The Committee strives to maintain and increase the membership of LOBA and our volunteer Area Stewards serve as public relations representatives for the Lake of Bays Association. Two sub-committees oversee these services provided to our members.

• Membership renewals and recruitment
• Area Stewards Program

By visiting residents door to door during the peak summer months, Area Stewards provide the main communication link between LOBA and the population it serves. An Area Steward is an advocate of LOBA’s mandate to promote, maintain and enhance a clean, healthy and natural environment, a well serviced community and a safe, peaceful Lake of Bays.

Role of an Area Steward:

1. To deliver information packages to all residents of Lake of Bays
2. To listen with an open ear and discuss any issues that a LOBA member, or prospective member, wishes to discuss.
3. To recruit new LOBA members

What do I need to know to become an Area Steward?
It is important to have a baseline understanding of the current LOBA issues so the concerns of the members can be brought forward to the Board of Directors.

It is also valuable to have knowledge of the Lake of Bays Association successes as an advocate group so you are able to market membership and provide concrete rationale for membership.

Projects

Membership and Area Stewards Report for 2011

Chair: Ian White

Committee Members: Jean Francis, Josee Hammill

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The role of an Area Steward is two-fold: to be the Lake of Bays Association’s (LOBA) local representative, helping members whenever possible, and to cultivate new members. Last year, 37 Area Stewards worked diligently to contact property owners in their assigned areas. Every year, this activity begins at the June Board of Directors meeting and extends through to September. Last year, we were fortunate to have virtually all areas of the lake represented.

Our Area Stewards, many new to the role, visited over 500 residents, members, and potential new members. We were successful in acquiring 67 new members and a total membership of 1326 at the end of 2010.

The structure of the committee was changed last July when Chair, Betty McDonald became LOBA’s new President. The coordinators of Membership Services and Area Stewards, Les Dakens and Ian White respectively became committee co-chairs sharing the responsibilities while individually spearheading new projects. Earlier this year, a new business opportunity necessitated Les’s resignation from the committee. We appreciate Les’s contributions and creativity, and his involvement will be missed. Josee Hammill joined the committee early in 2010, and has also become a director of the LOBA.

The goal of the Membership Committee is to increase the membership of the LOBA. Its volunteers, the Area Stewards, serve as public relations representatives in their Lake of Bays neighbourhood. Their job is to listen and discuss any issues that are important to LOBA members and non-members.

They also encourage new membership by increasing awareness of the Association and by helping people join the Association to share in its benefits and add to its strengths. We are fortunate to have so many capable Area Stewards, but we do need more. Would you like to serve as steward for your lakeside road?

If you are interested, please contact Ian White at ian.white@rogers.com or 416-231-9598 or Josee Hammill at mjhammill@rogers.com or 416-486-1439.

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Area Stewards 2011

Area Stewards Coordinator:

Ian White
Cottage: (705) 789-9947
Home: (416) 231-9598
Email: ian.white@rogers.com

Upcoming Events

Recruitment for Area Stewards is ongoing. If you are interested in becoming an Area Steward please contact Ian by e-mail: ian.white@rogers.com