Stonecreek Homeowners Association

February 2003

Feb 25, 2003

Stonecreek NEWS
Stonecreek Homeowner?’s Association, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Monthly Newsletter February 2003
Published monthly.
Web Site: www.neighborhoodlink.com/gilbert/stonecreek

Officers
Sean Madigan
Sean Callahan
Jack Maas



Property Management
Borg Property Services
(Nancy Borg)
Office hours:
Mon-Thur 9-4, Friday 9-12
Phone: 480-456-6927
FAX: 480-456-9439
E-mail: BorgProp@AOL.COM.
Send all correspondence and payments to:
1245 W. Guadalupe, #B6-306
Mesa, AZ 85202
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Disclaimer
The Association provides patrol personnel at the pool area at certain times. The patrol personnel is not a lifeguard. Any person using the pool must do so at his or her own risk. There is no lifeguard on duty at any time at the pool.

The HOA does not endorse any product or service listed in this newsletter. Copyright?© 2003 Stonecreek HOA.


DIRECTOR?’S CORNER:
Enclosed in this issue of the newsletter you will find a summary of our budget for 2003. As you can see with this budget, the Association will be forced to tighten the belt. It is more important now than ever before that all Association dues are made on time, in order for the bills to be paid on time. If you have any questions regarding the budget, please contact Borg Property Services at 480-456-6927. A full copy of the budget may be obtained by requesting a copy from Borg Property Services and sending $5.00 to cover the copying and mailing costs.

In May, the Association will be holding its Annual Meeting. During this meeting we hope three Board of Directors will be elected. In order for three new members to be elected to the Board, we will be asking for homeowners to volunteer to serve as new Board members. For the past five years the Association has faced not enough homeowners running for the Board and not enough votes being cast to have a quorum at the annual meetings. This year we would like all homeowners to consider becoming a board member.

Board members usually only give two hours a month of their time for the monthly meeting. (And about an hour reading the material to be discussed at the meeting.) The Board Members make the decisions about the future of the Association. Some issues considered by the Board are the amount of association dues, the yearly budget, project plans for the common area, and the awarding of contracts to vendors who work on the common area facilities. These decisions are important to the future of our Association and home values.

Please take a moment and consider becoming a member of the Board of Directors. Our future depends on you! If you have any questions about the duties of the Board of Director?’s, the qualifications to become a board member or other issues, please contact Borg property Services at 480-456-6927.

HOA ACTIVITY:
CONTRACTS
Awarded:
Ecgen Weed Control - weed control,
Bank A Count Corporation - New Coupon Books,
Hatfield Reynolds Electric - install photocell at the tennis courts.
No Upcoming Contracts

CALENDAR:
February
01 - National Freedom Day,
02 - Groundhog Day,
08 - Boys Scouts of America founded (1910)
14 - St. Valentine?’s Day,
17 - Presidents Day,
20 - Uncontained trash pick up week,
24 - Operation Desert Storm ground campaign began (1991)
26 - Board of Directors meeting *
March
19 - Board of Director?’s meeting*

* NOTE: The Board of Director?’s usually hold their monthly meetings at the Mesa Public Library (64 E. 1st Street, Mesa, AZ) from 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM. Confirm meeting date and times with Nancy or visit our web site calendar. If you wish to speak at the Board meeting, contact Nancy by Feb.19, 2003 so that you may be added to the agenda.

Mom?’s and Tot?’s Play Group meets Thursday?’s in the Stonecreek Park at 10 A.M.
Social Group meets 4th Friday of the month at 6:30 P.M. Call Camille 480-926-4412 between 5:30 P.M. and 8 P.M. for information.
All residents are encouraged to attend the monthly Board of Director?’s meetings.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
BOARD ACTION ITEMS
The following items are currently under discussion and consideration by
the Board of Directors:
additional lighting at the playground,
ACC seeking volunteers,
New Board Members,
Val Vista/Juniper retaining
wall/Front landscaping.
If you have any topics you wish to have addressed by the Board of Directors, please contact Borg Property Services at 480-456-6927 or e-mail at BorgProp@AOL.COM.

WHAT IS AN OPTIMIST CLUB?
An optimist club is a group of concerned citizens joining together to help the youth in their community. The Optimist Club motto is "Friend of Youth ". Working directly with young people in their community, Optimist Club members organize and conduct many types of events and programs for youth. Each Optimist Club tailors its service activities to meet the needs
of its community. Often, an Optimist Club will respond to a special local
need... by providing relief to disaster victims, or by building athletic fields,
or by sponsoring youth bands or choral groups... anything is possible to
an Optimist Club member! Funding
for an Optimist Club's projects is
generated from within that club's community, and the funds generated tend to stay there... where they can do the most good.

Informational meetings are being held Saturday mornings at 8 A.M. at Mulligans restaurant in the Western Skies Country Club (on the south side of Warner between Lindsay and Val Vista just west of the railroad tracks).
For information on the Gilbert
Optimist Club, contact Jerry & Katy Neild: gilbert-az-optimists@cox.net http://members.cox.net/gilbert-az-optimists or Beth Woodard: 480-539-5120. The international web site is http://www.optimist.org

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE:
Feb. 10, 2003 is the deadline for all information to be in the next issue. (1268 E. Laurel Ave., Gilbert, AZ 85234.)

FREEZE CANDLE WAX
If candle wax dripped on your good table cloth, put ice in a bag and freeze the wax. You should then be able to scrape the wax off.

LOST/DAMAGED LUGGAGE?
If you have trouble with your baggage while flying, contact both the Airline and the Transportation agency?’s Customer Response Center toll free at
1-866-289-9673.