Government, Concerns & Realities:

With many details useful to all, as well as newcomers and prospective buyers.
Prepared by Fred Paine,  a lifetime summer resident.

This information & the interpretations below aren't necessarily the official position of the Club, nor Board.

Cinosam Club Corporation, incorporated 1921 as "A Summer Colony for Masons and Eastern Stars," oversees members in three legal land plats of land; "Cinosam Club" (either side of Cinosam Road) "Cinosam Tracts" (south of Cinosam Club and westerly, toward Gull Lake; and "Cinosam Acres."

Any living person/nuclear family (not corporations) owning property within these three land plats is eligible to pay dues and thus be a member of Cinosam Club (Corporation). Dues ( $80) are paid on a ("nuclear") family/household basis. This generally means parents and children, or other relatives living in one dwelling.

Those persons owning land without structures are eligible to pay dues and thus be members. No person or nuclear family is eligible to have more than one vote, regardless of the number of lots owned.

Dues have traditionally paid taxes, liability insurance related to Club-owned parks , "outlots," and docks, maintenance and Board-approved improvements such as beach sand, replacement trees, etc. From the start, most Club maintenance and very many improvements have been accomplished entirely by volunteer labor.  A current exception is contracted removal and re-installation of main boat docks (not side-access docks) on a seasonal basis. Docks have in many cases been constructed by volunteers, with materials paid for from Club Dues.

Mary Biersach, (PResident) Joey Halvorson,Vice PResident,  Bev sullivan (treasurer) and Fred Paine (Secretary) elected unopposed.

The Cinosam Board generally consists of 13 persons: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and nine other directors.  All are voting members.