Happy Summer to All,

This Saturday, August 13th is the second SPIA general meeting at
9:30 am under the tent at Little Beach. We will follow with our Ice
Bucket Challenge for ALS (approx. 10:45 am) and then the Annual
Picnic under the tent at 5:30 pm. Martin Traywick has generously
offered to donate $10 per participant in the challenge so we hope
to see many of you there! The general meeting itinerary is
summarized below.
Links for more information on these events are as follows:

9:30 am: General Meeting – click here for Minutes
10:45 am: Ice Bucket Challenge – click here to signup or donate
5:30 pm: SPIA Picnic – click here to sign up

Our neighbor, David Cowan, had been kind enough to donate two
of his photographs to us as a fund raiser (see them below). We
will have a silent auction at the picnic for the two photos. They are
beautiful scenes of Halls Creek and will go to the highest bidders.
All proceeds will go to SPIA, Inc. so bid early and often.
I need to correct myself on my letter in this spring’s SPIA
Newsletter. In that letter I stated there would be an election at the
upcoming meeting due to the fact that my term was coming to an
end. After re-reading the SPIA by-laws, I realized I had misread
them. I was elected to the Presidency in June of 2014 to serve a
four year term from August 2014 through August of 2018 so I
actually have two more years to go. Sorry for the confusion,
hopefully anyone that was planning on running didn’t spend too
much on their campaign!

Itinerary:
1) Opening comments and approval of minutes – Charlie
2) Discussion of Budget – Dan
3) Events – Marsha and Denise
4) Infrastructure – Mike
5) Security – Charlie
6) Osprey nest – Charlie
7) New business
If you know of anyone on your street that does not get email,
please pass along to them that these events are taking place this
weekend. We will also be posting a notice on the message board
and at the Post Office.

All the best,
Charlie Cormay

Hello to all and happy summer,

The first 2016 general meeting of S.P.I.A., Inc. is this Saturday, June 25th at 9:30 at Little Beach.  I hope to see many of you there.   The SPIA Newsletter has been completed and mailed out so you should have received it by now.  It’s also posted here on the SPIA website. Those of you who have P.O. boxes in West Hyannisport will receive them there.  If you do not get the newsletter by the time of the meeting, it means we don’t have your current address and you will need to update us at the meeting. When you send in your dues form, please indicate which address you prefer to receive mail from us if you have multiple addresses. The August 15, 2015 General Meeting Minutes are also posted here on the website.

It looks like Saturday is going to be great weather. I look forward to see you all at the beach.

All the Best,

Charlie Cormay

President

SPIA, Inc.

SPIA Website

SPIA Facebook

Itinerary:

1) Opening remarks:   Charlie Cormay

2) Budget:   Dan Serpico

3) Maintenance:   Mike Carey

4) Activities:   Marsh Dilk/Denise Dandrea

5) Security:   Charlie Cormay

6) Parking lot:   General Discussion

7) New business

President

SPIA, Inc.

Thank you to all who participated in the fundraiser, either by taking the challenge, cheering us on or donating to Compassionate Care ALS.  Many have asked how they can donate to Compassionate Care ALS.  The link to donate is HERE. Watch our video and share on your own Facebook page or via email to help spread awareness!

Click on the following flyer for details on the Halls Creek Meeting

August 22, 2015 ~ 3:30-5:00 pm

Hyannisport Club, 2 Irving Avenue, Hyannis Port

Check out the details of SPIA’s 2015 4th f July Celebration!

2015 parade flyer with times

4th of July Parade Route

What to Expect with the Parade and Little Beach Celebration

Happy Spring to All (Finally):

The memories of frigid weather and giant snow banks are finally starting to fade; sunny weather is here and summer is right around the corner. It’s that time of the year again when we start thinking about “the Avenues” and dreaming about long, hot summer days on Cape Cod. I, for one, am ready. I’m looking forward to hauling the deck furniture out of the basement and doing some serious spring-cleaning over the next few weeks in preparation for Independence Day weekend. It can’t come soon enough! It’s winters like the one we just went through that make us appreciate how lucky we are that we get to spend our summers at Seaside Park.

I want to thank all the kayak and dinghy owners who moved their boats out of the beach area this fall. All of the boats were moved in a timely fashion and we all appreciate that. We will be doing a beach clean-up and reinstalling the two additional posts that the ConCom approved last fall. Hopefully that will allow us to spread the boats out a little. According to my count, we peaked at 86 boats tied up there last summer. Don’t forget to register any new boats that you plan to store at the beach this year. (The 2015 Boat Storage Form is included.) We are also in the process of designing and building the kayak racks that were approved last fall and hope to have those in before summer starts. Mark has included an update on those and all the infrastructure and maintenance items in this newsletter (see page 8).

In addition to the kayak racks, we are working on some new ideas for the summer of 2015 as well. Denise and Marsha, coming off the great success of last year’s 4th of July Parade, are working on some other neighborhood outings, such as the possibility of kids’ movie nights at Little Beach and neighborhood socials for everyone.

So, here’s to another summer of fun in the sun on “the Aves!” (And, by the way, this is our family’s 25th summer at Seaside Park.)

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at the General Meeting on June 27th, under the tent at Little Beach.

All the best,

Charlie Cormay, President, SPIA