Get Approved Before You Proceed yourself and your neighbors. If you would like to participate in a Neighborhood Watch We hope you are ready for some warm Program for our community, please contact the weather. With spring right around the corner, Board of Directors at you have had all winter to ponder those [email protected]. You projects that you want to do when the weather can also find the application at our website, is nicer. Our governing documents require that www.whiteoakvillagehoa.com. Neighborhood the Association’s Architectural Control Watch participants are also eligible to join Committee (ACC) review and approve all Citizens on Patrol. For more information, proposed architectural changes before any please contact the CCSO Community work is started. The importance of this Organizer at 301-932-3080. requirement cannot be overstated when you consider the reason for such a restriction. Membership in a community association Remember the speed requires compliance to pre-existing conditions limit in White Oak is 25 and regulations. One of the biggest advantages of these conditions is the mph. protection of our property values. The value of your home is directly related to the condition, appearances and aesthetics of our community as a whole. By regulating the kind and types of architectural changes that can be done, our Association is better able to maintain our property values. Getting the ACC’s approval is not just a good idea, it is a requirement. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Board of Directors at [email protected]. You can also find the application at our website, www.whiteoakvillagehoa.com.

Neighborhood Watch Program

Keeping our community safe…It is certainly no surprise that many cities are encouraging, and even coordinating Neighborhood Watch Programs. They really work! The reason they work is simple: One of the best ways to deter crime and vandalism in a community is to create a network of neighbors looking out for each other. Not only do police and sheriff's departments encourage Neighborhood Watch Programs, they sponsor educational programs to help participants learn more about fighting crime in their community. Taking part in a Neighborhood Watch program is simple. The only thing you need is the participation of COMMUNITY YARD SALE We Want a "Waste-Free” Community!

Do you need to de-clutter, clean out the closet, It doesn't take much to remember that we have shed or under the steps? The Association is pets in our community. sponsoring the 2015 Community Summer Yard sale. We will place ads on Craigs List, So. MD In fact, if you don't watch your step, your liable Classified, The Pennysaver and place signs at to step in one such reminder! Besides being both entrances to the neighborhood weeks in unsightly and smelly, animal waste can be advance. hazardous to the health of our children who play in the community and other pets. What do you need to do? Place signs directing traffic to your house, make money and please One of the most common forms of disease take the signs down at the end. The more transmission between dogs is through fecal homeowners who participate, the more traffic, matter. When walking your dog in our the more sales. community, remember that it should be When: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 leashed. Also, it is important to remember to immediately clean up after your pet. Take Board Meeting Conduct along a baggie with you to pick up waste with and then dispose of it properly. 1. The Board meeting is a meeting of the Directors of the Corporation. By taking a few simple steps to clean up after your pet, you can contribute not only to the 2. As homeowners, you have a vested interest beautification of our community, but also in your community, and you elected the Board towards the elimination of one of the most members to take care of those interests. irritating nuisances in our community.

3. Business matters come before the Board Thank you for your cooperation! when a motion is made, and seconded. Each motion has a discussion period before a vote is Interested in Saving Money? taken. This discussion is to take place only between the Board members (and with Did you know that using the same trash refuge management, if needed). service for the community could save each of us $10 - $15 a quarter ($40-$60/annually)? If 4. When a vote on a motion is taken, it is voted you are interested in participating in a on by the Board members only. community-wide trash refuge service with one of the reputable companies in the area, please 5. If you would like an item to be considered by send us an e-mail at the Board to be on a future agenda for a [email protected]. If decision, please submit your request or there is enough interest, we will move forward suggestion in writing at least a month before to make it happen. the next meeting.

If you only want to verbally address the Board, you should plan on participating in the Open Forum portion of the meeting. (Note: The Board may be unable to make decisions on items until they have done the proper research and had time to consider their findings.) We will hold our National Night Out on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015. The event will be held at the Oak Drive Pond. The event starts at 6 p.m. and will end at approximately 8:30 p.m. Please bring your lawn chair and plan on joining your neighbors. As the expression go’s “let’s take a bite out of Motion Pictures. Nationally, 38.1 million people participated crime”. We have invited Charles County Sheriff’s Department, in 2014. “NNO 2014 was a powerful display of police- our local Fire Department, and Rescue Squad to stop by for community partnerships,” said Matt Peskin, National Project our “meet and greet”. We will have handouts for parents, Coordinator. “When law enforcement and the community fingerprint ID kits for parents and home safety tips for you to work closely together, some amazing things can happen.” He take. Our community Policing Dept. will be on hand. added, “Our national sponsors played a huge role again this year in thousands of communities and we thank them for We will have light refreshments available. Even if you are helping to be a part of this important campaign.” Throughout unable to attend, please remember to “keep your front porch the nation, along with the traditional ‘lights on’ and front light on.” porch vigils, there were thousands of block parties, cookouts, parades, ice cream socials, neighborhood visits by law So what is National Night Out about, you ask? enforcement agencies, flashlight walks, safety fairs, poster and essay contests, neighborhood meetings and other events Police-Community Partnerships Citizens, law enforcement and activities. agencies, community groups, businesses, youth organizations and local, state, and federal officials from 16,540 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide joined forces to mark the “32st Annual National Night Out (NNO) – a community crime and safety event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, ADT, NextDoor, Kwikset, Fun Flicks and Swank