Franklin Estates Residents Association

FERA Needs Your Help

Feb 28, 2006

Neighbors,

Long-time Franklin Estates resident and FERA Treasurer, Fred Holcomb has resigned from the FERA Board of Directors. He and his wife, Jeannie will be selling their home and moving out-of-state to be closer to family. We wish Fred and Jeannie much health, happiness and prosperity!

Fred has been a loyal member of the Board for years. His resignation leaves a huge gap in the leadership of FERA. There now are only 2 active Board Members (President, Rich Mickel and Secretary, Monica Diacopoulos). Rich has been a Board Member (VP and President) for over 3 years and Monica has been Secretary for over 4 years. Both are seeking replacements for themselves and the other open positions of Treasurer and Vice President.

If we do not find volunteers to take FERA into the future, we will have to put our association into a state of dormancy. Our association has a long history of community, regulatory, safety, and social aspects tied to it. Even some of the basics such as: welcoming our new neighbors into our plan, publishing a resident directory so you know who your neighbors are, gaining quick access to news via our email newsletters and website, managing our financial income and expeditures, and organizing annual neighborhood events (garage sale and Halloween parade) are done via FERA. Future updates regarding the approved park and home expansions are communicated through FERA's interaction with the Municipality.

Please don't let FERA stop operating. We need fresh faces, fresh views and YOU!

Contact Monica or Rich by phone or at FranklinEstates@hotmail.com to indicate your interest in serving as a member of our leadership team. A formal vote would be conducted at our next upcoming Business Meeting(date to be determined). According to FERA by-laws, the current President (Rich) would stay active as Past President for 1 year, which would help transition the leadership and ease volunteers into their new roles.

Sincerely,
Monica Diacopoulos