Skein Lake Association bylaws (2025) and officers

                                    SKEIN LAKE ASSOCIATION, INC. - BYLAWS
As adopted June 26, 1993, and amended June 28, 2014, June 25, 2022 and        Oneida or Vilas County, pays the bills the board has approved, and reports
June 28, 2025. Town of Minocqua, Oneida County, Wisconsin.                    in writing at the annual meeting. A payment of more than $500.00 needs
                                                                              the signature of the treasurer and of one other officer. The books are
ARTICLE I. NAME AND PURPOSES
                                                                              looked over each May by two members who are not directors.
The name of this corporation is Skein Lake Association, Inc. It is a
                                                                              Section 6. Directors and officers serve without pay. They are repaid
nonstock corporation with no capital and no members who share in its
                                                                              postage and other out-of-pocket costs on presenting a receipt.
income. Its purposes are to protect the water, shore, fish and wildlife of
Skein Lake; to speak for the owners of property on the lake before the        ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES
town, the county and the state; to keep the owners informed; and to           The standing committees are Water Quality, Fish and Wildlife, Boating
encourage neighborliness and safe boating. The association takes no part      Safety, and Roads and Landings. The Water Quality committee takes the
in any election to public office.                                             clarity reading at the deep hole every second week from May to
ARTICLE II. MEMBERS                                                           September and sends the readings to the state. The Fish and Wildlife
                                                                              committee keeps the loon nesting raft and sets the marker buoys around
Section 1. Every person who owns, or holds under a land contract, a lot or
                                                                              the island from ice-out until August 1.
parcel with frontage on Skein Lake, or one of the nine lots on Skein Lake
Road, may be a member on payment of the yearly dues. Co-owners of one         ARTICLE VII. SKEIN LAKE ROAD
property together hold one membership and cast one vote.                      Section 1. Skein Lake Road is a private road serving nine lots. It is not
Section 2. A person who does not own property on the lake but wishes to       owned by the association. Under the Road Maintenance Agreement
support the purposes of the association may be an associate member,           recorded in 1988 as Document No. 418802, the owner of each lot pays
without a vote, on payment of half the yearly dues.                           one-ninth of the cost of grading and of snow plowing.
Section 3. Membership runs from June 1 to May 31. A member whose              Section 2. As a convenience to those nine owners, the association's Roads
dues are unpaid on the day of the annual meeting may not vote at it.          and Landings committee hires the grading and the plowing, and the owner
                                                                              of the first lot on the road collects each lot's share after the winter and
ARTICLE III. DUES
                                                                              pays the contractor. This money is kept apart from the association's funds
Section 1. The yearly dues are set by vote of the members at the annual       and is not dues.
meeting. They are $85.00 for each property until changed. Dues are
                                                                              Section 3. The association maintains the public landing on the east shore
payable to the treasurer by May 31.
                                                                              under an agreement with the town, and posts the slow-no-wake rule
Section 2. The board may not levy a special assessment. A request for         within 100 feet of shore and of the island.
voluntary contributions toward a particular purpose, such as weed
harvesting or the stocking of walleye, may be made by the board once in a     ARTICLE VIII. MONEY AND RECORDS
year.                                                                         The fiscal year ends May 31. The association may not borrow. It shall
                                                                              keep a reserve of at least one year's ordinary expenses. Any member may
ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS
                                                                              see the books and the minutes on reasonable notice to the treasurer or the
Section 1. The annual meeting is held on the last Saturday of June at 9:00    secretary.
a.m., at the Town of Minocqua community building or another place
named in the notice. Notice is mailed or sent by electronic mail to every     ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENT AND DISSOLUTION
member at least fourteen days ahead.                                          Section 1. These bylaws may be amended at an annual meeting by two-
Section 2. A special meeting may be called by the president, by three         thirds of the votes cast, if the proposed change was set out in the notice of
directors, or by fifteen members in writing. The notice must state its        the meeting.
purpose and no other business may be done.                                    Section 2. If the association is dissolved, what remains after its debts are
Section 3. Twenty members present make a quorum. Each membership              paid goes to the Town of Minocqua for the care of the public landing on
has one vote. A member may vote by written proxy given to the secretary       Skein Lake, or to a charitable organization with purposes like its own, as
before the meeting opens. Except where these bylaws say otherwise, a          the members decide.
majority of the votes cast decides.                                           OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 2026-27
ARTICLE V. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
                                                                                Office              Name                      Term as director ends
Section 1. The association is managed by a board of seven directors
chosen by the members at the annual meeting for terms of three years, so        President           Ginger Stauber            2027
arranged that the terms of two or three end each year. No director may
serve more than three terms in a row.                                           Vice-president      Pete Olejniczak           2028

Section 2. The directors choose from among themselves a president, a            Secretary           Jack Niemi                2027
vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, each for two years. No one may
be president for more than six years in a row.                                  Treasurer           Raymond Ostrander         2029

Section 3. The president presides at meetings, signs contracts the board        Director            Candace Roehl             2028
has approved and names committees. The vice-president acts when the
president cannot.                                                               Director            Scott Hendrickson         2029

Section 4. The secretary keeps the minutes and the roll of members, sends       Director            Joanie Saarela            2028
notices, and keeps these bylaws and the corporate records.
Section 5. The treasurer receives the dues and all other money, keeps it in   SKEIN LAKE ROAD, THE NINE LOTS
an account in the name of the association at a bank or credit union in
 Fire number               Owner

 8783                      T. Halverson

 8791                      L. Zawacki

 8799                      W. Pekkala

 8807                      M. Trost

 8815                      R. and M. Ostrander, trustees

 8831                      A. and B. Gustafson

 8847                      Hendrickson family

 8855                      D. Schlosser

 8863                      J. Niemi


Members in good standing on June 27, 2026: 52 properties. The full roll is
kept by the secretary.