What's inside this issue?

• BHA Annual Meeting & Election Results
• Letter from President - New BHA Executive Director
• BHA Volunteer Opportunities
• BHA Events
• BHA News - January/February Island Report
• Handy Bald Head Island Website Links

BHA's 2025 Annual Meeting Update

Due to inclement weather, BHA's Annual Meeting was held online and was well attended on Saturday, January 25. BHA congratulates Derek Crump and Victoria Lonker for being newly elected to the BHA Board of Directors. We appreciate all candidates who ran. Outgoing Board members Joe Brawner and John Kinney received certificates for the live oak Honor Trees that will be planted on Bald Head Island later this year on their behalf. BHA thanks both for their years of service and dedication.

The meeting was full of information about BHA and other BHI organizations, including the Village of BHI, Public Service Auxiliary (PSA), Old Baldy Foundation, Project Longevity, BHI Limited, BHI Conservancy and BHI/Shoals Clubs. We not only appreciate their contributions to our meeting but appreciate that they all worked hard with the BHA as we navigated through a remote meeting. Their presentations were packed full of valuable and substantial information! We have heard from many Members how much they appreciated each and every Presentation! The presentation and recording are available on our website - see link below.

Meet your newest

BHA Board members!

Vickie Lonker was formerly a retired telecom executive with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Engineering Administration, both from Virginia Tech. A property owner since 2013, Vickie and her husband Todd were immediately drawn to the island's conservation ethic, beauty, and sense of community when first introduced to this unique place by good friends. Read more here.

Derek Crump has been an attorney for the past 36 years. He has been a partner in Brown, Crump & Tierney, PLLC since 2000. He attended Wake Forest University School of Law and North Carolina State University for his undergraduate degree. Derek and his wife, Christy, have owned a home in the Villas since 1999. Read more here.

Dear Bald Head Island Association Members:

As you know from previous communications, over the last couple of months we have embarked on a nationwide search to identify a highly capable, true professional and leader to become the Executive Director of Bald Head Association.

Working very closely with our retained search firm, KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE, the Search Committee spent countless hours reviewing qualifications and backgrounds on several potential candidates along with significant time spent on face-to-face interviews with three excellent candidates. We invited two top candidates back for full day second interviews where they had a chance to interact with our interim ED, staff, the Club CEO, and Village Manager.

Once the Search Committee's work was completed, we unanimously agreed to extend the offer to one candidate.

Therefore, I am thrilled to announce that Douglas Jones has accepted the position of Executive Director for our Association. Douglas comes to us after many years of experience managing several large-scale communities including Sun City Hilton Head and Palmetto Bluff Resort, in addition to his executive level background and engineering experience.

Douglas plans to come on board at the Association around March 3^rd and hopes to come to the Association a few times before his official start date as he wants to bond with our Team Members as well as look for housing in the area with his family. I am very excited we were able to attract someone with the talent and experience that Douglas possesses. He is thrilled to join our Association and we believe together we can make it one of the premier associations on the Atlantic coast!

Lastly, I want to personally thank all of the members of the Search Committee for their hard work and many hours of sacrifice during this process. We all approached our duties very seriously, befitting a process of so much importance to the future of our Association. The Committee was comprised of Slaughter Fitz-Hugh, Elizabeth Robinson, Suzanne O’Bryant, Steve Smalley and myself, Christine Osborne. And, I’d be remiss if I didn’t recognize the significant efforts of our Interim ED, Russ Curtis, who spent countless hours helping to ensure a smooth and efficient

process, with well-informed candidates.

Again, I thank my fellow Search Committee Members for a job well done! I invite you to personally thank them for their hard work when you see them; they did a tremendous service for us all.

I look forward to each of you meeting and getting to know Douglas upon his arrival to the Association in March.

Thank you for your support of the Association and for our great staff during this transition period.

Sincerely,

Christine Osborne, BHA President

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

ARC Design Guideline Updates

At the Board's request, Terry Steelman, ARC-B chair, presented at the Annual Meeting changes to the ARC Design Guidelines which were adopted by the Board at their 1/24/25 meeting. These changes are for clarification purposes and do not change the intent of the guidelines. They pertain to the 60% undisturbed area, the clearing of understory, heated area, and building footprint. Presentation slides are here, and you can listen to Mr. Steelman's explanation on the meeting recording at 21.40 and slides 21-26.

BHA Events

BHA News

Jan./Feb. 2025

Island Report

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The Island Report is now a bimonthly publication! With this change, look for fresh content and opportunities to get involved in your community!

Here are some highlights:

• Volunteer Opportunities
• President's Letter
• Upcoming events
• Monthly contributors — the Village of BHI and Old Baldy Foundation
• Plus much more!

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