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Tallywood Newsletter

December 2015

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Blalock, President; Bill Irwin, Vice President; Karen Shapiro, Secretary;

Roger Caron, Treasurer; Paul Long, Peggy McGorty, and John Gill

NEWSLETTER Assembly: Don and Peggy Ellis Editor: Peggy Dickenson Ellis

Distribution: Peggy Williams, Carol Blalock, Sandy Fugent, and Norma Bradlau

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Highlights of the Members Meeting At the Membership Meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the 2016 Budget was presented to the membership, and the proxy vote was tallied. All four proposals passed with a YES vote, and they are: 1. Approval of partial funding of the 2016 Reserves and an increase in the monthly maintenance fee to $365. 2. Approval of surplus funds rollover from the operating budget in excess of $10,000 at the end of 2015 to a Reserve fund category determined by the Board. 3. Cross utilization of Reserve Funds to accomplish necessary projects. 4. Borrowing from Reserves to pay insur-ance premiums to avoid paying finance charges to the insurance company. Photos for Updated Directory – Bill Irwin The 2016 Tallywood Directory Committee is looking for someone to take high quality landscape and building photographs of Tally-wood. If you are not available for the photo shoot, would you be willing to loan your camera to one of our committee members to take the photos? Please contact Vice Presi-

dent Bill Irwin at 941-713-4259 or bill.irwin@tallywoodcondo.com. 2016 Monthly Maintenance Fee is $365 As of January 2016, the monthly mainten-ance fee will increase from $363 to $365. If you pay online or by check, be sure to change the amount. If you have Auto Pay, PRMI, our management company, will advise your bank about the increase to $365. Christmas Bonus for Landscaping Crew

Each year we collect a Christmas bonus for the landscaping em- ployees who work hard all year to generate the visible results we see. Residents may contribute to the fund by dropping off cash or checks made out to cash at Peggy McGorty’s condo at 3410 Lane or through the clubhouse office door mail slot by December 23rd. Thank you.

Check the Activities Calendar. Some activities have been cancelled due to

the holidays. Season’s Greetings to all.

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Christmas Cocktail Party on December 12 Newsletter Team – by Jane Huerta We need a team of volunteers to prepare the monthly Tallywood Newsletter. Each member of the team can be responsible for one or more of the following: 1. Plug news into the existing template. 2. Update the Calendar of Activities. 3. Prepare the Advertising Insert. 4. Deliver or e-mail pages to the printer. 5. Pick up and distribute the printed news-letter to the four people who already deliver it to the front doors.

The good news is that: 1. Currently, several residents contribute articles and information, so very little extra writing is needed.

2. Our management company can submit the minutes of the Board meeting & workshops. 3. Templates in WORD software already exist for the newsletter, calendar, and ad-vertising insert. 4. Most of the work can be done from the comfort of your own desk either in Tally-wood or “up north.” 5. It is easier to find someone to substitute once in a while if the tasks are small. Current Newsletter Editor, Peggy Ellis, will be resigning at the end of the year with the January 2016 issue which comes out at the end of December. She has kindly agreed to be available to help the team with the first couple of issues. Please contact her at dellis6245@aol.com or 941-365-5716. Volunteers Needed to Decorate Tree and Clubhouse on Friday, December 4, 2015

Gloria Ewing, Clubhouse Chair-man, will be decorating the Christmas tree and clubhouse on Friday, December 4, 2015, from

10am – 12 noon and welcomes all volunteers. Your help will be appreciated. Call Gloria at 919-270-4815 for information or questions.

The Tallywood Board of Directors cordially invites all residents

to attend its annual Christmas Cocktail Party.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015 AT 5:30 PM

Wine, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Come celebrate the holidays with your neighbors at this

festive affair. The clubhouse will be beautifully decorated for the season and the party.

Effective immediately, the Tallywood Board will shift from using personal e-mail for Tallywood business to a web-based system. Correspondence with Board members dealing with Tallywood issues may be addressed as follows: bill.blalock@tallywoodcondo.com, bill.irwin@tallywoodcondo.com, roger.caron@tallywoodcondo.com, karen.shapiro@tallywoodcondo.com, peggy.mcgorty@tallywodcondo.com, paul.long@tallywoodcondo.com, and john.gill@tallywoodcondo.com.

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Tallywood Book Club News - Dillina Stickley The Tallywood Book Club (TBC) met on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in the clubhouse library to discuss All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr with 4 avid readers joining in the discussion and fun. The Book Club will continue to be held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the clubhouse. The next meeting is December 1, 2015. We will discuss The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard Morais. Abbas Haji is the proud owner of a modest family restaurant in Mumbai. But when tragedy strikes, Abbas propels his boisterous family into a picaresque journey across Europe, finally settling in the remote French village of Lumiere, where he establishes an Indian restaurant, Maison Mumbai. Much to the horror of his neighbor, a famous chef named Madame Mallory, the Indian establishment opposite her own begins to garner a follow-ing. Thus ensues an entertaining culinary war. This vivid, hilarious and charming novel – about how just a small distance of a hun-dred feet can represent the gulf between different cultures, different people, their tastes and their destinies -– is simply burst-ing with eccentric characters, delicious flavors and high emotion. The meeting in January is Tuesday, January 5, 2016. We will discuss The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. It is a psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people’s lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple break-fasting on their deck. She’s even started to

feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life --as she sees it -- is perfect, not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? Remember there are no rules for this Book Club! It is open to all. Come when you can, read the book if you can, and come and go as you like. Each person will have an opportu-nity to choose a book for the Club to read. Come and enjoy the conversation & goodies. Feeding Raccoons is Illegal – by Pat Kolodgy Although the Board has asked residents not to feed the wild- life in Tallywood, some people continue to do so. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission notes: “Do not feed raccoons! It is illegal to place or offer food or garbage in a way that attracts raccoons and creates a public nuisance (Rule 68A-4.001 (3)). Problem raccoons are usually the result of chronic feeding by humans. Wild raccoons accustomed to being fed will lose their natural fear of humans and seek to move closer to their food source – your house.” Please cooperate and follow the law.

Go to www.tallywoodcondo.com for Tallywood financials, forms, and newsletters. Click the OWNERS section, enter User Name:

tallywood and Password: tallywood#123.

Check TV Channel 195 for Tallywood news. To add an item, contact Bill Irwin at 941-713-4259.

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