FROM THE PRESIDENT

The past few years have been very productive and very eventful for LMA. We await the finalization of the new Licensing agreement and want to be sure the interests of all Lake users are fairly represented in the future.

This segment is under the title of “What’s New” so I suppose it is the perfect spot for me as I am privileged to serve as President for LMA for the first time. I have been with LMA for approximately 5 years. I have had the good fortune to work with some of the best our Board has had to offer, for which I am very grateful. I came to Lake Murray by way of Charleston. It did not take long for me to feel that this beautiful lake was an old friend. I have come to love Lake Murray, the folks who use it and live around it. As we like to say, we share the same back yard. So over this next year, I hope to meet more of my neighbors, and work hard to protect and preserve the Lake.

The Board of Directors takes a month off in July; however the Executive Board meets to plan our New Year beginning in August. We have many events planned and hope our members will plan to take advantage of them. Be sure to continue to check the website for updates.

Some projects we are working on are continuation of the licensing to include the Adaptive Management Teams, as well as monitoring the legislation pertaining to water management as it relates to interbasin transfers, which are transfers from our water basin that could adversely affect our lake area. Safety is at the top of our minds especially with all the traffic on the lake. LMA has been hosting the Safety Consortium, bringing all law enforcement agencies together to find ways to improve response time and safety on the Lake. I will be touching on each of these areas and more in the future. I look forward to serving this board and the members of LMA

Let’s make this a safe year ahead for all lake users.

Louise Love