Board Members Needed!

Last October the Inverness Forest Association Board of Directors had its full complement of nine board members.  At the annual meeting two directors (Elliot Postow and myself) decided not to run for another term since we had each served at least six years on the board. No one who attended the annual meeting volunteered to run for the board.

Now a few months later, two more members have decided to resign.  That leaves the board with the fewest number of members possible and still be able to meet the quorum requirements to function: five members of the nine member board.

During my seven years on the board, and especially during the four years I've run this Inverness Forest Today blog, I've heard a lot of praise for the dedication of our board members -- as well as complaints that things were not being done the way some people wanted.

Now is your chance to volunteer for the board and influence the future of our community.  If you've ever said, "Why doesn't the board do this...", now is your chance to have an impact on what the board does about important issues facing our community.

Harvey

iftblog@gmail.com

Request for Recommendations

Shaowei Li is asking for a contractor recommendation to work on her kitchen and bathrooms remodeling.  So many people have helped residents with their recommendations in the past. I hope that this will continue.  Shaowei would also like to have some recommendations on contractors who do roof replacement/repairs.

Here is Shaowei's email:

Dear Harvey, We want to have our kitchen and bathrooms remodeling. Do you know any good company? 

Thanks! Shaowei Li 

301-299-8877

Harvey

Recommendation Needed for Deck Contractor

Inverness resident Maria Sarria would like a recommendation from the readers of the Inverness Forest Today blog for a contractor that can rebuild her deck.  She has checked the Contractor List but no one has provided a recommendation for a company that works on decks.  Here is Maria's email:

Hi Harvey,

We want to rebuild our deck but don't have any clue of what contractor would be good for the job. We already check the Inverness contractors list but didn't find one. Do you have any names of contractors that have worked in our neighborhood?

Thanks a lot,

Maria Sarria

If you have had your deck worked on and have a recommendation for Maria, good or bad, please let me know.  As usual, you can leave a comment on this blog post or send me an email at: iftblog@gmail.com

Thanks,

Harvey

Harvey Levine

iftblog@gmail.com

Help with Front Door Replacement

Inverness resident Nicole Fleisher has a question that perhaps can be answered by someone in our community. Here is the email she sent me:

I'm writing with an Inverness conundrum.  We're trying to replace the front door, door frame, and sidelights on our Carnation model, but have been having trouble finding a contractor to do the work.  Since the doorframe has a slight curve at the top, this essentially means that a new frame has to be custom built, and there don't seem to be many companies/people to do this.  

Do you know of anyone in the neighborhood who has had this done?  (i.e a full door frame replacement in addition to the door).  Any thoughts from you or the blog audience would be appreciated!

-Nicole Fleisher

 If anyone has used a contractor to do the work that Nicole wants done, please let me know in any of these ways:

• Send me an email at iftblog@gmail.com
• Leave a comment to this post
• Fill out the Contractor Form (link in the sidebar) so that your response will be available to the entire community on the Contractor List (link also in the sidebar)

Thanks for any help you can provide Nicole and perhaps others who might be thinking of doing the same thing.

Harvey

ftblog@gmail.com

Urgent Help Needed for E. Herbert

Update: The campaign to reinstate Eddie was successful!  Channel 7 run a story on how Inverness Forest residents were able to get Eddie back his job.  Lots of footage of our townhouses too.  Here is the link to the TV segment:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0210/710307_video.html?ref=newsstory

Adele Gravitz has started a campaign to have the Washington Post newspaper deliverer, Eddie Herbert, reinstated after his superior fired him for, it is alleged, not delivering newspapers during the blizzard. Adele writes:

Dear Inverness Forest Community,

Eddie just knocked at my door to say good-bye explaining that he was fired from his job of delivering our Washington Post newspapers for "not showing up to work for 10 days" during the blizzard!  This is the man who never missed a day since 1974!   This is the man who finds lost things and returns them to us.  This is the man who shoveled my walk during the blizzard.  Did he shovel yours?  This is the man who silently cares for our community hours before any one of us is awake.

We must help him and here is how:

I propose we rally behind him in the voice of ONE solid community  and tell the distributor that if he does not hire Eddie  back, immediately, and with back lost wages, we--the entire Inverness Forest Community --- will cancel our Washington Post home delivery subscriptions.

This action  should get the attention of the distributor who fired him. 

I hope you will support this idea.  Please send me an email saying that unless Edward Herbert is rehired to deliver his entire former route,  the household at INSERT YOUR ADDRESS will suspend home delivery of the Washington Post.

Let's all remember that the Federal Government shut down, metro took days to be up and running, and sidewalks are still blocked.  If Eddie could not get here-- there was a darn good reason.

We must help him.

Sincerely,

Adele

Adele Gravitz, ASLA
StudioCattail
Landscape Architecture
8121 Inverness Ridge Road
Potomac, Maryland 20854

email: ahgravitz@aol.com

Adele added the following thought: 

I left a message for Steve telling him I plan to rally the entire community to stop their home delivery of the Post until Edward Herbert gets his job back, including any lost wages.

If you want to contact Eddie's boss:

Steve Curtin
1-301-604-6233
agent2104@washpost.com  

If you have any comments you'd like to share on this issue with the rest of the community, please click the word "Comment" below.


Harvey

iftblog@gmail.com
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