A note from the President of the Oneida Lake Association Board of Directors:
Summer 2007
I have been a lifelong
resident of the Oneida Lake region
and am looking forward to being your
next president. Our organization can
take pride in the lake's wondrous fishery
and in an active membership dedicated
to preserving that invaluable resource.
This year, your
OLA board will be diligently keeping
abreast of the issues pertaining to
Oneida Lake. Some of these include
water levels, invasive species, lake
access, and effective cormorant control.
We are also discussing ideas and procedures
for checking the excessive weed growth
often produced by summer's warmth.
The
OLA has been at the forefront of
these issues because of its strong and active membership.
You should all be proud!
This year, your board would like to grow our membership
and keep it more informed.
Two projects currently
address these points. The first is a membership drive concentrating
on people who live on, or near the lakeshore and are not
OLA members. In July, these persons
received a letter telling them about the OLA and asking
them to join. If you live within this
target area, talk to your neighbors, take time to tell
them about all we accomplish, and ask
them to join. The OLA gains strength with every member
enrolled.
Our second goal is upgrading the OLA's website. We hope
to make our site more interactive
and user friendly. Improvements will occur over the next
few months. Check out our
website - http://www.oneidalakeassociation.org - and enjoy
its evolution! The future will undoubtedly bring new challenges
and opportunities, but the OLA is prepared
to confront them. Increased participation by the lake area's
residents will strengthen
our ability to protect, preserve and enhance Oneida Lake.
Let me reemphasize one crucial point – sign up as many
new members as you can. It's
a sound investment in the lake's future.
I am honored to represent you. Have a safe and wonderful
summer.
