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Belmont Shore Residents Association MINUTES GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING June 27, 2009 This meeting was held at the auditorium of Rogers Middle School. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 1 pm. Association members were checked in and admitted to the meeting beginning at 12:30 pm. The line of members arriving was steady until 1:15 pm, so the start of the meeting was delayed to allow everyone arriving to be checked in and admitted. The meeting was called to order by Secretary Jeff Miller at 1:15 pm. The members of the Executive Board present were: Vice President Terence Endersen, Charles Folks, Larry Jordan, Marvin Jones, Jim Lazarus, and President Mike Ruehle. Executive Board members Tim Clark, Aileen Colon, John Forstrom, and Treasurer Christopher Van Horn were absent and excused. As many as eighty-two additional BSRA members were present. Bill Pearl from LBreport.com was present and reported the meeting on his web site. Secretary Jeff Miller announced the agenda for the meeting: voting on the ten proposed changes to the Association Bylaws. He was interrupted almost immediately by Tim Moriarty, one of the owners of Legends and Acapulco Inn, who complained about the format of the meeting and continued the interruption for several minutes before the meeting could continue. Mr. Miller then explained the voting procedure and asked for a vote for approval of all ten of the changes. This vote failed to achieve the approval of two-thirds of the members present, which is required for changes to the bylaws. The voting was then conducted individually for each of these ten proposed changes: 1. Membership boundaries. The Geographical Definition will be clarified: Residences on both sides of the boundary streets are within the BSRA membership boundaries. 2. Executive Board eligibility. The eligibility requirements for the Executive Board will be changed: 2.1. Second Street commercial property owners are not eligible for the Executive Board. 2.2. Second Street business owners or managers are not eligible for the Executive Board. 3. Election Procedures. These changes are to clarify the Executive Board election process: 3.1. Nominees must be declared one month in advance of the election. 3.2. Votes will be allowed for nominees ONLY: no write-in candidates. 3.3. The election will be conducted by an Election Committee. 3.4. The executive Board takes office the month following the election. 4. Meeting Notice requirement. Change the notice required for special meetings to 7 days, in these paragraphs: 3.1.L, 6.2. 5. Voting Procedures. Language regarding vote counting will be standardized, in these paragraphs: 3.1.G, 3.1.O, 6.5, 6.6, 8, 10.1. 6. Language and grammatical clarifications. These changes are only for the purpose of clarification. They have no effect on the meaning of the paragraph. Changes are in these paragraphs: 3.1.B, 3.1.K, 3.1.L, 6.1, 6.2. The voting results were as follows:
The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 pm. Submitted by: Jeff Miller Recording Secretary
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