| 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. To be continued… Mickey Smith, STMA President | 