CHAPTER 21 THE COMMUNITY CLUB

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1 CHAPTER 21 THE COMMUNITY CLUB The "Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions," dated May 1, 1970, outlined the airfield Communities' intention regarding the establishment of "The Fairfield Glade Community Club." The legal language of this document is not appropriate for this type of historical outline, so reference will be made to the 1980 booklet entitled Your Community Club" for hopefully more understandable explanations of some of the duties of this body and its relationship to the Developer. Quoting from the booklet... Eventually, Fairfield Communities, Inc. will complete ts work in the development of the community, and the time will come when you and our fellow property owners will assume complete control and management of Fairfield lade. The Community Club was brought into being to insure a smooth and well-planned transition to total property owner management.. Throughout the development of Fairfield Glade, the Developer has constructed certain recreational facilities and improvements, and deeded them to the Community Club at no cost to its members... he Community Club dues which you pay enable the Community Club to meet its responsibilities for the operation and maintenance cost and management of these facilities and services which include: Druid Hills Country Club, Civic Center, Recreation Center, Marina, Security, Fire Department, all roads and streets, maintenance Department, and Common Properties the relationship between the Developer and the Community Club and their many overlapping and sometimes confusing relationships and responsibilities are cause for some misunderstanding as to who is responsible for what, and from which financial pot he funds should be appropriated. Although the time when the Community Club will take over complete management of all facilities, as predicted above, is certainly it jr the near future partly due to the fact that the Community Club is now purchasing new facilities, such as Dorchester, and the purchase from the Developer of acilities such as Stonehenge would involve a very large investment. In any case, he Developer will be involved for some time; and judging from facilities so far provided, this involvement doesn't appear to some to be "all bad." Otherwise, the opularity of the Glade as a retirement and vacation facility would not be what it is today. As one resident put it, "As much as we might disagree with the Developer on ccasion, where would we be without him?" In discussing some past problems with individuals involved primarily in regard to the 979 lawsuit, there are some who feel the Developer did not comply with all of the decisions which resulted from the court action. There is really no way to resolve these differences of interpretation of events, especially in retrospect. We can only collectively hope that future decisions made by the Community Club will have the common interest at heart. The fact that the Developer maintains a majority on the board makes trust an even more important attitude in observing the decisions made by that body. be accompanying list of directors since its inception in 1970 has been "dug" from anutes of meetings dating back to that time. We all owe much to these people and to 4thy Atkins for taking the time to do the "digging." The piecing together of the erms and sequence of general managers has been a puzzle not altogether solved. The approximate order appears to have been as follows: Simonson, Wilhelm, Hopkins, Ennis, Morehouse, Pierce, Donavan, Pitts, Albertson, and Campbell. Additions and/or corrections would be appreciated.

2 FAIRFIELD GLADE COMMUNITY CLUB LIST OF DIRECTORS SINCE INCEPTION May 1, 1970 First meeting of the Fairfield Glade Community Club Board was held. Directors were: George H. Jacobus Neal T. Simonson Allene Meadors Purpose: To elect officers May 1, 1970 March 1971 to March 1972 March 1972 to September 1973 First Annual Meeting of Members of the Fairfield Glade Community Club was held. Purpose: Adoption of Bylaws: Election of three directors (one-year term each) Determine date of Annual Meetings of Membership and Board (March) George H. Jacobus Neal T. Simonson Allen Meadors July 1973 George H. Jacobus Neal T. Simonson Allene Meadors Special Meeting of the Board to increase number of directors from three to seven. Four additional Developer directors were elected as follows to serve until the Annual Meeting in September, 1973:

3 George Donovan Clay Gring Bill Baker Ken Sharp (Note that in February, 1973, the Annual Meeting date was changed to September) September 1973 to September 1974 George Donovan Clay Gring George Jacobus Ken Sharp Fred Ogilvie September 1974 to September 1975 George Donovan Virginia Culp Gilbert Warren Hockert Clay Gring Ken Sharp William Pearce Frances Kirk George Scott Fred Ogilvie Clay Gring was replaced by John McIntosh. Ken Sharp was replaced by Mike Phillips; Ike Phillips was then replaced by Bob Bland. William Pearce was replaced by Tom waf ford. September 1975 to September 1976 John McIntosh George Donovan Bob Bland

4 George Scott September 1976 to September 1977 Thelma Clay Heiny Bowers John McIntosh George Donovan Tom Swaf ford * Bob Bland Charles Jones George Scott Clay Heiny Bob Bland was replaced by Jim. September 1977 to September 1978 George Donovan Jim John McIntosh Charles Jones Otto Hannewald John Hickman John McIntosh was replaced by Dick Wilhelm. Charles Jones was replaced by Joe Lamb. September 1978 to September 1979 George Donovan Jim Dick Wilhelm

5 Joe Lamb Harold Crosthwaite Otto Hannewald Dick Wilhelm was replaced by Wes Hopkins. September 1979 to September 1980 George Donovan Jim Wes Hopkins Hugh Moore Bob Chapman Harold Crosthwaite Joe Lamb Wes Hopkins was replaced by Leo Morehouse. Huoh Moore was replaced by Nick Gray. Harold Crosthwaite was replaced by Lionel Schwan. September 1980 to September 1981 George Donovan Jim Leo Morehouse Gray Nick Joe Lamb Bob Chapman William Siemers September 1981 to September 1982

6 Se p tember 1983 to September 1984 * George Donovan Jim Tom Swaf ford Leo Morehouse Nick Gray Joe Lamb Bob Chapman Howard Grauff George Donovan was replaced by Jim Pitts. September 1982 to September 1983 Leo Morehouse Jim Pitts Jim * Nick Gray Joe Lamb Howard Grauff Hugh Black Nick Gray was replaced by Jim Tufts. Jim Pitts Jim Tom Swaf ford Jerry Spearman Jim Tufts

7 Howard Grauff Hugh Black Warren Alexander Jim Pitts was replaced by Bob Albertson. Jerry Spearman was replaced by Waddy Stokes. Jim Tufts was replaced by Steve Bader. September 1984 to September 1985 Bob Albertson Steve Bader Jim Tom Swaf ford Waddy Stokes Matt Miser Hugh Black Warren Alexander Ian Hannington Matt Miser was appointed as the ninth member of the Board in January, He was replaced by Ron DeBroux in July, September 1985 to September 1986 Develgper Directors: Bob Albertson Steve Bader Jim Waddy Stokes Ron DeBroux Howard Grauff Ian Hannington Warren Alexander Bob Albertson was replaced by Russell Campbell. Waddy Stokes resigned--no

8 replacement. Ron DeBroux was replaced by Wally Crowder. In 1986 Jerry Becker replaced Warren Alexander.