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Love Suissevale Blog
49 posts, newest first, copied from the original site. Many posts are photos of letters and notices — tap a card to open the full image.
June 4, 2024
Watercolor Painting Classes
September 12, 2022
Permanent Bathroom Update
Revised September 21
July 26, 2022
Did You Know? Permanent Bathrooms at the Beach.
The following are some interesting items from the July 2022 BOD meeting:
October 13, 2021
Suissevale Marina Boat Dock Fees
Below is an excerpt from the November 2020 BOD meeting minutes. Note: The meeting minutes are still listed as “Draft” even though they contain a reference to a vote that unanimously accepted them.
July 27, 2021
Did You Know? LS is for open discussion.
During this years Annual Meeting that took place in the Pavilion, Board Member Mike McManus continued to refer to Love Suissevale as the “Hate Group”. Love Suissevale is dedicated to sharing important information with the membership…
June 22, 2021
Did You Know? LS helped make $18,500 for Suissevale.
May 2, 2021
Upcoming elections and the marina docks
Please consider voting for new board members, listed below, who will work to make a more inclusive and fair community for all.
March 1, 2021
Join the BOD
Annual Board of Director Elections
January 25, 2021
Welcome to 2021
Here is hoping that Covid will be brought under control with everyone gradually getting vaccinated, and the world returning to normal.
December 18, 2020
Waterfront Garage at Shore
During the September 2020 BOD meeting the Waterfront “Garage” project was approved. The minutes reflect the cost of the project was $15,000: $12,000 for the Garage ($1,000 more than the previous estimate) and $3,000 for site work. The…
November 13, 2020
Suissevale Dock Survey
The Survey was offered to members of Suissevale on 8/29/20 to 9/4/20 via email or Facebook. There were 145 responses. 16 responses were removed as duplicates. Respondents were asked if they had a dock or not and whether they would change…
November 13, 2020
Suissevale Dock Survey
The Survey was offered to members of Suissevale on 8/29/20 to 9/4/20 via email or Facebook. There were 145 responses. 16 responses were removed as duplicates. Respondents were asked if they had a dock or not and whether they would change…
October 5, 2020
BOD Approves Waterfront Garage Despite Survey
September 17, 2020
Saturday's POASI Agenda
The agenda for the 9-19-20 meeting was posted. Conte Street and the Waterfront Shed are both back on the agenda. Conte Street was voted down in April. See below:
August 9, 2020
Time to Address Common Property
Regardless who is elected to the Board of Directors this year, fixing the dock assignment system is long overdue. Creating a fair dock policy may seem impossible but it’s not. If people created a problem, people could fix the problem…
July 8, 2020
A Candidate's Perspective
Love Suissevale was born a couple of years ago out of frustration with the lack of communication and openness to new ideas and ways of thinking. I think its "born on day" may have been the first BOD meeting that my wife and I…
June 30, 2020
Good Stewardship
This past year the Love Suissevale Committee has shared several communications on different topics to enlighten Suissevale owners on issues and projects that are in various stages of discussion and implementation. This information can be…
June 2, 2020
Recent Suissevale BOD Newsletter
I was happy to see a newsletter posted on the Suissevale Web site dated May 25, 2020. See:Suissevale.com Newsletters. After reading it I still have lots of questions and concerns.
May 20, 2020
POASI BOD Proposes Dues Increase
The current BOD has chosen not to engage the membership in the decision-making processes. Use your vote in the upcoming election to elect members that will be Good Stewards of the community and provide openness and transparency.
May 17, 2020
Member reply to BOD Newsletter
Suissevale owners,
May 11, 2020
Suissevale Board Members Attendance - Rules apply to Some
At the February 15, 2020 monthly Suissevale Board of Directors meeting, I asked a question concerning Mike Donahue’s' violation of the Boards attendance policy.
May 8, 2020
Reply to John Barba
We have a Board of Directors that is out of touch with the members of its own association. Our proof of this is our recent Good Stewards Survey conducted among Suissevale members in April. You can read and download it here. We encourage…
April 26, 2020
Water, Water Everywhere
During the board meeting held on April 18th there was discussion on the Suissevale water system. The discussion centered around leak detection, who fixes them, household water turn off and turn on and who pays, who owns the water shut off…
April 9, 2020
Ginny Davis Petition Update #2
I received notice from the court that the associations Motion to dismiss the petition as amended will be heard on May 29th. As that date is later the the date the ballots go out, I will have to file a restraining order to have the judge…
April 2, 2020
Suissevale Owned Land
Over the past couple of years we have attended several BOD meetings. At each board meeting printed financial information is provided for the attendees in handout form. These handouts provide a snapshot of the financial workings of…
March 25, 2020
Shed and Beach Parking Survey
Survey Method
March 16, 2020
Ginny Davis Petition Update
Many people have asked LoveSuissevale what is happening about Ginny Davis' petition. Before the March BOD meeting was cancelled, we asked Ginny for an update. Here is what Ginny sent to us:
March 8, 2020
Member Letter to Suissevale Members
We have recently learned that the POASI BOD is denying Ginny Davis’ petition to run for the Suissevale BOD.
February 25, 2020
Rebuttal to Suissevale’s Open Letter of January 24, 2020
As some are already aware, I am the member who was removed from the Board at the January meeting. I was removed because, after giving the Board several months to investigate the policy of not making the voter checklist available to the…
February 21, 2020
Waterfront Garage Planning
After reading & hearing about a proposed waterfront garage and its location in the waterfront area near the Kayak racks, we sent a request to the Board of Directors that they poll the members for feedback on their plans for the…
February 17, 2020
BOD Elections 2020
We found out at the BOD meeting yesterday that the Petitions for this year's election are due back to the office on Friday, March 20! (day before the March BOD meeting). This topic was not on the Agenda yesterday and no one on the…
January 6, 2020
Capital Improvement Projects
My wife Cathy & I recently saw some of the docks in the Marina being torn down and became curious about how capital improvement projects like this come to be. We have only owned a home in Suissevale for two years; and after reading…
November 15, 2019
Notes from September and October BOD meetings
Several members attend BOD meetings every month and want to share certain items that they feel are important. Audio and video recordings of these meetings are not allowed, nor are there any means for members to dial in and listen. The BOD…
September 20, 2019
Email sent to the POASI Board
The following email was sent to the POASI Board by Mark DeJon who has served to consolidate questions from Suissevale Members.
July 19, 2019
Lots Can Happen in One Year
This marks one year since we opened the LoveSuissevale.com website. We thank all of you who have read and followed the website.
June 30, 2019
Vote by July 3rd @12 PM
Dear Suissevale Neighbor,
May 12, 2019
Response to POASI President
Dear Suissevale Neighbor,
March 29, 2019
2nd Letter to Suissevale Members
Dear Suissevale Neighbor,
February 20, 2019
Info from February Board Meeting
Several members of the LoveSuissevale committee attended the February 16th meeting of the POASI board meeting.
January 23, 2019
The Last Year
It has been one year since I flew up to NH from my Florida winter residence to present my ideas for Suissevale to the Board of Directors. I had hoped to get buy-in to the idea that ALL Suissevale members should be treated equally with…
October 22, 2018
September and October BOD Meeting Notes
This provides notes from the last two POASI board meetings.
September 12, 2018
August Board Meeting
We have not had time to post about the August Board meeting, as we were spending most of our time developing the Suissevale Survey. You can take the Survey Here.
August 17, 2018
More Input from Love Suissevale Members
Our purpose is to expand the discussion on Suissevale issues by reaching as many Suissevale owners as possible.
August 10, 2018
Can POASI Board Change By-Laws?
Should LoveSuissevale members hire a lawyer to review the By-Laws. Turns out that two of our fellow members have already done that. Here’s the story.
August 3, 2018
August 18 By-Laws Discussion
The next board meeting is August 18 at 8am (See Agenda), and the Board will be discussing changes to the By-Laws. They have posted the new By-Laws on the Suissevale website and said at the annual board meeting that they will post the…
July 6, 2018
Text of Letter sent to members on July 6
Dear Suissevale Neighbor,
June 19, 2018
An "unofficial" Suissevale Site
First read the some history blog.
June 19, 2018
Some History June 19, 2018
This blog was established after I approached the Suissevale Board and presented a proposal to save most of the Suissevale members a considerable amount of money.
June 19, 2018
Open Letter to Suissevale Members May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018