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This video is from a meeting held at Dixie Shores from Fall 2022. The following are notes to the neighborhood following the meeting with Steve from Sept to Nov 2022. Wanted to give a quick update.  Steve has reviewed the information and believes there is enough to sufficiently prove to the courts that DSA has been in existence as early as the 1960's.  He is updating his prepared filing to reflect some of the information he received and will have a draft for review by the end of this week.  We will review and comment and/or approve so we can get the filing to the courts.  I will confirm with everyone when that is done. Have a great weekend! Hi everyone, Wanted to get out an email to keep everyone up to speed on progress.  Steve Vining (attorney) has prepared the paperwork to submit to the courts, but before it can be entered, he is in need of as much information as possible supporting that DSA has been an association for a minimum of 20 years.  The farther back we can go the better.  Ideally, if we can connect the dots between Dixie Shores Corporation, Dixie Shores Realty Corporation and Dixie Shores Association, that would save a LOT of time and money. Paul and Merrie Foster, the current Treasurer and Secretary respectively, have copied documents from their records and sent a set last week to both Steve and myself. Once received Steve will go through them to determine if there is enough information to support our request of the courts. If not, we will have to keep digging. In the interim, any help from long term residents - those whose families have been here dating back to the 1950's - would be greatly appreciated.  But likewise, if anyone has any of the following information, please forward!  I'm also happy to come by and pick up anything you might have if that's easier. 1. Any documentation - can be emails, canceled checks, receipts, notices, minutes, contact lists, budgets, etc that go back at least 20 years and have to do with DSA. 2. Merrie was able to put together a list of board members going back to 1975. (Attached) Anyone who can fill in the blanks and/or go back even further, please let us know the names. 3. When was the sign at the dock installed and/or who installed it?  Any documentation supporting it. 4. When was the dock built and/or who built it? Any documentation supporting it. 5. Were roads ever repaired, dock ever repaired, right of ways ever cleared?  Any documentation supporting it. 6. Does anyone know the year that DSA was actually formed? Any documentation supporting it. 7. Does anyone know any person affiliated with Dixie Shores Corporation or Dixie Shores Realty Corporation?  Last names of known representatives were Rankin, Harris, Gorman, Wrenn, and Kelsey.  Maybe you know family members who could help with information. Again, once Steve has enough information to support that DSA has been operating as an association for at least 20 years, we will be able to get this into the courts!  Thank you for your help in trying to track down some of this info. Enjoy the rest of your day! Rose Hammer Dixie Shores Association President

Good Day all Attached  is a summary of information we discussed at the last meeting. It details the issues we are facing and formulating plans to address. Please review the attached document in its entirety.  It was decided at the meeting that we would like to move forward together to resolve all these concerns and we have an Attorney identified to help us through it. Since the attorney will not engage with "Dixie Shores Association" because it's not a legal entity, a person or persons will have to engage him on behalf of the neighborhood - and we don't want to leave anyone "holding the bag", therefore, we decided it would be best to raise the monies to cover the legal costs up front. At this time we are asking everyone to consider pledging support for this legal work.This allows everyone to hold onto their monies until we have $10,000 committed and once the number is reached, we can then provide the attorney's address so everyone can send the monies directly to him to be held in retainage. If you are willing to help, please email Executive Committee member Rose Hammer at rose@hi5hammer.com with your name, address and the amount you are willing to commit and she will track our progress. Our next meeting will be September 3rd at 11:00AM at the NC Beauticians and Cosmetologists Lodge on Church Street at 11:00AM. Thank you in advance for your support of our community Paul L Foster Treasurer

Good Day all Attached  is a summary of information we discussed at the last meeting. It details the issues we are facing and formulating plans to address. Please review the attached document in its entirety.  It was decided at the meeting that we would like to move forward together to resolve all these concerns and we have an Attorney identified to help us through it. Since the attorney will not engage with "Dixie Shores Association" because it's not a legal entity, a person or persons will have to engage him on behalf of the neighborhood - and we don't want to leave anyone "holding the bag", therefore, we decided it would be best to raise the monies to cover the legal costs up front. At this time we are asking everyone to consider pledging support for this legal work.This allows everyone to hold onto their monies until we have $10,000 committed and once the number is reached, we can then provide the attorney's address so everyone can send the monies directly to him to be held in retainage. If you are willing to help, please email Executive Committee member Rose Hammer at rose@hi5hammer.com with your name, address and the amount you are willing to commit and she will track our progress. Our next meeting will be September 3rd at 11:00AM at the NC Beauticians and Cosmetologists Lodge on Church Street at 11:00AM. Thank you in advance for your support of our community Paul L Foster Treasurer

To all my precious neighbors – I’m am so happy to share the news that Dixie Shores Association now owns all our common areas! We have done it!! Steve, the attorney, shared the news and document with us yesterday.  The judge reviewed and approved our request.  Steve will now file the document with the county and we will move to merge Dixie Shores Association with our registered name Dixie Shores Community Association, Inc.  I anticipate that being completed within the next few weeks and Steve has confirmed that we can get the rest of this done with our remaining retainer monies, which are roughly $1,200. To that end, I want to personally take the time to thank, once again, all of you who stepped up to the plate and provided the funds to retain the attorney.  We could NOT have done it without you.  You filled a gap that the rest of us could not do at the time, and I thank you for your willingness and kindness to do so. This now puts us in a position to improve all our common lots (how exciting!!) and to enforce the private use of our dock area.  I trust this will also compel all neighbors who have not yet joined the association to do so, as all decisions about the common lots will be made by the members of the association through the voting process.  Let’s do this together! Other updates: Financial We are currently at 101 members in the association and it continues to climb.  There are 285 property owners out here, so we still have our work cut out for us.  That means only 35% of the owners are currently a part of the association – PLEASE talk to your neighbors and make sure everyone is joining.  It’s only an annual fee of $40 per ownership.  They can make a check payable to Dixie Shores Association and mail to 291 N Shoreline Dr, New London, NC 28127 or drop in the mailbox at that property as well.  It is a locked mailbox so it’s safe. (We have closed down the PO Box!!) We currently have $4,173.66 in our account.  $3,258 of that is designated for the Dock Fund and $355 is designated for the Road Fund, and a big shout out to Robert King for contributing $100 to help pay for our mowing service!!  This leaves a balance of $460.66 to cover the expenses of our neighborhood for the rest of the year.  We shut down the PO Box to have a small amount of monies returned to the association, but this will not be enough to cover the electric bills, domain/email service, and the mowing service for the rest of the year….so the mowing service will be next to go, unless more neighbors join.  It’s important for all property owners to know there is an actual expense for us to keep up our common areas and if we want to all enjoy them, we need to all participate! If every property owner paid the $40 membership fee each year we would be able to cover ALL the expenses for the association AND have over $6,000 to use towards improving our common areas….think about it. Dock Fund Committee We are still waiting on the engineer to make some final tweaks, and then the plans will be submitted to the county so we can get our new pier installed. Hoping to see that this week. Road Fund Committee We’re also still looking for people to volunteer for the Road Fund Committee! Dixie Shores Neighborhood FaceBook page I’ve had several people reach out to me concerning the DS neighborhood facebook page and it seems there is some confusion.  Please know that this FB page is not associated with the Dixie Shores Association at all.  It was created by one of our neighbors, Robert King, as a way for all neighbors to be able to communicate in a safe place.  (Thank you, Robert!) To this end he has taken great care to “screen” requests to join, making sure that only property owners are on there.  To be allowed access, he is requiring some questions to be answered that he can verify, BUT they must be answered completely in order for him to approve.  If you are aware of neighbors trying to get access, please help them understand this process and that it is not tied to the association. September Meeting Finally, it appears our meeting in September will be the transitioning meeting where the Dixie Shores Association board will step down and the Dixie Shores Community Association will take over. This will be an exciting meeting as we start to make decisions about our forward movement, and we need as many neighbors as possible to attend!  Please mark your calendars for September 2nd at 11am.  The meeting location is still to be determined, but we'll keep you posted. Thanks for being such wonderful neighbors and I’m looking forward to our continued success in making Dixie Shores the best neighborhood on the lake!  Onward! Rose Hammer Dixie Shores Association President admin@dixieshores.org www.dixieshores.org

Hi neighbors, I am coming to you with some wonderful news! The community dock that we all have been longing to see updated has officially been COMPLETED! I want to first start by singing continual praises to the dock committee. We are all so grateful for the hard work and dedication this group has put in to bringing this project to the finish line. If you see them around the neighborhood, please be sure to thank them for all that they have done! We could not have done it without them! Dock Commitee: Jonathan Leonard Jim Andrews Ivy Little Jay Pridgen Jackie Blackmon This topic has been an ongoing conversation for years, but we truly began making headway in April this year. September 2nd, 2023 marked the beginning of the tear down and we are elated to say that the inspections from Montgomery County were completed Oct 23rd, 2023 and we are officially back up and operational. I am truly amazed and inspired by the support both financially and physically from all of our fellow neighbors. Without each and every one of your contributions we would not have been able to make this happen, and in a relatively short amount of time. I think I speak for all of the DSCA board when I say thank you for all that you did (and do) to support this cause. We believe this project will be the catalyst for many projects to come in our continual improvement of the community. As a review, here is how the cost breakdown went for this build. Again, without Ivy, Jim and Jon this would have cost us MUCH more in labor! Thank you for helping us keep our costs low! Some neighbors have expressed interest in a celebration party to mark the completion of this monumental project. The board and I are in discussions about the logistics and best timing with the holidays in mind. Be on the lookout for an additional email update with more details on this celebration. Amber Garlatz Dixie Shores Community Association, Inc. President admin@dixieshores.org www.dixieshores.org

Good day everyone The special meeting has been rescheduled for Saturday November 20th, 2021 at 11:00AM in the Beautician's Lodge on Church Street in Dixie Shores.  A few members have asked about attending via Zoom.  The building does not have WIFI and internet service in the building is spotty.  We will attempt to have Zoom available, but there is no guarantee it will be feasible.  The link is below if you'd like to try. Thanks Paul Foster Treasurer Good evening DSA Members At our Labor Day meeting, those in attendance suggested we schedule a special meeting to discuss ways of increasing property owner attendance in our meetings and encourage others to pay their dues. There is much in repairs and road maintenance that needs to be done, but due to a lack of funds, we are unable to. Please join us Saturday 10/9/2021 at the NC Beautician’s Lodge on Church Street at 11:00AM for this important discussion. We look forward to hearing your ideas. Thanks in advance for your interest and attendance Paul Foster Treasurer