Board selects officers: Parks to serve as president, Farr as vice president

 
(Aug. 26, 2022) Doug Parks will take over as Ocean Pines Association President after a unanimous vote during an organization meeting, Thursday in the Administration Building Board Room. 
 
Also decided during the meeting, Rick Farr will serve as Association Vice President, Stuart Lakernick will be secretary, and Monica Rakowski will be the treasurer. Each was a unanimous selection. 
 
Other Board appointments included Linda Martin as assistant secretary and Steve Phillips as assistant treasurer. Directors agreed to keep the current legal counsel and auditing firm. The current legal counsel, Lerch Early and Brewer, will also serve as parliamentarian. 
 
Directors also set the regular Board meeting schedule for the next year, with the locations to be determined. Meetings were scheduled for the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m., with one exception. 
 
Regular Board meetings were scheduled as follows: 
 

• Saturday, Sept. 24 
• Saturday, Oct. 15 
• Saturday, Nov. 19 
• Saturday, Dec. 17 
• Saturday, Jan. 21 
• Saturday, Feb. 18 
• Saturday, March 18 
• Saturday, April 15 
• Saturday, May 20 
• Saturday, June 17 
• Saturday, July 15 

Parks said the Association would host at least two town hall meetings during the next year, with times, locations, and topics to be determined. 
 
To view a video of the meeting, visit https://youtu.be/z6Fijmg0uJ8.