February
2009 Meeting - Henry and
Diane Dominick, Lynn Varian,
Jan Boland, Glen Boland,
Denver Gammons,
Sue Boris, Don Breslin,
Mike Mekas, Barry Varian,
and A.G. Sherman
LNIA
Accomplishments
The
past few years have
been a very busy and productive
years for LNIA. We are
working not only for Lake
Nottely but the community
at large.
Accomplishments
include the following:
The
2009 Spring Tour of Homes -
Raised $3500 for local
charities. 125
people toured the homes.
TVA
awarded LNIA a $1000.00 grant -
To be used for lake clean-ups.
Began
correspondence with TVA Board -
To monitor the “Cliffs” area.
Corporate
Sponsorships -
The board implemented
this new type of membership
and it has been received
with great success.
Website
Development -
Thanks to the support
and time given by Lyndon
Sidelinger, we developed
a website. The
site is loaded with a
wealth of information
about Lake Nottely, TVA,
and local events. In 2009
a new website was designed
by Janice
Boling. It still
contains all the information
plus a lot of new updates
and photos.
Lake
Clean-up - LNIA
continued with its tradition
of the annual Fall and
Spring Lake Shoreline
Clean-ups. Both events
had large membership turnouts
but the clean up in the
snow was quite amazing.
Over 30 members showed
up in the frigid conditions
and braved the elements
to clean Lake Nottely.
LNIA removed hundreds
of pounds of trash and
debris
from the lake environment.
Road-side
Clean-up - LNIA
continued to sponsor two
miles of Nottely Dam Road.
LNIA cleaned the roadside
four times during the
year.
Educational
Meetings -
Due to the large attendance
and great program we
moved the meeting to
the Brackett Room at United
Community Bank. Last October
we had over 60 attend
and May's meeting topped
75. Meetings are open
to the public.
Volunteer
Hours - Over
168 hours supporting local
projects
Blairsville
Scottish Festival and
Highland Games - 14
members manned the souvenir
tent for the two day event
Financial
Support - LNIA
contributed $573.08 to
the DNR for patrol boat
navigation equipment,
$377 to the DNR for the
purchase of 18 fish attractors
(our members also helped
install a total of 120
attractors), $500 to Young
Harris College for the
support of the fight against
Woody Adelgid, and $643.07
to Union County for the
purchase of a park bench
engraved with "Lake Nottely
Improvement Association" (four
members installed the
bench at Poteete's Creek
public beach area)
LNIA
is influential in obtaining
significantly higher
lake levels for Lake Nottely during
the winter months, earlier
spring filling, and a
later fall draw down.
This is accomplished by
working with our elected
officials (congressmen
and senators) and members
of the congressional oversight
committee to require the
TVA to conduct a formal
review of their water
management policies and
operations schedule.
LNIA
is influential in
keeping a dedicated GA
DNR officer and patrol
boat assigned to Lake
Nottely. LNIA
collaborates with the
TVA Aden USFS on the management
of public lands surrounding Lake
Nottely.
Current
LNIA Board Members
|
President
-
|
Sue
Boris
|
|
First Vice President
-
|
A. G. Sherman
|
|
Second Vice President
-
|
Denver Gammons
|
|
Secretary -
|
Diane
Dominick
|
|
Treasurer -
|
Barry Varian
|
|
Past President -
|
Jan Boland
|
|
Membership
Secretary -
|
Glen Boland
|
|
Newsletter Editor
-
|
Debbie
Folmer
|
|
Member at Large
-
|
Henry
Dominick
|
|
Member at Large
-
|
Mike Mekas
|
|
Member at Large
-
|
Monroe Tuttle
|
|
Member at Large
-
|
Harvey
Cohen
|
|
Publicity
-
|
Lynn Varian
|
|
Ex-Officio
Board Member -
|
Charles Krick
|
|
Honorary
Board Member -
|
Don
Breslin
|
|
Consulting
Board member -
|
Mitch
Griggs, UCDA
|
Past
Board Members
|
Lyndon
Sidelinger
|
|
Bill Pave
|
|
Howard Walters
|
|
Dwayne Miller
|
Other
Past Officers
Submitted
Report - July
2007 Report -
Meeting with TVA representatives
LNIA Annual Membership
Dues Policies
-
Dues are to be paid
annually by each member
-
Members are encouraged
to pay for multiple
years in advance if
possible to reduce administration
efforts.
-
Dues are to be paid
by March 15th of the
current year
-
Members that are delinquent
will be sent one reminder
notice
-
Members
who do not pay within
one month after receiving
the reminder notice
will have their status
changed to inactive
-
Anyone
joining after the annual
meeting in June, will
be credited as paid
up thru the end of the
following year
LNIA History
Written by Glen Boland
Edited by Lyndon Sidelinger
