Today's Updates
Our 2023 garden tour - June 4th - more photos below
Governing Documents - June 1st updates
- The process thus far and rationale
- The results of our survey
- Questions and answers
- Board powers vs. member powers and rights - with helpful links to the Davis-Stirling website
- Coming next .. our CC&Rs
Governing Documents - two updates
- May 23, 2023
- Read the Gov Docs Advisory Committee's May board report.
- Read their later supplemental report for the same meeting.
- May 12, 2023
- Got questions about the proposed Bylaws? Want to hear what other homeowners think about them? Sign up for a Homeowner Discussion Group by contacting Beth Ann Farris at bettysue3@comcast.net or 707-939-1494.
- Here are the currently open sessions:
- Tuesday May 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
- Thursday May 18 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
- Additional sessions may be scheduled as needed.
- Gov Docs is presenting these “mini town halls” to give homeowners an opportunity to weigh in on the Bylaws before they are finalized, in lieu of a single large town hall. Please join us now!
Governing Documents - the May 1st rollout
The Governing Documents Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the Proposed 2023 Bylaws are ready for members to review. (Where are the CC&Rs?)
The Committee has devoted hundreds of hours to analyzing and rewriting the Bylaws proposed in 2021 by Berding|Weil, the HOA’s attorneys. (How We Got Here.) Over the past year the Committee has
- removed most items members had objected to
- added back in important aspects of the 2007 Bylaws that members had noted were missing from the 2021 Proposed Bylaws
- added missing members' rights provisions such as members’ reversal of certain Board-adopted rules
- extensively edited the text to improve readability and eliminate as much legal jargon as possible.
The Committee then asked more than a dozen Creekside members with Bylaws experience to comb the text for issues that needed further attention and share their ideas with the Committee. Further changes based on that feedback were then made.
To make sure we get this right, the Committee is now opening up the review process to all members.
The Glulams Project
- Last December the Facilities Committee released this supremely helpful report on the glulams problem at the clubhouse.
- Then this January 2023 board report,
- This update in the February 2023 Currents,
- This April 2023 progress report,
- And this April 2023 Currents update.
- You can also see the project drawings and a November 2022 evaluation of the glulams which includes photos.
- Plus the request for proposal, a draft contractor agreement, a 2nd draft agreement, and the final sgned agreement of April 18.
- May 2023 board report.
Upcoming
- June 26 - Emergency Preparedness workshop in our clubhouse at 2:00 p.m. on CPR training - please register by June 19.
- June 27 - next board meeting at 2:00 p.m.
- July 4 - This year's Fourth Of July BBQ will feature dancing - plus music by Foxes In The Henhouse! Please RSVP by June 27.
- July 12 - Garden Club meeting, now on the second Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
- July 25 - Voting ends on the 2023 Draft Bylaws.
- October - Start thinking about what you can offer at our annual Community Garage Sale.
Creekside briefs
- Hey, Sonoma is #12 on a list of Best Small Towns to Visit in the USA!!!
- Photos of a perfect Garden Tour day - June 4th.
- Lots of people enjoyed the first annual art tour on May 21 .. here are 15 photos.
- The 2023-2024 board has set these goals for itself.
- What's up with all the paint on the sidewalks?
- Here's a recent Garden Club update.
- If your gas valve is stuck, here's info about having PG&E replace it.
- Are you aware to the extensive Rodgers Creek stewardship project?
- What could be more fun here than helping things grow? So please give the Landscape Committee some help, they're short-handed.
- Photos from the May 3rd Garden Club meeting on our Pollinator Garden.
- Here's the slideshow from that meeting.
- Handout #1 - where to buy pollinator plants locally.
- Handout #2 - good websites for learning more about pollinator plants.
- Handout #3 - the plants in our garden in 2023.
- Because of all the rain, we may have lots of weeds this summer. What can you do about that?
- Would you like a little help in joining our board meetings on Zoom?
- The June list of books we added recently to our library.
- June England's June poem.
- Janet Yelner's June painting.
- A reminder to newcomers .. you'll need your electronic keyfob to enter the clubhouse or pool. Get one in the clubhouse office.
- Also for newcomers, you can automate paying your monthly HOA assessments with this form.
- Another reminder .. you can request a paper copy of any issue of the Currents. And under NEWS above, see all issues back to 2015.
- See how Creekside's various approved color schemes actually look on houses.
For your reference
- Here are some of our committees and their board liaisons:
| Committees | Board Liaison |
|
Architectural
|
Cookie Wong |
| Communications | xxxxx xxxxx |
| Emergency Preparedness | Tom Northen |
| Facilities | Cookie Wong |
| Finance | Pete Tuana |
|
Governing Documents Advisory
|
Sarah Lawrence |
| Landscape | Susan Staggs |
| Pool & Spa | Management |
| Sidewalks & Driveways | Susan Staggs |
In our gallery
- Fourteen artists are showing their work in our online Creekside Art Gallery. Check it out under PHOTOS above.
For the record
- In any community like ours, it's always helpful to keep in mind our code of conduct to keep our interactions positive and civil.
- At times, Roberts Rules of Order might also be useful, perhaps this single page of basics or this five-page summary.
“How I behave affects your health, how you behave affects my health.
Never have we been so dependent on each other.“
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
One of ten lovely yards on our June 4 Garden Tour
One of ten lovely yards on our June 4 Garden Tour
One of ten lovely yards on our June 4 Garden Tour
Featured guests at our Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast