NOTE: This communication was sent by CAMS on behalf of Sea Trail Master Association, Inc.
Dear Owners: The Sea Trail Master Association will hold the Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 10:00am. The meeting is located in the ballroom at the Sea Trail Convention Center, 73 Clubhouse Road, Sunset Beach, NC 28468.
Below, please find the Annual Meeting packet and the proxy. If you want to print out the documents to bring to the meeting, please do so since copies will only be available through this notification.
Please complete the proxy and return it by 5:00pm on Thursday, November 19, 2026. You may return it by scanning and emailing it to proxy@camsmgt.com or you can mail it to STMA, 295-1 Rice Mill Circle, Sunset Beach, NC 28468.
Could you help us with our STMA beach parking lot?
If you abuse the STMA parking lot access at the Beach…
According to the access card swipes, there were 504 entries into the parking lot over the Memorial Day Weekend. Numerous residents abused this amenity by lending their cards to other vehicles to gain access.
Please remember:
Only ONE vehicle permitted to enter per access card.
Passing a Property Owner’s Access Card to another vehicle to permit entry of more than one vehicle on a card is prohibited.
The Beach Parking Lot is for the exclusive use of Sea Trail Property Owners and their guests.
Open 6 am to 10 pm. 7 days a week.
No overnight parking allowed.
46 overall parking spaces: vehicles and golf carts.
Access card required
Parking spaces along the inside fences on both ends of the lot are designated for golf carts only. These are indicated with parking signs.
DO NOT park outside our parking lot (against the fence) – You will be ticketed and could be towed.
Vehicles shall be parked diagonally with the front end of the vehicle straight up to the parking bumpers (along the south and north borders of the property). When the diagonal parking spaces along the south and north borders of the property are full, vehicles shall be parked in a center column across the lot from the west to the east allowing a lane of sufficient width for those vehicles parked on the south and north borders to be able to maneuver to exit the lot to First Avenue. DO NOT block cars or golf carts!
Traffic flow once you enter through the gate should always be clockwise within the fenced area.
Misuse of the beach parking lot will lead to the property owners’ white access card suspension for 30 days for the first offense and 60 days for each subsequent offense.
This letter was received from FOCUS today as per Mickey Smith, STMA President’s request:
Dear SeaTrail Residents,
We are excited to announce that FOCUS Broadband will soon begin upgrading SeaTrail to fiber optic delivered high-speed internet service. Fiber optics is the very best way to deliver high-speed internet service because it delivers faster speeds and better reliability. In the coming weeks, crews will be working in your neighborhood to install the new fiber optic lines in the utility easement and/or public right-of-way.
As part of this process, you will see the ground marked temporarily with paint to indicate where existing utilities are buried. While work is in progress, you may see orange pipe sticking out of the ground for a short time until the fiber is pushed through it and buried. Once the main fiber optic lines have been installed along your street, a second crew will come through and install a fiber optic connection line that will connect your home to the new fiber optic network. You will not have to be present while work is being done and you do not have to request to have the fiber optic connection line installed at your home, it will be installed automatically because you have existing service.
Once your fiber optic connection line has been installed and you are connected to the new network, FOCUS Broadband will notify you that fiber optic service is available. At that time, you will be asked to contact our customer care center to schedule an appointment to have your FOCUS Broadband services converted to fiber optics. There will be no charge for the conversion to fiber optics if you schedule your appointment within the free conversion period. All services will be converted to the new fiber optic network and the copper and coaxial networks currently in use in your neighborhood will be discontinued in the coming months.
The installation of this new fiber optic network is the means by which FOCUS Broadband will provide services for decades to come. We ask for your patience as we work to build more capable and reliable services. Rest assured that FOCUS Broadband will make every effort to disturb as little landscaping as possible. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.
If you have questions, please contact our Construction Control Center at 910.755.1815.
The STMA Board wants to thank everyone that attended our First Quarter Open Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 19th. Also, a special thanks to all the new 2024 homeowners that attended the new homeowners orientation held on February 22nd. Special thanks to our board members along with Janine Entwistle, Debbie Cornell and Jack Passalugo for setting up the Pink Palace for both events.
Chair Replacement – Pink Palace & Sunshine Room
Talking about thanking people, I am so grateful for a team of our STMA members. Do you remember in one of the President’s Letters “We’re excited to share that our team is looking into replacing the chairs in the Pink Palace and Sunset Room!” We’ve heard your concerns and are on it. Three volunteers from the Sunset Room helped us explore options and a team was created which included Hanneke Nagelkerke, Sue Shovlin, Georgia Phillabaum, Roz Dahlen and Jack Phillabaum. After considering these complaints about the comfort/height of the chairs, the team determined that it was necessary to replace the existing chairs in the Sunset Room and Pink Palace Main room. The team chose a banquet chair in the same fabric and ordered 4 chairs to test out before purchasing the needed 130 chairs. After a number of groups tested the chairs, all gave very positive reviews and the decision was made to place the order.
Following lots of discussion and investigation, the team also decided to donate the existing chairs to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Newland, NC, one of the churches in Western North Carolina (WNC) that was hit hard by Hurricane Helene. Arrangements were made to have Gary and Teresa Massey, who own the pier and have been instrumental in delivering supplies to WNC, to deliver the chairs to the church. This process should be completed by the middle of March. Our team felt that donating the chairs to our neighbors in WNC was a wonderful gesture that the Sea Trail Master Association could do. Thank you to the “Chair Team” for making this happen!
STMA Meet With Condo Association Board Members
On February 20th, the STMA board met with the Condo Associations Board members. Invitations were sent to the 13 Board member Presidents, inviting all of their board members to attend and all boards were able to send representatives, with the exception of 2. Topics like insurance, signs etc. were discussed and we all agreed that it was a productive meeting. Plans were discussed to have another meeting before the end of the year. It was a great example of enhanced communication with condo members! Special thank you to Jo Donna O’Leary, Dawn Smiarowski and Janine Entwistle for planning this meeting.
