URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE 2027 BSIA BOARD of DIRECTORS - Please consider serving!
Your Burnt Store Isles Association works only because good folks like YOU step up and volunteer a little of your time to help keep Burnt Store Isles the best community in SW Florida. So please consider raising your hand to fill one of the open positions we will have starting in January 2027. Contrary to what you might think, serving on the Board is not a tremendous amount of work but it is a great way for you meet some new friends. And, the outgoing officers and directors are ready to help you get acquainted with the duties and responsibilities. Outlined below are the positions that we need to fill this fall.
PRESIDENT
How would like to take the reins and help guide a great team of hard-working volunteers? A team made up of neighbors who are focused on making BSI, YOUR community, the best place to live in Florida. You’d provide what any group needs from time to time … a bit of guidance, focus, and leadership. In addition, you’d be the official representative of BSIA to the local City, County, and State governments, outside civic organizations, and local communities. So if you want to help BSIA to continue a strong history of community improvement and growth for years to come, get in touch today! What do you say? Email info@bsia.net.
VICE PRESIDENT
We are looking for a great second in command. Someone who wants to fill a critical role on the Board with important responsibilities but just not lead the whole enchilada. You’ll of course be asked to preside at any BSIA meeting when the president is absent and you may be called on to assist any Board members if they need a bit of extra help from time to time.
A primary responsibility will be to act as chair of the Architectural Review Committee helping to resolve any issues regarding compliance with BSI Deed Restrictions. You’ll also be the central contact point for the approval of all new construction plans. Let’s hear from you today. Email info@bsia.net for more information.
SECRETARY
It’s been said that we must learn from the past to ensure a better future. In a nutshell that is what the Secretary does for BSIA. By helping to chronicle the business of BSIA, you’d make sure that not only the current Board but those in the future has an accurate record of the discussions, decisions, and reasoning behind what’s done by BSIA on behalf of the greater community. So, if you have a few hours a month to spare that need filling and are looking for an outlet for your community interest, then this is the role for you! Contact info@bsia.net without delay!
COMMUNITY STANDARDS
Among the reasons you probably liked Burnt Store Isles when you first saw it, made the decision to invest in and then moved here, likely was the way the community looked, how the houses were kept, and the general “feel” of the neighborhood. Since BSIA was formed in 1985, it’s been the role of the Community Standards Director to promote and maintain exactly that reaction.
Residents in BSIA have always shown a tremendous amount of pride in their community so this role has lots of support in the community when it comes to enforcing our deed restrictions or working with the City on code compliance issues for homes within BSI.
How would you like to help carry on this tradition? If you are a people person, have an hour or so a week to fill and are interested in helping to keep BSI’s position as the premier community in Punta Gorda, then the role as our Community Standards Director in 2027 is for you. Let’s hear from you today. Email info@bsia.net for more information.
NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY
Do you like living in a great community that’s known as a very safe place to live? Want to help keep it that way? Then this may be a role for you. We can thank our City’s outstanding first responders such as the Punta Gorda Police Department and Punta Gorda Fire Department for the tremendous job they do. But it is also due to the work of our neighborhood Security Director who regularly meets with and represents BSIA to these and other agencies on matters such as vehicle traffic, marine safety, and home security.
The Director may form a committee of BSIA volunteers to help monitor and maintain the BSIA security video cameras at our entrances and assist law enforcement personnel to access the video recordings when appropriate. Doesn’t this sound like a great way to invest a few of your spare hours a week to keeping BSIA great? Then get in touch today. Email info@bsia.net for more information.
SOCIAL
Do you like planning parties or events to wondrous acclaim? Think you'd enjoy working with an existing committee of dedicated and fun-to-be around neighbors? Have a few hours a month to spare that need filling and are looking for an outlet for your creativity? Then this is the role for you!
The BSIA Social Committee has a history of coming up with imaginative, fun events and is always searching for new ideas to try each year. The stage can be yours, and the palette awaits you to color it in. If you have the ideas then we have the need. Get in touch and raise your hand today! You won’t regret it. Email info@bsia.net.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Oversee the maintenance contractor for the islands at the Monaco and Madrid entrances to Burnt Store Isles including weeding and planting, holiday decorations, and membership drive announcements. Coordinate acknowledgement of Board or committee special circumstances such as illnesses, family deaths, etc. Email info@bsia.net.
Detailed descriptions of all Board positions can be found on the BSIA website at this link: https://bsia.net/board-duties.
If ANYTHING here sparks an interest, please reach out and let the BSIA 2027 Nominating Committee hear from you at info@bsia.net. Nominees will be voted on at the November 12, 2026 general membership meeting and start their two-year positions on January 1, 2027.
And if you’re interested in volunteering but are not currently a member, don’t let that deter you! It’s easy to join. Just click HERE.
THANK YOU!
Updated 09/05/2026