Dear Lake Shannon Residents,
The Newsletter for the Fall General Membership was mailed on September 22, 2022 and electronically transmitted on 9/21/2022. The following communication is being sent to provide you notice of the bylaw proposals that will be presented by Mike Laido, which is separate from the bylaw committee changes that will be presented by Laura Carr at the start of The General Membership Meeting on October 5, 2022.
Mike's proposals will be considered "New Business" and will be presented after the Trustee Reports. These bylaws have not been reviewed, edited, or discussed thoroughly by the board, therefore; the board is unable to make a recommendation to the membership at this time.
Mike Laido is requesting in his bylaw proposal #13 for the membership to be able to obtain copies of complaints made against them. The board's bylaw complaint process provides anonymity to members who fill out a complaint form. It's not easy to fill out a form to complain about your neighbor, and the board is trying to keep the process as confidential as possible. The board would like the membership to understand that passing this bylaw would jeopardize the integrity of the current bylaw complaint process.
Our fall agenda is a full agenda, and we will have limited time to discuss these bylaw proposals. If you have any questions regarding Mike's proposals, please feel free to contact Mike prior to the meeting at 810-333-2666 or email: [email protected]
Mike's proposed bylaw changes are detailed below.
Best Regards,
Lynne Dodson, Corresponding Secretary
The Lake Shannon Board of Trustees
The Newsletter for the Fall General Membership was mailed on September 22, 2022 and electronically transmitted on 9/21/2022. The following communication is being sent to provide you notice of the bylaw proposals that will be presented by Mike Laido, which is separate from the bylaw committee changes that will be presented by Laura Carr at the start of The General Membership Meeting on October 5, 2022.
Mike's proposals will be considered "New Business" and will be presented after the Trustee Reports. These bylaws have not been reviewed, edited, or discussed thoroughly by the board, therefore; the board is unable to make a recommendation to the membership at this time.
Mike Laido is requesting in his bylaw proposal #13 for the membership to be able to obtain copies of complaints made against them. The board's bylaw complaint process provides anonymity to members who fill out a complaint form. It's not easy to fill out a form to complain about your neighbor, and the board is trying to keep the process as confidential as possible. The board would like the membership to understand that passing this bylaw would jeopardize the integrity of the current bylaw complaint process.
Our fall agenda is a full agenda, and we will have limited time to discuss these bylaw proposals. If you have any questions regarding Mike's proposals, please feel free to contact Mike prior to the meeting at 810-333-2666 or email: [email protected]
Mike's proposed bylaw changes are detailed below.
Best Regards,
Lynne Dodson, Corresponding Secretary
The Lake Shannon Board of Trustees
Item #7
By Law Removal: ROADS OVERNIGHT PARKING
REMOVAL OF By LAW Page 14 Article XIII Section 3 #7 – remove it, it is unenforceable on public roads
LOGIC
Since the roads are public,and some private owned by Lake Shannon residents on that road.
The only place this bi law is legal is on the dam spillway.
No parking signs on the dam spillway address this issue already.
Thus remove the No parking on the street overnight bi law, as it is completely unenforceable by Lake
Shannon or the local police.
Public roads are public roads, the private roads are only those on them, and the Dam Spillway is the only
place we have any jurisdiction at all.
ITEM #8
By Law removal TREES LIMIT Remove it
Page 10, Article VIII Section 3 #9 Shade Trees
REMOVE this by law
LOGIC
3 or more trees to remove requires approval of ACC of Lake Shannon.
This bi law was made in regards to Raj Tithas house lot long before it was his. No one liked the clear
cutting. But many many many new homes have done exactly the same, with the most recent one ( a Lot)
this month ( August 2022) . Every home owner knows what is best for their lot. This is a silly Bi law that
has residents wanting to control what others do with their property. It serves no real purpose and should be
removed as it does not do what it was intended to for new construction and causes issues for current
owner who wish to utilize their property to the best they can. Further more trees create leaves, leaves fall
into the lake yearly, and create muck and the muck then must be dredged. Costing everyone money in
dredging. Remove the bi law.
ITEM #9
By Law removal
Page 12 Section 5 of article VIII, #10
Seawalls -REMOVE BY LAW
LOGIC
EGLE ( prior DEQ) has total control of seawalls, this bi law is outdated and we have no control over
seawalls
Delete it and let EGLE and the State of Michigan deal with it. This is the proper thing to do.
We are wasting our time and efforts on something of which we do not have any jurisdiction.
ITEM #10
New By law: NEW RULES OF ORDER TO INTRODUCE A BI LAW
page 16, Article XV............................................... ( Replace 1,2,3,& 4 with the attached version)
see attached ….................as worked on by Mike Laido and Mark Kennedy years ago.
Bylaw Amendments: Amend the current process for modifying the bylaws by replacing and
editing the current bylaw to require documentation of support and presentation of memberinitiated proposal as shown below:
ARTICLE XV METHOD OF AMENDMENT
These bylaws may be amended at any meeting of the Association as follows:
1) Amendments may be proposed by either a member or by the Board of Trustees in
accordance with the provisions of Act 137 (1929) Public Act of the State of Michigan, as
amended.
2) Member-initiated amendments shall:
a. Provide a clear written statement of the proposed change, including the wording to
appear in the bylaws if approved by the membership.
b. Be submitted in writing and presented to the Board of Trustees for their review at
least sixty calendar days prior to the membership meeting at which they are to be
acted upon.
c. Be signed by the proposer(s) and include the proposer(s’) name, address and
phone number.
d. Be supported by a petition containing the signatures, printed names and address of
a minimum of 30 members clearly stating their support of the proposed
amendment.
e. Be placed before the membership for consideration and vote only if the
proposer(s) present their proposal verbally at the next association meeting as
determined by the board. If a proposer is unable to attend, then one of the x or
more supporters who signed the supporting petition may verbally propose it at the
association meeting. In the event neither a proposer nor a petition supporter
verbally presents the amendment proposal, then the proposal shall automatically
be removed from the agenda and will not be considered by the membership.
3) Notice of the proposed amendment must be mailed or sent by electronic transmission to
the membership, consistent with Article IV, Section 3.4, at least ten days prior to the
association meeting at which they are to be acted upon.
4) Amendments proposed by the Board or properly proposed and presented by a member(s)
as described in 2 above shall become effective ten days after an affirmative two-thirds vote
of members attending and voting at the association meeting where the amendment is
considered.
NOTE: Mike has proposed 30 signatures but is open to a different number.
ITEM #11
votes: we need more oversight and the counts need to be PUBLIC, you are not above us.
New By Law: page 1 Article IV Section 2 new #5
The count of votes ( or written ballots) for trustee members or for meeting votes of any kind, must be kept
for a minimum of 1 year and stored by a board member for review by any member of the community who
wishes to recount the vote. Any current member of the board must be present for this to ensure no votes
leave or are added to the counts. Additionally the counts for and against any vote that happens for
anything must also be recorded and kept for a minimum of 1 year. Any visual counts must be verified by as
second trustee and both names should be recorded with total votes for and against the selected vote. The
results of any vote in numbers will be provided/published to the General membership by either the Lake
Shannon web page or by the next newsletter or by email.
ITEM #13
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION for HOME OWNERS
New by law to Page 1 Article IV Section , section 2, New #6
Like FOIA – Freedom of Information Act:
Any Lake Shannon member may request complaints, or other documents of the HOA and then be given a
estimate for the time it will take and a fee for the time to obtain the information. This should be reasonable
and inline with the time it takes to gather the information and the copy costs that are also involved.
By Law Removal: ROADS OVERNIGHT PARKING
REMOVAL OF By LAW Page 14 Article XIII Section 3 #7 – remove it, it is unenforceable on public roads
LOGIC
Since the roads are public,and some private owned by Lake Shannon residents on that road.
The only place this bi law is legal is on the dam spillway.
No parking signs on the dam spillway address this issue already.
Thus remove the No parking on the street overnight bi law, as it is completely unenforceable by Lake
Shannon or the local police.
Public roads are public roads, the private roads are only those on them, and the Dam Spillway is the only
place we have any jurisdiction at all.
ITEM #8
By Law removal TREES LIMIT Remove it
Page 10, Article VIII Section 3 #9 Shade Trees
REMOVE this by law
LOGIC
3 or more trees to remove requires approval of ACC of Lake Shannon.
This bi law was made in regards to Raj Tithas house lot long before it was his. No one liked the clear
cutting. But many many many new homes have done exactly the same, with the most recent one ( a Lot)
this month ( August 2022) . Every home owner knows what is best for their lot. This is a silly Bi law that
has residents wanting to control what others do with their property. It serves no real purpose and should be
removed as it does not do what it was intended to for new construction and causes issues for current
owner who wish to utilize their property to the best they can. Further more trees create leaves, leaves fall
into the lake yearly, and create muck and the muck then must be dredged. Costing everyone money in
dredging. Remove the bi law.
ITEM #9
By Law removal
Page 12 Section 5 of article VIII, #10
Seawalls -REMOVE BY LAW
LOGIC
EGLE ( prior DEQ) has total control of seawalls, this bi law is outdated and we have no control over
seawalls
Delete it and let EGLE and the State of Michigan deal with it. This is the proper thing to do.
We are wasting our time and efforts on something of which we do not have any jurisdiction.
ITEM #10
New By law: NEW RULES OF ORDER TO INTRODUCE A BI LAW
page 16, Article XV............................................... ( Replace 1,2,3,& 4 with the attached version)
see attached ….................as worked on by Mike Laido and Mark Kennedy years ago.
Bylaw Amendments: Amend the current process for modifying the bylaws by replacing and
editing the current bylaw to require documentation of support and presentation of memberinitiated proposal as shown below:
ARTICLE XV METHOD OF AMENDMENT
These bylaws may be amended at any meeting of the Association as follows:
1) Amendments may be proposed by either a member or by the Board of Trustees in
accordance with the provisions of Act 137 (1929) Public Act of the State of Michigan, as
amended.
2) Member-initiated amendments shall:
a. Provide a clear written statement of the proposed change, including the wording to
appear in the bylaws if approved by the membership.
b. Be submitted in writing and presented to the Board of Trustees for their review at
least sixty calendar days prior to the membership meeting at which they are to be
acted upon.
c. Be signed by the proposer(s) and include the proposer(s’) name, address and
phone number.
d. Be supported by a petition containing the signatures, printed names and address of
a minimum of 30 members clearly stating their support of the proposed
amendment.
e. Be placed before the membership for consideration and vote only if the
proposer(s) present their proposal verbally at the next association meeting as
determined by the board. If a proposer is unable to attend, then one of the x or
more supporters who signed the supporting petition may verbally propose it at the
association meeting. In the event neither a proposer nor a petition supporter
verbally presents the amendment proposal, then the proposal shall automatically
be removed from the agenda and will not be considered by the membership.
3) Notice of the proposed amendment must be mailed or sent by electronic transmission to
the membership, consistent with Article IV, Section 3.4, at least ten days prior to the
association meeting at which they are to be acted upon.
4) Amendments proposed by the Board or properly proposed and presented by a member(s)
as described in 2 above shall become effective ten days after an affirmative two-thirds vote
of members attending and voting at the association meeting where the amendment is
considered.
NOTE: Mike has proposed 30 signatures but is open to a different number.
ITEM #11
votes: we need more oversight and the counts need to be PUBLIC, you are not above us.
New By Law: page 1 Article IV Section 2 new #5
The count of votes ( or written ballots) for trustee members or for meeting votes of any kind, must be kept
for a minimum of 1 year and stored by a board member for review by any member of the community who
wishes to recount the vote. Any current member of the board must be present for this to ensure no votes
leave or are added to the counts. Additionally the counts for and against any vote that happens for
anything must also be recorded and kept for a minimum of 1 year. Any visual counts must be verified by as
second trustee and both names should be recorded with total votes for and against the selected vote. The
results of any vote in numbers will be provided/published to the General membership by either the Lake
Shannon web page or by the next newsletter or by email.
ITEM #13
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION for HOME OWNERS
New by law to Page 1 Article IV Section , section 2, New #6
Like FOIA – Freedom of Information Act:
Any Lake Shannon member may request complaints, or other documents of the HOA and then be given a
estimate for the time it will take and a fee for the time to obtain the information. This should be reasonable
and inline with the time it takes to gather the information and the copy costs that are also involved.