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Directory 2020.Pdf GENEVA LAKE ASSOCIATION, INC. 2020 DIRECTORY DST09532_GLA_DirCover.indd 1 4/23/20 11:12 AM 2020 Directory P.O. Box 412 Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262-203-7108 [email protected] www.genevalakeassoc.org ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE GENEVA LAKE ASSOCIATION, INC. PROTECTING GENEVA LAKE SINCE 1935 Survey facts about Geneva Lake Length of Lake ..................................9 miles Greatest Width ..................................3 miles Narrowest .........................................1/2 mile Distance around the Lake .................26 miles Maximum Depth ...............................142 feet Area of Lake ......................................8.6 sq. miles / 5,504 acres Geneva Lake is 861 feet above sea level; 282 feet above Lake Michigan Geneva Lake Association, Inc. Annual Meeting Lake Geneva Country Club Saturday, July 18, 2020 9:30 a.m. Watch for our Meeting Notice! Members and guests are invited THE COVER Nothing enhances the joy of lake living more than a beautiful summer sunset. This great view from is from the south shore. Photo by Jon Jouris Do you have the perfect cover for next year’s Directory? If so, please submit it to the GLA office! DST09532_GLA_DirCover.indd 2 4/23/20 11:12 AM EMERGENCY NUMBERS 245-6577 Geneva Lake Water Safety Patrol Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency 245-9824 FIRE POLICE Lake Geneva ........ 911 or 248-7228 Lake Geneva .......911 or 248-4455 Linn ........................ 911 or 249-8808 Linn ...................911 or 275-6194 x1 Fontana ...................911 or 275-2131 Fontana ................ 911 or 275-2275 Williams Bay ......... 911 or 245-2712 Williams Bay ........911 or 245-2710 Walworth County Sheriff’s Department: 911 or 741-4400 Directory 2020 rev1.indd 1 4/27/20 1:08 PM GENEVA LAKE ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 412, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 www.genevalakeassoc.org Organized and Incorporated 1935 OFFICERS President ...................................................................................................... Mark S. Lillie Vice President .........................................................................................E. Lynn Grayson Treasurer ................................................................................................. Robin Randolph Secretary ........................................................................................Robert T. Morava, Jr. Executive Secretary .................................................................................James A. Smith DIRECTORS Terms Expire in 2020 William McClayton Donald R. Taylor E. Lynn Grayson Scott Craven Jones Tricia Forbeck David Anderson John P. Goggin Dianna Colman Terms Expire in 2021 Thomas T. Stuhley Sally Jouris Robert W. Klockars James W. Gee Mark S. Lillie Frank K. Voris Thomas G. Gardiner David B. Williams Patrick J. Kenny Terms Expire in 2022 Brigid J. Cashman Robert T. Morava, Jr. Robin Randolph Brian Griffith Thomas Nickols Karl Otzen James W. McAvoy Dana Hagenah William B. Duncan HONORARY DIRECTORS Thomas J. Cashman Martha V. (Marnie) Atkinson Joy P. Rasin Emil A. Baumbach, Jr. Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. Martha Craven Thomas E. Reynolds, Jr. Alice J. Morava PAST PRESIDENTS Arthur W. Wakeley ........................................................................................ 1935-1937 D.H. McCarty ................................................................................................ 1937-1938 William M. Spencer ...................................................................................... 1938-1940 Everett N. McDonnell .....................................................................................1940-1942 Harold Hough .................................................................................................1942-1944 Ernst C. Schmidt ............................................................................................ 1944-1963 Arthur J. Bidwill ...............................................................................................1963-1971 George Wilder ............................................................................................... 1971-1974 Fillmore W. Galaty .........................................................................................1974-1979 Thomas E. Reynolds, Sr ................................................................................. 1979-1984 Emil A. Baumbach, Jr .................................................................................... 1984-1989 Thomas J. Cashman ....................................................................................... 1989-1994 Raymond I. Geraldson .................................................................................. 1994-2000 Orval M. Adam .............................................................................................2000-2005 James P. Hanny ..............................................................................................2005-2009 James W. Gee ............................................................................................... 2009-2014 John P. Goggin ................................................................................................2 2014-2019 Directory 2020 rev1.indd 2 4/27/20 1:08 PM GENEVA LAKE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mark S. Lillie, Chair (President) James W. Gee E. Lynn Grayson (Vice President) John P. Goggin Robert T. Morava, Jr. (Secretary) Thomas G. Gardiner Robin Randolph (Treasurer) Frank K. Voris Dianna Colman Thomas Nickols Tricia Forbeck NOMINATING LAND AND LAKE USE James W. Gee, Chair Thomas Nickols, Chair John P. Goggin Dianna Colman Scott Craven Jones Thomas G. Gardiner Sally Jouris Brian Griffith Donald R. Taylor James W. McAvoy David B. Williams Karl Otzen Thomas T. Stuhley MEMBERSHIP Donald R. Taylor Tricia Forbeck, Chair David B. Williams Brigid J. Cashman Advisors: Ted Peters and Ted Pankau Scott Craven Jones Sally Jouris LEGAL Patrick J. Kenny John P. Goggin, Chair Thomas Nickols Thomas G. Gardiner Robin Randolph E. Lynn Grayson Donald R. Taylor David B. Williams MISSION PROGRAM & PUBLICITY Frank K. Voris, Chair Dianna Colman, Chair Dianna Colman Dana Hagenah William Duncan Robert W. Klockars Lynn Grayson William McClayton Dana Hagenah Frank K. Voris Robert T. Morava, Jr. Thomas T. Stuhley COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS Thomas G. Gardiner, Chair FINANCE COMMITTEE David Anderson Robin Randolph, Chair James W. McAvoy Dianna Colman Donald R. Taylor William Duncan William McClayton Thomas T. Stuhley Frank K. Voris 3 Directory 2020 rev1.indd 3 4/27/20 1:08 PM What is the GLA? Mission: Since 1935, the Geneva Lake Association (GLA) has served as a guardian of Geneva Lake and its surrounding area. GLA advances its mission of conservation, preservation, environmental integrity and general welfare of Geneva Lake with timely and issue-centered communications and education through a wide membership base of area residents and local businesses. See page 69 for the GLA By-Laws. GLA services and benefits include: • Attentive monitoring of Geneva lake area issues and concerns through the GLA Execu- tive Secretary and its 27 member Board of Directors; • Annual publication of the GLA Directory of residents and pier numbers distributed to nearly 600 member families and businesses; • Annual updating of the GLA established pier numbering system as a cross reference guide (pier numbers to street address) to enhance lake safety and for emergency use by the Water Safety Patrol, police, ambulance, and fire departments around the lake; • Periodic distribution to members and friends of the GLA produced newsletter, the Geneva Lake Guardian. Background: During its 84 year history, the GLA has grown to a broad membership of residents and businesses representing every village, association, inlet, bay and shore path around Geneva Lake. Residents on and off the lake look to the GLA as the lake-wide organization in place to be attentive and pro-active with an emphasis on communications and education. The size of the area and the wide, varied interests of its growing population require that the GLA Board include 27 Directors from all corners of the lake. This group, plus several retired (honorary) Directors, the GLA officers and its Executive Secretary form the governing structure of the GLA. The GLA’s foundation is its membership base. It is the only organization of its kind around the lake with dues-paying members as its financial support. All contributions are tax deductible as the GLA is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization under IRS and State regulations. While it is virtually a volunteer run group, the GLA carries out its responsibilities with a paid part-time Executive Secretary working within an operating budget to provide services and bene- fits to a growing membership of nearly 600 families and businesses. The GLA will continue to serve and support the interests of the wider Geneva Lake commu- nity through coordinated relationships with other lake-serving groups whose missions are com- patible, such as the Geneva Lake Water Safety Patrol, the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, the Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy, the Geneva Lake Conservancy, the Geneva Lake Level Corporation, and the GLA affiliated Environmental Education Foundation. What has GLA done for me lately? The following are a few good examples of GLA participation through communication and education in events of significant importance to Geneva Lake over the years: • Taking the lead in preventing commercial use of the lake shore path; • Revising and codifying the rules and signage for the lake shore path among selected property
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