Hickory Lake Campground Cooperative Association

The candidacy forms for each of the candidates that are running for the two open positions on the board were emailed this morning.  This candidate information is also attached to the electronic ballot.  As discussed at the annual meeting, there will also be a question on the ballot regarding the raising of annual dues to dedicate funds directly to the capital account.

As a reminder, the election opens on November 7th at 6:00 AM and will close on November 21st at 6:00 PM.  The link to your electronic ballot will be mailed to the email address that was used in the 2021 election (unless you have requested a change).  For the new members in 2022, the email will be sent to the address that was verified with you over the last few weeks.  Each site gets one vote.  Please make sure you take the time to vote.

Thank you,

HLCCA Board/JA

Good Morning,
We wanted to remind everyone that as we close up for the season, volunteers are needed to help with some of the shutdown tasks. 

• Water to the sites will be turned off this Saturday morning.  If you can help, please meet up at the pool at 9:00 AM.
• Docks will be removed from the water on Saturday October 15th.  Meet down at the boat launch around 8:45.
• The Aitkin girls volleyball team will be in to rake and do fall cleanup on October 23rd at noon.  Volunteers will be needed to help with leaf removal and other tasks.  Please meet at the shop at 11:30.

The members annual meeting is Wednesday October 12th at 8:00 PM CST via Google Meet.  If you did not see an invitation in your email please check your spam folder.  If you still cannot find it please let me know and I will resend an invitation.  If you have any items you would like on the agenda please let us know.
HLCCA Board/JA

I am working on a redesign of the members area to add a message board as well as security features. Once the update is complete access to the members area will require registration with a username and password. I hope to have this completed prior to the Annual meeting in Ocotber. Until then, you can still log into the members area page with the original password.

Jim A

Everyone should have received an invite to the Membership Annual Meeting that will be held virtually via Google Meet on October 12 at 8:00 PM CST.  As mentioned in the invitation, the agenda will be put out the week of the meeting and if there is anything you wish to add to the agenda please email the board.  
Some other dates to keep in mind as the end of the season is quickly approaching:

• Water off to the sites will be at 9:00 AM on Saturday, October 8th
• Docks are tentatively scheduled to be removed on October 15th
• A Fall cleanup workday is scheduled for October 23rd
• The election for open Board of Directors positions will be held from November 7th to 21st

As always, volunteers are needed to assist with some of these tasks so please let us know if you can help.
HLCCA Board/JA

The 2022 Annual Membership will be held on October 12, 2022 at 8:00 PM CST. The meeting will be held via Google Meet. Please check your email for information and the meeting invitation.

Members,

Please try to clean up your site before you leave to make it easier for our staff to mow. This would include anything that can be moved off of your lawn, including lawn ornaments. This will make it much easier for our staff to get the lawn maintenance done in a timely manner.

Also, please remember the speed limit in the campground is 5 MPH.

Thank you, 

HLCCA Board/TB

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Hi All,

Spring is hopefully going to fully bloom soon, in the meantime, please consider helping out at HLCCA to get things up and running.  I have contacted Aitkin High School to see about getting some help, but haven’t heard from any groups yet.  So please follow the link to the google spreadsheet and sign up for whatever you are willing to help with.  As we all know, many hands make light work.  The dates, times, and descriptions of the needs are listed on the spreadsheet and below.  Just click a box to fill in your name for what you can help with.  If you are unsure of what or how to do this, please let me know and I can sign you up.

Sign Up:   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_skiao_l4AMlUWksI6XB00YbTx-Wu9RNnY0rhxdSmv0/edit?usp=sharing

Volunteer needs for:

Docks in the water (4/30 9:00-noon)We need approximately 4-6 people to assist in putting in the docks. We will have the Bobcat to place the main docks into the lake but will need 2-3 people in waders and 1-2 people on the dock to place the wings onto the main dock.

Water to sites turned on (4/30/22 1:00-3:00)We need approximately 4 people to assist in turning on the water to the sites. We will need volunteers to go down the row of each section as it is turned on to open the water valves and then shut them. The volunteers should verify that each site has a backflow valve installed. If not, the owner of the site will be notified to have this installed as soon as possible. Once all the water is flowing to the entire campground, the volunteers should walk the campground looking for leaks (ground saturation). The volunteers may need to assist in digging up the ground where any leaks occur and patching the leak. We have plumbing supplies in the workshop to patch the leaks.

Buildings Spring Clean-Up (5/15 9:00-noon)We need approximately 4-6 people to assist in cleaning and sanitizing the Game Room, Gathering Room, Shower House, and Laundry Room. There should be cleaning supplies on hand from last year. If not, the work campers should order the supplies as needed using the procurement card.

Grounds Spring Clean-Up (5/15 9:00-noon)We need approximately 10 or more people to assist in cleaning the grounds. This involves mainly removing leaves and debris after the winter. We have lawn equipment that can be used to pick up leaves but the first cleaning involves manual raking to loosen the leaves from the ground.

HLCCA Volunteer Coordinators

hlccavolunteer@gmail.com

Lisa Boldenow & Bobbie Shafer

Good Morning HLCCA Members,
Old man winter has been hanging out for a while too long this year.  Snow, freezing temps, and on Easter Sunday people were still ice fishing on the lake.  Latest pictures of the lake yesterday afternoon still show a significant amount of ice on the lake. With the rain/thunderstorms and warmer temps forecasted for the upcoming days, it is looking hopeful for ice out by mid-next week.
For those wondering, water to the shower house will be on this weekend and should be able to stay on for the rest of the season. Some repairs to leaks were made to the water system this past week and the lack of an on-site caretaker prompted leaving it off until this weekend.
Speaking of the lack of an onsite caretaker.  For those that may not know yet, Kevin and Marie will not be back this spring.  They have decided to follow the direction the Lord has led them and stay in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  They will be missed dearly.  For the past month and one half Jim Apple has been posting ads and he and I have been reviewing resumes that have come in.  To say the least in this time of an employee’s market the search has not been going well.  If anyone has any leads please pass them on.
Please look for the email sent out yesterday afternoon by the volunteer coordinators, Lisa and Bobbie.  Take a few minutes to check it out and possibly sign up in an area you are able to help out with.  Thank you to Lisa and Bobbie for their efforts with this.

See y’all soon,

Ed

The snow is melting slowly. The ground is wet and soft. The ice on the lake is solid enough for ice fishing still.