PRVANewsletterOct2004


October, 2004 - reaching 73 PRVA members
The Most Important Meeting of the Year	Board Meetings, Minutes, Financials
The Annual Meeting is Wednesday, Oct 20 at 7pm, Grafton Elementary School. Now is the time to submit your name to be on the ballot. Deadline to do so is Friday, October 8th. Please don't be shy. If you have an honest interest in representing our community, please step forward and be known. Email the board to have your name put on the ballot. You can also use this forum to reach our email members. If you want change, now is the time!! This is the meeting where we vote for board members, get a chance to air our concerns, review the financials, ask questions, etc. It is always difficult to get a quorum, which is what is needed to make these meetings legal. If you pay attention to anything at PRV, make it this, PLEASE.	Minutes for the August meeting are posted here. Financials - August 31, 2004 balance sheet is posted along with the Sept 2003-Aug 2004 P&L Budget vs. Actual. Both are posted here. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12th at 3 Lexington, 6:00p.m. Please email the board if you are going to attend. All are welcome! The password has changed and was sent out to you on September 20th. If you need the password, just ask.
Important Electrical Info	Pet Community News
Know your GFI -Read this case study that involved a unit owner without power between 6a.m. and 3p.m. which involved Mass Electric, our electrician and two PRVA board members...on a Saturday...in the rain, and learn how to prevent it from happening to you!	Scoop just moved in with Adam and Maureen. How adorable! Read about Scoop here!
PRV Open House	The Ole Woodsman
What a wonderful event. We have pictures of 7 units, grouped by unit and by element (like kitchen, living room, window treatment, lighting, etc.) - link here. It started with a simple email. Laurie suggested we think about an Open House event. That started the ball rolling to what has turned out to be the most positive social event our Townhouse Association has had in its 22 years of existence. Not only that, but there were numerous positive ripple effects. Read more here! To navigate to it in the future, go to member/unit changes/house tour 2004.	This month, the Ole Woodsman tells us about our mushrooms. We have some very weird mushrooms around here! A great 'Ecosystem' as he says.	Taken at the mailbox building Sept 18
Content for PRVA	Pick-Up-Everything Junk
Specific 'channels' of articles are now tied into our site, under members/misc./articles. These articles are written by individuals, both amateurs and professionals. They are chosen by editors in their fields and are presented to you via syndicated columns. They will rotate automatically each week, always providing new ideas, concepts and interesting reading. The selected channels are: Party and Holidays Lifestyles, Self-Help, Coaching Home, Family and Parenting Blogging is a way to write about whatever you want to. Just in case anyone needs content to get sleepy by, my blog is linked in that section also.	Speaking with friends at the yard sale, there was an enthusiastic response to the pick-up-everything rubbish event. I heard "my TV just broke...what timing! I can get rid of it", and "I have paint cans and oil I just didn't have the time to figure out how to discard, this is great!". Another resident was so happy to be able to get rid of some old mattresses! Oil, Paint, TVs, computers, refrigerators ....anything cluttering your place that was difficult to dispose of. Getting rid of potential fire hazards makes us all a little safer!
	Well, did we ever get rid of stuff!!! If we could weigh our community, it would be a whole lot lighter. Take a look at some things we disposed of!
	PRV Woods
Yard and Craft Sale Fall 2004
	Adam Young tells us he'll be hiking and biking in our woods. One of his hobbies is GPS mapping and tracking and he wants to produce a full map of the trails overlaid on a TOPO map with our development on it. He sent this aerial shot of PRV and our woods.	Click for larger view Adam, we'll be watching for your updates!
The weekend finally arrived. Beautiful weather was requested and received. We have had yard sales twice a year for several years, so members are comfortable with them. There was the usual mix of tables and neighbors and buyers. See all the photos here. We did have a new twist with the craft table aspect. Two members took advantage of that. More..
Member News	Condo Craze Continues - MA July Stats
Remember baby Ethan, Cheryl Bliss's grandson? During the house photo tour, we were able to get an update of mom Robin and baby Ethan. Cheryl also tells us that her son Burt and wife Sheryl had a baby boy, Tyler, born on August 23. That makes 5 grandchildren, all boys! Santa is going to be very busy this year!	In July, 2,103 condos were sold statewide, up 22.1 percent from July 2003, but down 9.2 percent from June 2004, the Massachusetts realtors said; the median sales price of a condo in July was $269,000, up 14.7 percent from July 2003 and up 1.5 percent from June 2004. More here.
DogFather Bakery Trick or Treat	Trick or Treat Dog Walk for Animal Rescue
"We bake em treats they can't woofuse!"^TM Howl-O Weenie Party Saturday, October 30, 12-4 Costume contest, tricks and treats games, and sooo much more!!! Join us and Oldies 103.3FM for a paw shaking good time www.dogfatherbaker.com 82 Worcester St., North Grafton, MA 866-306-DOGS	There is a dog walk that benefits the Worcester Animal Rescue League - Paws In Motion III..... Scenic 2 mile walk along Holden Street with your pooch on Saturday, October 30th from 10-2pm. Dress your dog in costume and win a great prize for "best costume" Other prizes will be awarded for best tail wag, best eyes, owner look a like, best kiss...keep checking the site http://www.worcester-arl.org/ for more details. I believe that they will be adding a sponsorship form for those that would like to raise money ~Kristina Jackson.