Spring Greetings from the snowline board

Community Building - Upcoming Events

We are looking for volunteers to support several upcoming community events. If you’re interested, please contact us at comms@snowlinecc.com and we’ll connect you with the appropriate event lead. The Spring 2026 Newsletter has additional details about the events.

1. Adopt a Highway Cleanup on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Meet at Maple Falls Town Hall (Mt Baker Chamber) 9am for supplies and sign waivers.

2. Fishing Derby on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Please fill out the Fishing Derby Registration Form by Sunday, May 17, 2026. 

3. Ski to Sea (America’s Original Team Relay Race) on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Many of our community members will be competing so grab a lawn chair and cheer on the road bikers as they pass by Snowline along 542! Reminder that restrictions will be in place for the Mount Baker Highway (542) during the day. 

4. Chipping Event on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Piles need to be ready by Sunday, May 24th, 2026. Please fill out the Chipping Event Registration Form. Chipping event instructions can be found here. 

5. Sports Day has been moved from Saturday, July 4, 2026 to Sunday, July 5, 2026. No signup is required and all are welcome to join the fun! 

6. Foothills Food Bank Donation Drive - a frequent guest of Snowline has volunteered to help coordinate acquiring 3:1 matching funds from the Gates Foundation. If you’d like to donate, please contact us at comms@snowlinecc.com and we will connect you with the guest to coordinate your donation. Our goal is to coordinate $5,000 in donations, resulting in $20,000 going to the Foothills Food Bank by June 1, 2026 helping remove food insecurity in the broader community Snowline is thankful to be a part of. 

Facilities & Amenities - Improving the Community

1. Amenity Usage - Following the successful amenity access trial that began under last year’s Board, we are expanding access to weekends and holidays. We anticipate amenities will be fully open to all members and their guests following the May 31, 2026 Board meeting. Amenity restrictions will be removed once the updated Rules & Regulations forms are updated and voted on at the May Board meeting. For safety, the pool will continue to remain locked at all times. Further guidance on keys, wristbands, etc. will be provided once finalized. 

2. Gate WiFi - WiFi (SSID = ‘Snowline Gate_Guest’) is now live at the gate! Thank you Chuck, Colin Dettweiler, and Campbell Carson for driving this effort! We hope this alleviates many gate backup issues now that owners and guests can make WiFi calls for help directly from their phone if a gate/fob/card issue occurs. 

3. Pool Chairs - Mount Baker Rim is investing in all new pool lounge chairs this spring, and as a neighborly gesture, has donated 12 chairs to Snowline. The 12 lounge chairs have been transferred to the Snowline pool. Thank you Mt. Baker Rim!

4. Pool Improvements - Side tables and umbrellas are being planned to improve the 2026 summer pool experience.

5. Community Gas Fire Pit - We are in the beginning stages of additional Snowline amenity improvements, which would be planned and budgeted for a future year. The first idea is a community gas fire pit to gather around. If you’d like to volunteer to help, please let us know. If we move forward, we’d like to leverage the expertise of community members as much as possible to keep costs low.

Budget Updates - Keeping Our Costs Low

1. Governing Document Updates - As outlined previously, the Spark (consulting only) contract is expected to reduce the Legal budget line item by $5,000 or more, saving Snowline significant expenses in 2026. Snowline's attorney review confirmed the same.

   1. The Spark contract signed includes Spark's general contract with an addendum that includes the scope Snowline is engaging in, including updates for WUCIOA required changes. Snowline is not hiring Spark for management services, rather only for the hourly consulting components outlined in the addendum. (Please see Exhibit A - Scope of Work at the end of the Spark consulting contract) 

2. Pool chair donations from Mt Baker Rim saved $2,656 ($221*12)

3. The survey question about an ‘extra $20,000’ was hypothetical, to gain insight into member priorities. There is no plan to spend an additional $20,000. 

4. Reminder that the Snowline budget is a rough forecast of spending and it is the Board’s duty to allocate funds with the best of intentions as the year progresses. The Board will continue to optimize spending in the best interest of the community.

Survey Follow-Up

Following a recent question regarding the survey preparation process, the Board wanted to share a brief clarification with the broader community. Survey findings were compiled and reported in de-identified, aggregate form consistent with the communication provided at the time of the survey. Standard technical data preparation steps were used to organize survey data for charting, primarily involving the formatting of multi-select responses into a reportable structure. No responses were altered, excluded, reclassified, or interpreted during this process. A community member assisted with standard technical data formatting under full Board oversight and did not influence or interpret results. The Board will not be distributing row-level survey data to the broader community, consistent with the expectations communicated when the survey was administered that reporting would occur in aggregate form under Board oversight. 

Optional background questions, such as length of ownership and property usage type, were collected in case they become relevant to future Board planning or analysis. However, the results shared with the community were reported in aggregate form to reflect community-wide priorities and were not segmented by those categories. Future Boards will retain access to the full survey data for governance and planning purposes.

The May Board Meeting Agenda is now available in the agenda folder in the Member's section. The Zoom link is included in the agenda for those who wish to attend.

Thank You!

Jeff Boekelman (Member Communications - Treasurer / Social / IT), Kathleen Lange (President), Daniel Frederick (VP), Carmen Lystad (Secretary / Rules, Regulations, & Compliance), Bob Anderson (Architecture), Kyle Salisbury (Member at Large), Rob McCormack (Operations)

Mission Statement  

 “As the Snowline Board of Directors, we aim to build a vibrant and inclusive community where neighbors feel connected and valued. We support this vision by communicating openly, managing our resources with care and integrity, and hosting a variety of community building opportunities. We are dedicated to fair, consistent governance that begins with assuming positive intent, and we treat every homeowner with equal respect. Together, we protect the beauty, sustainability, and sense of belonging that makes Snowline special.”

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Please go digital! Every member who switches to digital reduces our community’s printing and postage costs - savings that go right back into the amenities we all enjoy. Signing up takes just a few minutes: visit http://www.snowlinecc.com, go to the Members tab, and complete the Electronic Transmissions Consent form.