Manderley held its AGM (Annual General Meeting) December 5th, 2007 @ lake Mary Senior's Center. We missed quorum on the first calling of the meeting which due to a statute change was set at 30% of the membership. On the second calling of the meeting we completed our current business and followed through with the published agenda.

We ratified the minutes - AGM 2006

The board presented a year in review with many of the projects initiated in 2006 being completed and many news ones being put through the phases. Our president explained the reasoning behind the high water situation and the Association's proactive stance to prevent a recurrence with a fund designed to spread the cost out over several years. The fund is completely funded and it is not anticipated any new monies will be required for the next 5 years at a minimum. He covered the projects individually and walked the members through the process in keeping with the Board's philosophy of the quickest ROI or best value for the dollar which can delay projects longer than originally scheduled but does not interfere with liabilities or necessity. The membership appreciated the diligence and recognized the savings made over the year.

The long explanation is not included as the audio would be too large for the web but as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. This presentation is large (.15G) and hopefully you have a broadband connection to view. To keep the size down we have only included an Internet Explorer version.

Year in Review

Our Architectural Review Committee (ARC) went all out on the rewards program this year and several homeowners in attendance were honored for their hard work and diligence in keeping their home and yard's appearance in top shape. Thank you so much to the ladies (Kat McLane, Robin RounTree, Cheryl Jackson and Sharon Sanborn) for their hard work and excellent display presentation.

A new award called Homes of Distinction was instituted in Manderley for 2007. We had  several Yards of Distinction in Manderley for 2007. These homeowners deserve our appreciation for the visual affect on our neighborhood's overall appearance. The criteria was a 2006 YOM (Yard of the Month) winner had to maintain their property in beyond YOM qualification standards for the entire year. The homeowner's were not informed of the award before hand and maintained their properties without expectation of recognition.

See the pictures of these homes and winners

Homes

Winners

The YOM annual rewards program had the toughest voting choices since the program's inception. We had to take an extended break and ended up with two homes tied at first place and three homes tied for third. Several can vouch for how difficult it was to choose.

See the selections for yourselves and pick your favorite

Yards / Homes

Were you in line with our attending members; Everyone got a vote.

 Tied for First place and splitting first and second prize were

     Denise and Jim            Jenn and Kevin

Tied for third place and splitting the combined third prizes were

Tammy and Henry        Jill and Jerry        Brenda and Tony

Thanks to everyone that made it out to the meeting and provided support to your volunteers, it is appreciated.