Our Volunteers

 Volunteer Board of Directors and Committee Members

Cameron Wood has always had interested residents who volunteer their time to make the community an involved, safe, and beautiful place to live. The community is divided up into 13 clusters. Each cluster has 44-90 homes. Some clusters have social functions and many cluster residents are close-knit and help support each other throughout life’s journey in illness and in health. Many long-time residents have given freely of their time and energy throughout the pass 20 years of Cameron Wood’s existance. Although, some of those folks no longer serve on committees, we are a reflection of their past efforts. So we thank all of those who have served on past boards and on committees for leaving their mark for the betterment of our community.

Currently, we are now looking for residents who what to make a difference by running for the board or by joining a committee. In March, 2008, we will elect our board members and establish our capital projects and beautification priorities for another year. Your involvement could make a difference in what we do and how we do it.

If you are interested in running for the 2008 Board of Directors or in joining a committee, please call either a current board member or a committee chairperson. Your involvement and concern for our community can and will make a difference.

Note: Volunteers do not have to have any special skills. Just an interest in bettering our community and seeing it continue to maintain high property values and a reputation for being a caring and supportive place to live.

Here is a list of the board responsibilities and of the committees that take care of our property interests:

Board Member: The board meets once a month on a weekday (day to be decided by the new board). Meetings last about 3 hours. There are 6 board positions which are decided on by the newly elected board. These positions are: president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary and parliamentarian. The president draws up the agenda. The VP assists the president and usually moderates the meetings. The treasurer reviews the budget and oversees association spending. The secretary takes meeting notes and writes up the minutes and meeting summaries for the CW web, e-alerts and for the CW bi-monthly Connection. The parliamentarian oversees meeting procedures.

In March, 2008 we will elect our new board members. If you are interested in running please call the Cameron Wood Management Office at 704-442-5757 to have your name added to the ballot.

Committees

The community has 13 committees. Each committee has a board member who liaisons between the committee and the board. The liaison board member reports monthly the latest news for their assigned committee/s. Committees generally meet once a month to discuss plans, budgets and projects. Apart from the monthly meetings, volunteer contribute 1 to 4 hrs/month to their committees.

Architectural Review: Chair is Barry Jenkins, 704-541-7713, bjenkins@akimacorp.com . This committee reviews and approves/disapproves residents fencing, painting/staining, structural additions, etc., to residents homes and yards. As little as one hour a week or month will assist this committee.

Architectural Compliance: Chair is Mike Jackson, 704-543-8319, leejack72@carolina.rr.com. This committee monitors homeowner properties to ensure compliance with community restrictions and standards. As little as one hour a week or month will assist this committee.

Communications: Chair is Becky Kuhn, 704-341-9106, newsletter@cameronwood.com. This person coordinates communication between the website, newsletter and e-alerts and assists with the CW Directory.

Landscape: Chair is LeAnn Swieczkowski, 704-560-4322, lski1@bellsouth.net. This committee coordinates with the landscaper and tree experts for lawn and tree maintenance, irrigation, seasonal plantings, boulevard trash pick-up, and all other landscaping endeavors. Volunteers are needed especially for Arbor Pointe and Birnen monitoring. Two hours per month would really benefit this committee. Currently we need a volunteer to supervise the restoration of roadway Bomanite. LeAnn will train volunteers in estimate taking, decision making processes, supervising skills and long term plan writing.

Neighborhood Watch: Chair is Greg Labas, 704-756-1200, adk46r@carolina.rr.com. This committee works closely with the Charlotte Police Department to deter crime. The committee has standard watch and reporting procedures. Volunteers on this committee have a telephone alert system and only need to agree to be watchful neighbors.

Pond: Chairs are Sam and Lorilee Phillips, 704-552-6613, joesamp@bellsouth.net. The pond committee usually works on pond beautification one Saturday per quarter. This entails about 3 hours per quarter.

Welcome: Chair is Stacy McGhehey, 704-752-1565, smcghehey@carolina.rr.com. The committee needs help in welcoming the 80 (on average) new homeowner’s who move into our community each year. If you volunteer to represent your cluster you would probably pass out materials 2 times per month. This would allow you to get to know your neighbors and welcome them to Charlotte. Why not volunteer to help make folks feel welcome.

Children’s: Chair is Sandi Langdon, 704-643-6567. Five events per year are held for the children. These events are an Easter egg hunt, fish release, 4th of July parade & ice cream day, Halloween Spooktacular and a December holiday party. These events are attended by hundreds of the neighborhood children and volunteers are always needed to plan, pick up supplies, serve goodies, run the events and to manage the children while involved in the events.

Safety: Chair is Maria Smithson, 704-704-541-8338, m_smithson@hotmail.com. This committee handles safety issues on a one-on-one basis and coordinates with city officials to address unsafe situations. If you joined this committee you would handle one such issue at a time.

Social: Chair is John Woodman, 704-542-5271, jc_woodman@hotmail.com . If you are interested in cluster or community socials, sponsored by the homeowners association, please call John. The community is divided up into 13 clusters. Each cluster has 44-90 homes. Some clusters have social functions and some do not. It all depends on volunteer involvement.

Lighting: Craig Ennis, 704-552-1718. Craig performs maintenance on the gas lamps. He needs a backup for this job. Craig will train you to do this.

Cameron Wood Swim and Racquet Club: This venue is a private club which happens to be within the boundaries of Cameron Wood. No homeowner funds are spent on this facility.