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  \begin{Minutes}{ Board of Directors Meeting }
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    \participant{Tim Whiting, Ruth Kading, Henry Laxen}
    \minutesdate{November 11, 2011} \starttime{4:10pm}
    \endtime{5:30pm}
    \author{Henry Laxen}
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    \listofdecisions 
    \topic{Old Business}

    \subtopic{Protocolized Minutes of the GA meeting} 
    These are now completed and stamped.

    \subtopic{Banking} 
    We need to change Lori's name to Lorraine to add her to the bank
    account.  Also we have finally suceeded in changing our account so
    that we can file our taxes electronically.  The bad news is that
    the banking fees have increased from about 20 pesos per month to
    300 pesos per month.


    \subtopic{Water}
    Another round of comparing the master water meter to the
    individual water meters shows that they are pretty much in
    agreement.  Our usage last year was 9829 cubic meters.  Our yearly
    allotment is 10950 cubic meters.

    \subtopic{CNA concession}
    We decided to use the services of Salvadore Alcantar
    (331-295-4179) to assist us in obtaining a new water concession.
    He is an ex banker, and is familiar with CNA procedures.  He will
    get a preliminary evaluation by November 23.  He will ask for an
    increase of our allotment to 15,000 cubic meters and a 
    period of 15 years.

    \subtopic{Treasurer's report} 
    All of our back taxes and penalties
    have now been paid, after 3 years of accounting and filing
    problems.  We are basically on track to close out the year on
    budget.  However this is because we are using our balance that was
    carried forward from the previous year.  This means we are
    underfunded on a year to year basis.

    The new substantially reduced budget was discussed at length, and
    it was our conclusion that our first dues increase in 5 years was
    required in order to fund our year to year operating costs. This
    proposal will be presented and strongly advocated at the GA in
    Dec.

    \topic{New Business}
    
    \subtopic{Date of General Assembly Meeting}
    The date of the next General assembly will be Wednesday, December
    7th, at 4pm.  The location will be Via Alta \#6.  Pizza and
    refreshments will be served.

    \subtopic{Slate of officers} 
    The current officers are willing to serve another year, though
    they would welcome any replacements willing to step forward.

    \subtopic{Accountant}

    Tim and Ruth are investigating hiring a new accountant.  It is
    possible that our old accountant had us pay some taxes that were
    superfluous.  Also, the new accountant uses the same software
    (Quickbooks Pro) as Ruth will use, which would make integration
    much easier.  Finally the new accountant seems to be much more
    accessible and responsive than our current accountant.  Tim and
    Ruth will explore the optimum change over time to move our
    accounting files to the new services.

    \subtopic{Water Pipes}

    Tim solicited bids for replacing some of the pipes running from
    the main line to the houses along Gaviotas \#7 to Gaviotas \#24.
    He received three bids, and selected Jose Louis Gonzalez as the
    lowest bid.  The pipes in Lomas del Mar range in age from 30 to 35
    years.  Our plan is to replace them section by section before a
    major problem occurs.


    \topic{Adjournment} Meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.
  \end{Minutes}

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