of the proper dues. |
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Officers
and Directors
Under the present
Constitution, members elect four officers for a one-year term:
the President, two Vice Presidents, and a Treasurer. Twelve
other directors are elected for three-year terms, one-third
of this number being elected each year. The immediate Past
President is an additional Board member with full voting rights.
The Secretary is elected annually by the Board members from
their own body.
This total of 17 members is known as the Board of Directors.
The Board meets regularly each month at the Clubhouse. The
time and date of each meeting are announced in the White Meadow
Lake newsletter. The meetings are open to all. Nine members
form a quorum; also nine affirmative votes are required for
any board action. The governing body sets dues based on a
budget approved by the membership, expected income and the
number of members in the Association at the time. It collects
dues, hires and supervises employees, expends monies for salaries,
equipment,maintenance and improvements. It approves committees
appointed by the President to help carry out these functions
and also the social, cultural and civic aims of the community.
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