The Millette Lake Owners’ Association
Our Mission
The mission of the APLM is to preserve the quality of life of the residents of Lac Millette de Saint-Sauveur, the water quality of the lake and its environment, including its watershed, by promoting communication, information exchange and listening to promote eco-responsible, safe, and respectful behaviors.
Our Vision
A proactive association that promotes:
- Concrete actions to preserve our collective wealth.
- Regular, relevant, and effective communications.
- The sharing of information allowing a popularization and an understanding of the state of health of our lake.
- The establishment of specific objectives annually.
- Involvement with local and regional decision-makers, governmental or non-governmental.
- Strengthen the adherence and listening of all residents.
Our Values
“Our values guide our thoughts, words and actions”: We therefore believe in demonstrating:
- Respect for the citizen and the environment.
- Solidarity.
- Responsibility.
- Integrity and transparency.
- Fairness.
- Credibility.
A brief history
The Millette Lake Owners’ Association was founded several years ago by a group of environmentally conscious owners of our lake.
Over the years, residents’ involvement in the association has had its ups and downs despite real estate development around the lake. Since September 2019, a new team has taken over and intends to actively address important issues to prioritize actions to contribute to the well-being of residents and the quality of the water in our lake. This commitment is reflected in the identification of the mission, vision and objectives given to the association to make it lively, inclusive, and attentive to its members.
The advantages of an Association
- Demonstrate a collective will to protect the natural environment.
- Develop a partnership with other residents, the municipality, and the community.
- Networking with other associations.
- Create a forum to raise awareness among residents and stakeholders of the good practices to be implemented and maintained.
- Become a credible interlocutor with municipalities, ministries, and other agencies.
- Take actions that cannot be taken by individuals.
- Facilitate access to grants.
- Collect and archive current historical information to draw conclusions that lead to concrete actions.
Our objectives
Defend and promote the interests of the owners of Lac Millette
“Setting goals is the first step to achieving them”: We want to:
- Defend the integrity of The Natural Environment of Lac Millette.
- Defend and promote the interests of the owners of Lac Millette.
- Represent all owners before government and municipal authorities in various files.
- Educate owners about their rights, obligations, and responsibilities.
- Inform and educate landowners so that everyone contributes to the maintenance of the lake’s environment, including quality of life, water quality, protection of shorelines, surrounding wetlands and its watershed and, in a philosophy of sustainable development.
- Solicit constructive feedback from owners with the goal of continuous improvement.
- Promote lifestyles that respect the environment and the Millette Lake community.
Head office
Guy Berthelet
Secretary
Benoit Bergeron
Trésorier
Éric Vachon
Administrator and Communications Officer
Steven Nakashima
Administrator and responsible for activities related to the water of the lake
Andrew Tesla
Administrator and responsible for activities related to the water of the lake
By-laws of the association
The head office of the Association shall be established at the domicile of the Secretary or at such other place as the Board of Directors of the Association may from time to time determine.
The seal whose printing appears here in the margin is adopted and recognized as the seal of the Association.
The Association will consist of two categories of members, namely active members, and honorary members.
Any person who owns either a residence with access to Lac Millette or one or more lands with a right of way to said Lac Millette may become an active member of the Association by complying with the conditions of admission decreed by resolution of the board of directors, all subject to the provisions relating to the suspension, expulsion, and resignation of members. The active member may, if he so wishes, choose to be represented by a duly authorized representative in writing.
It shall be open to the Board of Directors, by resolution, to designate any person as an honorary member of the Association. Honorary members will not have to make any annual or other contributions. They shall be entitled to attend meetings of members but shall not have the right to vote. They will not be eligible as members of the Board of Directors or as officers of the Association.
The annual financial contribution will be determined annually by a vote of the General Assembly.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution, suspend for such period as it determines or permanently expel any active member who neglects to pay his contributions on the due date or who contravenes any other provision of the by-laws of the Association or whose conduct or activities are deemed harmful to the Association. The decision of the Board of Directors to this end will be final and without appeal.
Any active or honorary member may resign by sending written notice to the Secretary of the Association. The resignation of an active member does not release him from the payment of any contribution due to the Association until the day on which such resignation takes effect.
The Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Association shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors shall fix each year.
All special general meetings of members shall be held at the place designated by the Board of Directors and as required by the circumstances. It shall be open to the President or the Board of Directors to convene such special meetings. In addition, the Secretary shall be required to convene a special general meeting of members upon requisition for that purpose, in writing, signed by at least nine (9) active members in good standing, within ten (10) days of receipt of such written request which shall specify the purpose and purpose of such special meeting. If the secretary fails to call such a meeting in the detail stipulated, it may be called by the signatories of the written request.
Any meeting of members will be called by email or written notice sent by mail at least 72 hours before the meeting or delivered to the summer residence of each owner. In the latter case the convening period will be only 24 hours.
Nine (9) active members in good standing, present in person, shall constitute a sufficient quorum for any general or special meetings of members.
At any meeting of members, only active members in good standing shall have the right to vote, each member being entitled to a single vote. Decisions shall be taken by simple majority by open vote or, if desired by at least five (5) members, by secret ballot. In the event of a tie, the President shall have a second or a casting vote.