Wilderness Rim Association’s Water Utilities Committee Meeting:
December 9, 2015 at 6 PM
The committee will interview candidates for Water System Operator. If you would like to attend, please contact office@wildernessrim.org or call 425-888-0087
If you have questions to present during the meeting please email them to water@wildernessrim.org.
View the December-January 2016 Newsletter (PDF)
There may be some things that you don’t like about the various rules and regulations that apply to living in Wilderness Rim Divisions 1, 2, or 3 and being a member of Wilderness Rim Association (WRA). Methods are provided to change virtually any of them. Some, of course, are easier to change than others.
Washington is EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY!
On Thursday at 10:15 a.m., millions around the world will be practicing their earthquake safety actions along with WRA! Participants in the Great Washington ShakeOut include over 1 million, out of more than 40 million worldwide.
Learn how to Drop, Cover, and Hold on various situations with Recommended Earthquake Safety Actions Guide and the Earthquake Safety Video Series.
More resources available online: http://mil.wa.gov/uploads/pdf/Publications/earthquake%20country%20brochure.pdf
Wilderness Rim is designated a no shooting zone by King County and hunting is prohibited. At the September Board meeting, the trustees made it part of WRA’s regulations that all corporate properties are off limits to hunting and to the discharge of any firearms or the use of bows and arrows. This restriction was effective immediately and covers all community areas including Cascade Park and the Greenbelt.
View the October-November 2015 Newsletter (PDF)
The 2015 WRA Photo Contest was a great success! Here are the winners:
First Place: “Moody Rattlesnake” – Danielle Decker
Second Place: “Cascade Park Path” – Lesley Webb-Henry
Third Place: “Brewster Lake” – Hannah Marie Schmale
Winners have been notified via email and may pick up their prizes in the WRA Office. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated! Other entries are shown below and on the WRA Facebook page. Do you have any great pictures of the Rim, past or present? Another contest will be coming in 2016!
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ELIGIBILITY
Any member of Wilderness Rim
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD
Get your picture in before November 14th 2015, because we are picking the winner sometime after 5PM on that day!
PICTURE SUBMISSION
Send your picture (JPG format, 2mb size limit) as an attachment to an email to to the WRA Office (office@wildernessrim.org) along with a caption. It will be filed with your name, and then be posted to a “2015 Photo Contest” album on WRA’s Facebook page. That will keep folks from knowing who posted which picture. Larger pictures will be resized to 2048 pixels on the longest edge prior to being posted to the Facebook album. Then share your picture with your friends and family on Facebook to get more “likes”!
PICTURE CONTENT
***ALL PICTURES MUST BE ‘FAMILY’ APPROPRIATE*** Pictures not suitable for public display among children will be returned or discarded. A reason will be sent to the entrant explaining why the picture was not included in the contest.
Picture must be taken from within Wilderness Rim. Please provide the approximate location of the picture upon submission.
Pictures may contain people, but permission to post the picture must be expressly given to WRA by the individuals in the picture, or the parents of any minors in the picture.
WINNER SELECTION
The picture with the most likes in the “2015 Photo Contest” album will be deemed the winner
PRIZES
1st Prize – $30 Amazon Card
2nd Prize – $20 Amazon Card
3rd Prize – $10 Amazon Card
Plus, the winning pictures will be featured on the WRA Official Website, and winners will be announced in the Newsletter.
IMPORTANT STUFF
This contest is sponsored by the Wilderness Rim Association.
By entering the WRA Photo Contest, the entrant agrees to allow the WRA to use the photo.
WRA and this contest are not affiliated with Facebook in any way.
TOTAL BALLOTS CAST: 97 (16% of membership)
ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES – Three-Year Term
Mia Buse-Stone
Wil Chromey
Donna Greathouse
Joyce Jansen
Jessica LaBissoniere
Steve McDonald
Lenny Stoltman
ELECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE – One-Year Term
Doug Greathouse
Steve McDonald
Fernando Platin, Jr.
1) Approve the 2014 Annual Meeting Minutes YES 91%
2) Approve the 2015-2016 Budget YES 79%
3) Approve $40 Assessment for Security Patrol YES 71%
4) Approve $15 Assessment for Playground Safety YES 65%
Amendments to WRA Bylaws require 67.67% (2/3 Majority) to Pass
1) Approve Bylaw Amendment #2.5: Member Contact Information Failed 63%
2) Approve Bylaw Amendment #3.1.1 Number of Trustees Passed 75%
3) Approve Bylaw Amendment #4.4 Change Timing for a Board Meeting Passed 88%
4) Approve Bylaw Amendment #5.1.1 Establish Advisory Committee Passed 70%
5) Approve Bylaw Amendment #5.2.6 Details of Advisory Committee Passed 69%
6) Approve Bylaw Amendment #5.3.1 Change Name of Committee Passed 84%
7) Approve Bylaw Amendment #5.3.3 Lists Special Committees Passed 81%
8) Approve Bylaw Amendment #7.2 Timing of Amendment Submissions Passed 86%
Thank you very much to everyone who attended, voted, and especially to the neighbors who counted ballots!
Please remember to secure your garbage cans, be watchful of your children, and do not approach or feed any bear. If you see a bear in Wilderness Rim, first call 911 to report the sighting and then contact the WRA Office. The 911 dispatcher will notify both the Sheriff’s Department and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Please review Washington State Law RCW 77.15.790 regarding attracting large wild carnivores and see http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/bears.html and http://westernwildlife.org/black-bear-outreach-project/biology-behavior-3/ for learning more about life with bears.
Due to continued King County budget constraints, KC Sheriff’s Deputies are frequently unable to respond or provide the police coverage that Wilderness Rim residents request. Through a special assessment and private contract, WRA hires three off-duty King County Sheriff’s Deputies to make random patrols in Wilderness Rim. This year the unused portion of the fund is being used to pay for coverage for July through September.
The Security Assessment remains at $40 per lot if approved by the membership in September. This amount will be billed to the members with the September billing and covers the months of October 2015 through September 2016. Questions may be directed to Safety@WildernessRim.org.
