End of the Year Association Update

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful summer around our lakes.

Thanks to you, LAHA has had a terrific resurgence this year with
nearly 80 members, a successful social event at Bayside in August, and
considerable progress with a Walled Lake volunteer group on addressing
that lake's growing invasive weed problem. Please check out our
website, lahalifestyle.com, for the latest updates on how that
iniative is progressing.

For a quick start to 2009, we will have our first association meeting
in January to begin mapping out our calendar for the year. Among the
items we will be addressing: illegal mooring, 2 social events during
the season (vs. 1 this year), and ideas for an even more successful
membership drive for 2010. Please let us know now if you have any
interest in assisting with any of those upcoming initiatives.

In the meantime, enjoy the holidays and keep your emails, comments,
photos and ideas coming. We will send you an email in early January
with meeting details.

Best wishes,
Greg Iszler
LAHA President

Introducing Your New LAHA Officers

April's association meeting will be the first for your new LAHA officers. We are all looking forward to serving the association and aggressively building on the strong foundation that Asa Smith and Paul Olsen have built over the years.

Making the association even more valuable and enjoyable for its members is not going to be possible without your support and participation. We have ambitious plans to not only continue the lake advocacy that has been a long-standing tradition for the association but to also help stimulate an even more enjoyable lifestyle around the lake for all of its residents. We will strive to keep you posted on the latest lake activities, host a handful of association gatherings to help you get to know your lake neighbors a little better, and keep pressing on area quality of life issues that are important to us all.

We can't stress enough how important having an active membership is to our area's success. It helps preserve our home and property values, and the lake lifestyle that we value. Beginning with our April meeting, we will be making a significant push to grow the association's membership to more broadly and actively reflect the residents that we are representing. Part of that push has been to add value to the membership itself. When you join with your $25 annual membership fee, you will not only support the association this year, you will also receive some special added benefits that we've detailed in the membership section of this website.

Please pass the word along to all of your neighbors to attend our meeting later this month. We will present to you some of our plans for the year, and use your feedback and suggestions to shape our association priorities.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact any one of us. We are all looking forward to starting off the year on a high note!

Sincerely,
Greg Iszler, President
Jeff Laz, Vice President
Nancy Galloway and Judy Rae, Co-Treasurers