The Lake Lanier Association will address some heavy issues at its annual membership meeting Wednesday, including boating safety, troubled Flat Creek that runs through Gainesville and tri-state water management. “I’m thrilled to see that we are at a point where we’re sort of pushing the envelope on new initiatives that we talked about for a long time but haven’t been in the position to do, particularly safety,” said Joanna Cloud, the Gainesville-based group’s executive director. The organization’s Lake Lanier Water Safety Alliance recently sponsored Boating Safety Awareness Day, handing out safety-related information and safe boating decals to boaters to place on their vessels’ dashboards.