2010 Annual Meeting

WHEN:. . . . . . . . .10:00 a.m., Monday, April 12, 2010

WHERE:. . . . . . . .The Island Water Association, Inc., 3651 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel

Those wishing to participate in person and/or cast ballots at the meeting must register at the tellers' table between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009 at the meeting location.

 ITEMS OF BUSINESS:

 1    Report by President of the Board and Officers on the affairs of the Association.

 2.   Any other business pertaining to The Island Water Association, Inc.

 3.      The election of directors.  The Nominating Committee consisting of Chairperson Andrew J. Schroder, Members Paul Garvey, Crosby Boyd, James M. Griffith, and Stephen R. Brown  M.D., in its report recommends the following slate of candidates for election:

Robert E. Lindman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Bob and Jeanne Lindman have owned property on Sanibel since 1983 and have been full time residents since Bob’s retirement in 1999. Bob was born in 1940, and raised in Rockford, Illinois. Bob spent over 40 years in the flooring industry, starting with Mohawk Industries then starting his own company in Rockford in 1965. Bob’s company grew to one of the largest flooring company’s in Illinois employing over 100 installers specializing in hospitals, schools and corporate customers throughout the Midwest. Bob sold his company to Shaw Industries the world’s largest carpet manufacturer in 1996.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Bob and Jeanne have been married over 50 years and have four adult children and eleven grand children. In addition to his flooring business, Bob was a developer of small strip shopping centers and owned and managed a number of apartment buildings. In Rockford  Bob was a Police and fire Commissioner, Chairman of his church, served on the board of Colonial Bank and AmCore Mortage Company, was a charter member and past president of Alpine Kiwanis.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Since retiring Bob’s passion has been working with Kids Around the World a faith based Christian mission that builds playground and trains Christian workers in third- world countries. On Sanibel Bob has been an active member of Sanibel Community Church, Sanibel- Captiva Kiwanis Club and has served on the board of the Old School House Theater.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Bob currently is Vice President and Treasurer of the IWA Board of Directors. Having served on the Board for four years, he has seen the company go thru many challenges. With each challenge he has seen the company excel, grow and prosper for the members IWA is serving.

John R. (Jack) Cunningham      

 I was born April 1, 1941 in Dowagiac, Michigan.  Soon thereafter my family moved to Indiana where I lived most of my life before retiring to Captiva.  I have always had an adventuresome and entrepreneurial spirit.  In junior high and high school I ran a one hundred and fifty customer paper route.  I was an active Boy Scout each summer in Maine, earning Eagle Scout rank, and attending both national and international Jamborees.

 I graduated with a B.S. in Business from Indiana University in 1963 and as a 2nd Lt. in the USAF through ROTC.  While in school I was President of the Arnold Air Society, member of the I.U. Student Foundation, and member of Sigma Chi social fraternity.  I served four years in the Air Force as a Supply Officer.  Fortunately, I served three of those years in Germany.  Also fortunately, in 1964 I married my college sweetheart, Michele.  I rose to the rank of Captain before being honorably discharged in 1967.

 I returned to Indiana University to earn an MBA degree in Finance and Management, in 1969, being selected to the business school’s honor fraternity.  Over the next twenty-nine years I advanced from Treasurer, to President and Chairman of the Board at Thermo Products Inc., a manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment.  During my tenure, we grew the company from one million dollar sales per year to over $25 million sales volume per year and employed over 200.  In order to better understand the products we  manufactured I took a number of engineering related courses at Purdue University.

 During my Thermo Products years, I established a formal outside Board of Directors, plus served, in a voluntary capacity, on several medical and education related boards.  I also served as President of The Alliance, a group of about fifty Presidents of closely held, $10 million plus Indiana businesses who met quarterly to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

 I sold Thermo Products in 1997 and retired in 1998.  I am now a Florida resident, but still spend summers in Indiana.  I am still married to my wife of forty-five years.  We have two daughters and two grandsons.  On Captiva, I am a Firefighter 1 certified, 10 year volunteer with the Captiva Fire District and am Vice-President of the Captiva Civic Association.   In Indiana, I am a Board Member of the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Foundation, an environmental organization, and head of the Recreational Path Committee of the 2nd Century Committee, a town improvement group.  Since 2008 I have been an investor and member of the Board of Managers of Freedom Sciences, LLC, a    Pennsylvania based healthcare products company.

"Candidates for the Board of Directors may be nominated by any member of the Association, provided the name or names of such candidate(s) shall be presented in writing to the Secretary in a letter signed by at least ten (10) members and delivered at least fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting."  (Article VI, Section 5, Bylaws of The Island Water Association, Inc.)

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