7:00PM, April 7, 2004
681 Venice
Boulevard
Venice,
California
The
meeting was called to order by Sheila Bernard at 7:10 PM.
At
roll call, the following members responded:
Tom O’Meara, David Moring, Kelley Willis, Sheila Bernard, Jim Smith,
Dennis Hathaway, Alice Stek, Paul Ryan, Lydia Ponce, Suzanne Thompson, DeDe
Audet, Elinor Aurthur, Jatun Valentine, Laddie Williams, Peggy Kennedy, Greg
Fitchitt, and Bonnie Cheeseman.
Several
announcements were made by board members and the public; among these were
a presentation of the Outreach
Committee Concept and Disaster Preparedness.
During
this period a stakeholder (Mr. Feist) offered a petition to amend the bylaws as
follows:
BYLAWS AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE III – MEMBERSHIP
A. GRVNC Community Stakeholders. "GRVNC Community
Stakeholders" are
defined as individuals who live, work, or own property within the
GRVNC
boundaries. In addition, Community Stakeholders shall be
identified by participation
in, among other things, educational institutions, religious
institutions, oommunity
organizations or other non profit organizations, block olubs,
neighborhood
associations, homeowners associations, apartment associations,
oondominium
associations, resident associations, school/parent groups, faith
based groups and
organizations, senior groups and organizations, youth groups and
organizations,
chambers of commerce, business improvement districts, arts
associations, political
action groups, service organizations, park advisory boards, boys
and girls clubs,
cultural groups, environmental groups, codewatoh, neighborhood
watch, polioe
advisory board groups, and/or redevelopment action boards.
Individuals who define themselves as a non-residential stakeholder
qualified for
GRVNC membership solely because they work within the GRVNC
geographical
boundaries must have worked for an employer located within the
GRVNC
geographical boundaries for a period of no less than 30 days
before registration as
a "Voting Member". "Work" will be defined as
any employment for pay. Volunteer
work performed without pay will not qualify an individual for
stakeholder status.
Further. no individual who defines himself or herself as a
non-residential
stakeholder qualified for GRVNC membership solely because they
work within the
GRVNC geographical boundaries will be eligible to vote for any
GRVNC District
Representative.
B. Voting Members. Any GRVNC Community Stakeholder who chooses to
register
may become a "Voting Member." Voter registration will be
conducted in accordance
with Article VI, as interpreted by the Rules and Elections
Committee. Proof of
Community Stakeholder status will be required for voting rights to
be effected.
C. Member Rights. Members shall have at minimum the following rights:
1. To vote to elect the Board of Officers, as specified in
Articles IV and VI. J.l.llY
and VI.
ARTICLE VI - ELECTIONS
D. Registration
GRVNC Community Stakeholders may register to become Voting Members
at any
time up to one hour before the Election Meeting. Registered
Voting Members who
qualify as current Community Stakeholders at the time of elections
arc entitled to
vote at the Election Meeting. Registered Voting Members who
qualify as current
Community Stakeholders at the time of elections are still required
to show proof of
current stakeholdership (as described in Section F below) before
they cast a ballot
at the Election Meeting. If a Registered Voting Member is unable
to provide proof of
stakeholdership on the day of the election. they may cast a
Provisional Ballot which
will be held as provisional until such time as the Election
Committee receives proof
of stakeholdership from that Voting Member.
E. Qualification
Any Community Stakeholder within the GRVNC boundaries who is 16
years or
older 18 years or older may complete a GRVNC registration form
and become a
GRVNC Voting Member. Any Community Stakeholder 'Nho is under 16
years old
but is a junior or senior in High School is also qualifiod to
become a Voting Member
upon proof of such status. See Article III for a definition of
requirements for
Community Stakeholder qualification.
F. Credentials
A Valid Credential(s) may be will be required at the
time of registration to prove
Community Stakeholder status before a new Voting Member may cast a
ballot. In
addition. on the day of the election. proof of stakeholdership
will be required of any
previously registered existing Voting Member before they may cast
a ballot. even if
they have already provided proof of stakeholdership when
originally registering as a
Voting Member.
If a new or existing Voting Member is unable to provide proof of
stakeholdership on
the day of the election. they may cast a Provisional Ballot which
will be held as
provisional until such time as the Election Committee receives
proof of
stakeholdership. as described below. from that Voting Member.
Examples of Valid Credentials include the following:
CA Drivers License, CA Residency Card, SchoollD Card, a business
card, a recent
utility bill, an imprinted check, a valid passport. pay stub
from an employer within
the GRVNC boundaries, and, in the case of homeless individuals,
proof of a PO
box that falls within the GRVNC boundaries registered in the
stakeholder's name or
a signed letter from a social service agency within the GRVNC
boundaries certifying
that the individual has received services from that agency within
30 days of the date
of the election.
Other proof of Community Stakeholder status will be accepted per
the standards
adopted by the Rules and Elections Committee. These new
standards must be
approved by a two-thirds (2/3) maiority of the full GRVNC Board
and ratified by a
majority of the Voting Membership during a specially convened
Election Meeting.
G. Voting
Voting for election of Officers shall be by ballot. Each Voting
Member shall be
entitled to cast votes (as applicable due to staggered elections)
as follows:
. One vote for President
. One vote for Vice President
.One vote for Second Vice President
. One vote for Secretary
. One vote for Treasurer
. One vote for Communications Officer
. One vote for Government Relations Officer
. One vote for each At-Large Officer. The seven At-Large Officer
candidates with
the highest vote totals shall be elected. Each GRVNC Voting Member
may vote for
up to seven (7) candidates when the seven (7) At-Large Officer
positions are up for
election.
. One vote for one Geographical Representative Officer. Each
GRVNC Voting
Member may vote for only one Geographical Representative Officer
when the
soven (7) Geoqraphical Representative Officer positions are up for
election.
Each GRVNC Voting Member must declare at the time of the election
one (1) of the
seven (7) geographical areas they wish to cast a vote in. A GRVNC
Voting Member
may not cast a vote in more than one district. In addition, in
accordance with Article
III. no individual who defines himself or herself as a
non-residential stakeholder
qualifiedfor GRVNCmembershipsolelybecausethey work within the
GRVNC
boundaries will be eligible to vote for any GRVNC District
Representative.
If more than two candidates are running for an Office, a plurality
shall be sufficient
to elect.
No voting by proxy is allowed, either in elections or for the
Board of Officers to rule
on business.
H. Election Procedures
The Rules and Elections Committee is granted broad dicoretion
to interpret these
rules discretion to create additional rules and procedures as
necessary to hold
annual GRVNC Officer elections or special Election Meetings. The
Rules and
Elections Committee shall by guided by the principles of fairness
and democracy in
creating such rules. All new rules and changes must be approved
by a two-thirds
(2/3) maiority of the full GRVNC Board and must be ratified by a
majority of the
Voting Membership during a specially convened Election Meeting.
I. Absentee Voting
Under no circumstances will Absentee Voting be allowed.
The chair, after discussion, decided that, by consensus, the petition would be noted as of this date and processed to the schedule as established in the bylaws.
Reading
of the minutes of the previous meeting was tabled until 04\22\04.
Action
Items were restricted to consideration of bylaw changes considered necessary,
by vote at the last meeting, in order to hold timely elections.
Jim
Smith, Chairman of the Bylaws Committee, outlined the proposed changes and
moved, seconded by Alice Stek, that the changes proposed to the board be
accepted. The board amended and deleted
as follows:
B y l a w s
Revision
presented to the Board, March 22, 2004
Table of
Contents
ARTICLE III
- MEMBERSHIP.................................................. 1
ARTICLE IV -
BOARD OF OFFICERS........................................2
ARTICLE VI -
ELECTIONS......................................................4
ARTICLE VII
- COMMITTEES................................................. 6
ARTICLE III
- MEMBERSHIP
Jim Smith moves
seconded by AliceStek
A. GRVNC Community
Stakeholders.
"GRVNC Community Stakeholders" are
defined as
individuals who live, work, or
own property
within the GRVNC
boundaries. In
addition, Community
Stakeholders
eligibility may also be based
s be
identified by
active
and regular on participation in
among
other things, educational
institutions,
religious institutions,
community
organizations or other nonprofit
organizations,
block clubs,
neighborhood
associations, homeowners
associations,
apartment associations,
condominium
associations, resident
associations,
school/parent groups, faith
based
groups and organizations, senior
groups
and organizations, youth groups
and
organizations, chambers of
commerce,
business improvement
districts,
arts associations, political
action
groups, service organizations,
park
advisory boards, boys and girls
clubs,
cultural groups, environmental
groups,
codewatch, neighborhood watch,
police
advisory board groups, and/or
redevelopment
action boards, on
organizations,
institutions or branches
of those
organizations and institutions
that are
based in Venice. and the
majority
of participants are Venice
residents.
Above by 14
Yes, 3 No, 3 Abstaining
B. Voting
Members. Any eligible GRVNC
Community Stakeholder who chooses to
register may
become a "Voting
Member."
Voter registration will be
conducted in
accordance with Article VI,
as
interpreted by the Rules and
Elections
Committee. Stakeholder status will be
attested to
by the voter.
14 yes’s 2
abstentions so this passes and is all clear.
(This second section following is tabled until April 22, 2004)
Stakeholders
within the
boundary of the GRVNC who
are
registered to vote with the Los
Angeles
County Registrar of Voters (are automatically eligible)( will
be
deemed-eliminate this sentence) to be voting members of
the GRVNC.
C. Member
Rights. Members shall have
at minimum
the following rights:
1. To vote
to elect the Board of
Officers, as
specified in Articles IV and
VI.
2. To
initiate discussion, an action,
policy, or
position.
3. To make a
motion to hold a non-binding,
advisory
vote at any general
meeting. All
individuals present at such
a meeting,
whether or not they are
registered
as Voting Members, shall be
allowed to
participate in such an
advisory
vote.
4. To make
use of initiative, recall, and
grievance
procedures outlined in Article
V.
1
5. To
participate in and provide
feedback at
all meetings of the GRVNC.
6. To
participate on standing
committees
and assist with the various
activities
of the GRVNC, as specified in
Article VII.
7. To
establish ad hoc advisory or
working
committees reporting to the
GRVNC Board
of Officers, as specified in
Article VII.
D. Privacy.
The GRVNC Voting Member
database
will be deemed confidential to
the fullest
extent of the law. It shall be
maintained
by the Communications
Officer and
the Communications and
Outreach
Committee. Official GRVNC
business
requiring communication to the
Voting
Members shall be disseminated
by the
Communications Officer. Any
information
pertaining
to the business of the GRVNC
may be
subject to disclosure per the Public Records Act.
Passed
unanimously with 17 yes votes.
ARTICLE
IV - BOARD OF OFFICERS
A. The
Governing Body of the GRVNC
shall be the
GRVNC Board of Officers.
The Board of
Officers shall establish
policies and
positions of the GRVNC at
its regular
meetings and review and
recommend
actions to governmental
and other
entities on issues affecting
the Venice
community. The GRVNC
Board of
Officers is comprised of
Twenty-One
(21) Officers, elected from
and by the
population of GRVNC Voting
Members, as
follows:
• Seven (7)
Executive Officers (elected
at-large)
• Seven (7)
At-Large Officers
• Seven (7)
Geographical
Representative
Officers
B. Seven (7)
Executive Officers elected
at-large
(i.e. any Voting Member may
run for and
vote for any at-large office),
including:
1. President Chairs
board and Coordinates all GRVNC activities and serves as chief
liaison to all Neighborhood Councils in
Los Angeles.
(Chair General, Board and
Executive
Committee meetings, connect
with
other Neighborhood Councils in Los
Angeles.)
2. First Vice President (Chair, Event
Planning
Committee. Serves as the
chief
liaison with other Neighborhood
Councils
in Los Angeles).
3. Second Vice President (Assume
duties of
the Vice President when the
Vice
President is unavailable to perform
his/her
duties. Co- Chair
Communications
and Outreach
Committee.
Serves as Executive
Committee
liaison for Geographical
representatives).
4. Third Vice President (Assume duties
of the
Second Vice President when the
2nd Vice
President is unavailable to
perform
his/her duties. Co-Chair
Budget,
Finance and Fundraising
Committee.
Serves as Executive
committee
liaison for At-Large
Representative
Strike item 4
above from the rules.
4. Secretary (Record minutes, post
minutes to
website no later than 7 days
after
meetings, make minutes available
prior to
next meeting, maintain public
record of
the GRVNC).
5. Treasurer (Chair Budget, Finance and
Fundraising
Committee, oversee
finances,
report at Board Meetings,
maintain
balance sheets, financial
accountability,
etc. Co-sign along with
another
Executive Officer all checks, and
all requests
to the Department of
Neighborhood
Empowerment (DONE) for
checks, for
disbursement of funds
greater than
$100).
6. Communications Officer (Chair
Communication
Committee. and Outreach
Committee,
oversee Early Notification
System,
etc.)
7. Government Relations Officer (Chair
Government
Relations Committee,
perform City
Oversight function, oversee
Early
Notification System, etc.).
The
Immediate Past President shall be,
as implied
by the name, a non-elected
position.
The Immediate Past President
shall serve
as a non-voting, ex-officio
member of
the Executive Committee
and Board of
Officers.
Above tabled
C. The
duty of chairing General, Board
and
Executive Committee meetings will
be
rotated every two months among
members
of the Executive Committee.
The order
of the rotation will be decided
by the
Executive Committee. However,
no
Executive Committee member shall
take a
second turn at chairperson until
all
Executive Committee members have
been
offered an opportunity to chair. (remain the same)
D.
Effective July 1, 2004, the titles Vice
President,
2nd Vice President and 3rd
Vice
President shall all be renamed Vice
President.
Manner of election shall be
determined
by the Board and
assignment
of duties shall be
determined
by the Executive
Committee.(
remain the same)
E. The seven
Geographical
Representative
Officers shall be
responsible
for appointing a member to
the Land Use
and Planning Committee
(see Art.
7G) and posting notices of
meetings in
their geographical area.
They will
serve as members of the
Outreach
Committee. (remain the same)
F. The seven
At-large Officers shall each
work with
one of the Executive Officers in
his/her area
of responsibility. The
manner of
pairing Executive Officers and
At-large
Officers shall be decided by the
Board.
Motion to table by Jim 2nd by Peggy. This motion passes
and is tabled.
G. Vacant
Board Seats (this is
adopted stays the same)
If all Board
seats are not filled after the
election,
they shall be filled by the
majority
vote of the other elected
Officers.
Officer seats vacated before
the natural
expiration of their term shall
be filled by
a majority vote of the
remaining
Officers. Officers selected in
these
manners shall be confirmed or
replaced by
election subject to an
advisory
vote by the Voting Members at
a separate
GRVNC Election meeting, to
be held in a
timely manner after such
selection.
G. H. Term (adopted and stays the same)
Each term of
office shall be two years
(excepting
those initial terms described
below).
Terms shall begin on January
July 1st and
end on December 31st June
30. See
Article VI (Elections) for further
detail on
initial terms, staggering, and
term limits.
H. I. Quorum
(adopted and stays the
same)
A minimum of
eleven (11) of the
twenty-one
(21) GRVNC Officers shall be
required at
Board and GRNVC general
meetings for
a quorum to be present. A
minimum of
four (4) of the seven (7)
Executive
Officers shall be required at
Executive
Committee meetings for a
quorum to be
present. A majority vote
of Officers
present shall be sufficient for
the Board of
Officers or the Executive
Committee,
as appropriate, to rule on
business,
unless otherwise stated in
these
By-Laws.
I. J.
Resignation and Removal
1. If an
Officer is elected to any City of
Los Angeles
political office, he or she
must
immediately resign from the
Board.
2. Any
Officer may resign by submitting
a written
resignation to the President or
the
Secretary.
3. The Board
may remove any Officer
whenever,
the best interests of the
GRVNC would
be served. No Officer shall
be removed
for any arbitrary, capricious
or
discriminatory reason. If an Officer
fails to
consistently attend those
meetings at
which they are expected,
the Board
may remove the Officer and
declare the
seat vacant. Executive
Officers are
expected to attend all
Executive
Committee meetings, Board
of Officers
meetings and GRVNC General
meetings.
Board Members are expected
to attend
all Board of Officers meetings
and GRVNC
General meetings. Absence
from four
(4) consecutive meetings or
seven (7) or
more meetings during the
previous
twelve months shall be
deemed a
failure to consistently attend.
A
three-quarters (3/4) vote of Officers
present at a
Board of Officers meeting
or GRVNC
General meeting is required
for removal.
Such action shall be
effective
immediately upon the Board
vote to
remove. In such case, the
President
shall send a certified letter to
the person,
stating that he or she is no
longer a
GRVNC Officer.
4. A person
removed from the Board is
ineligible
to serve on the Board for
twelve (12)
months from the date of
removal.
ARTICLE
VI – ELECTIONS
A. Timing (tabled) Jim motioned and Alice 2nd
Elections
for the GRVNC Board of
Officers
shall be held annually at the
June GRVNC
Election meeting. The only
order of
business at the annual Election
Meeting shall
be the election of the
Board of
Officers. The first election shall
elect all
twenty-one (21) officers and
shall be
held in a timely manner after
certification
by the City of Los Angeles,
with terms
effective immediately after
the
election. Elections thereafter shall be
staggered,
electing ten (10) officers in
even
numbered years and eleven (11)
officers in
odd numbered years (the
Immediate
Past President will be a non elected
position).
The specifics of the
staggering
procedure are described
below.
Special Election Meetings may
additionally
be called where a vote of
the GRVNC
Voting Membership is
required, as
specified in these bylaws.
B.
Staggering (Jim motioned to
table and Alice 2nd )
For the
initial GRVNC Board elections, In
odd numbered
years, the following ten
(10)
Officers shall be elected to initial
terms
effective through December 31,
2002, with
two-year terms thereafter:
1. Secretary
2. Treasurer
3.
Communications Officer
4. Seven (7)
At-Large Officers
The
remaining Officers shall be elected
to two-year
terms in the initial and
subsequent
even numbered year
elections.
(Jim motioned
and Alice 2nd)
C. Term
Limits No person may serve more than eight
consecutive
years in any office of the
GRVNC Board
of Officers, in accordance
with the
DONE plan.
D.
Registration
-strike this
-GRVNC Community Stakeholders may
register
to become Voting Members at
any time
up to one hour before the
Election
Meeting. Registered
Voting
Members who
qualify as current
Community
-strike this- this statement remains Stakeholders at the time of
elections
are entitled to vote at the
Election
Meeting.)
E.
Qualification
Any
Community Stakeholder within the
GRVNC
boundaries who is 16 years or
older may
complete a GRVNC
registration
form and become a GRVNC
Voting
Member. Any Community
Stakeholder
who is under 16 years old
but is a
junior or senior in High School is
also
qualified to become a Voting
Member upon
proof of such status. See
Article III
for a definition of
requirements
for Community
Stakeholder
qualification.
F. Credentials
- Stakeholders will affirm
by
signature at the time of registration
that they
meet the criteria to be a
stakeholder,
and the reason why they
hold a
stake in Venice (live, work, etc.) - Greg
makes the motion that proposes Paul sentence 2nd Kelley 2nd,
that Paul’s sentence be accepted (Paul requests that credentials be required
when at the time a stakeholder requests a ballot also to leave in examples of
valid credentials as listed below a long a lengthy board discussion about
credentials ensued with this thought ) The motion fails 11 no’s 4 yes’s. So the motion made by Jim Smith will be to accept this statement
as it is originally proposed -Jim Smith seconded by Suzanne Thompson This
motion passes 4 no’s 11 yes’s.
Valid Credential(s) may be required
at the
time of registration to prove
Community
Stakeholder status.
Examples
of Valid Credentials include
the
following:
· CA
Drivers License
· CA
Residency Card
· School
ID Card
· A
business card
· A
recent utility bill
· An
imprinted check
Other
proof of Community Stakeholder
status
will be accepted per the standards
adopted
by the Rules and Elections
Committee.
G. Voting
Voting for
election of Officers shall be
by ballot.
Each Voting Member shall be
entitled to
cast votes for all offices up
for
election. (as applicable due to
staggered
elections) as follows:
· One vote
for President
· One vote
for Vice President
· One vote
for Second Vice President
· One vote
for Secretary
· One vote
for Treasurer
· One vote
for Communications Officer
· One vote
for Government Relations
Officer
· One vote
for each At-Large Officer.
Voting for
At-Large Officer candidates
shall be by
cumulative voting. The
seven
At-Large Officer candidates with
the highest
vote totals shall be elected.
Each GRVNC
Voting Member may vote
for up to
seven (7) candidates when the
seven (7)
At-Large Officer positions are
up for
election.
· One vote
for one Geographical
Representative
Officer. Each GRVNC
Voting
Member may vote for only one
Geographical
Representative Officer
when the
seven (7) Geographical
Representative
Officer positions are up
for
election.
If more than
two candidates are
running for
an Office, (strike -a plurality shall be
sufficient
to elect-strike.-) voting shall be by
Instant
Runoff Voting (IRV).3 no’s 12 yes’s it passes
No voting by
proxy is allowed, either in
elections or
for the Board of Officers to
rule on
business.
H.
Third-Party Supervision - A third party,
such as the
League of Women
Voters,
shall serve as the election
administrator. Paul is asking that this be tabled until
April 22nd.
By a showing of
hands the board showed a consensus of the above for guidance to the committee.
H. I.
Election Procedures
The Rules
and Elections Committee is
granted
broad discretion to interpret
these rules
and to create additional
rules and
procedures as necessary to
hold annual
GRVNC Officer elections or
special
Election Meetings. The Rules and
Elections
Committee shall by guided by
5
the
principles of fairness and democracy
in creating
such rules.
I. Board
members shall remain in office
past the
July 1 expiration date for their
terms if
newly elected Board members
are not
seated by then due to election
challenges.
14 yes, 1 no
ARTICLE
VII - COMMITTEES
GRVNC
Community Stakeholders are
encouraged
to participate on
Committees
in which they are interested
by
contacting the Committee Chair. The
following
Committees shall be
established:
A. Executive
Committee: Consists of
the Seven
Executive Officers. Chaired by
President
rotation as provided in Article
IV, Section
7(C). Sets agenda for Board,
Executive
Committee, and GRVNC
meetings.
Establishes ad hoc and other
Committees.
Acts as administrative
body for the
GRVNC. Recommends
actions to
the Board of Officers. The
Executive
Committee shall have the
authority of
the Board of Officers to
make
decisions on emergency and
routine
business items, and shall report
all such
actions and decisions to the
Board, which
may modify or reverse such
actions or
decisions upon a majority
vote.
B. Rules and
Elections Committee:
Chaired by
Officer, not subject to
election, as
nominated by the Executive
Committee,
subject to approval of the
Board.
Organizes and executes general
GRVNC
elections and Election Meetings.
Responsible
for compliance with the
GRVNC
By-Laws. Proposes and enforces
standing
rules as necessary. Establishes
a
Nominations sub-committee as
necessary.
Informs the voting members
of all
election rules and procedures, and
reports at
GRVNC general meetings on
any changes
to these that it has
adopted.
C. Budget,
Finance and Fundraising
Committee:
Chaired by Treasurer.
Oversees and
administrates all GRVNC
financial
matters, including system of
financial
accountability as required by
DONE.
D.
Communications and Outreach
Committee:
Chaired by Communications
Officer,
Co-Chaired by the Second Vice
President.
Includes all Geographical
Representative
Officers and may include
additional
voting members as
determined
by the Communications and
Outreach
Committee. It oversees,
administrates
and executes Early
Notification
System and communications
with GRVNC
Community Stakeholders
and the
Media. Performs ongoing
outreach to
GRVNC Stakeholders.
E. Outreach
Committee: Chaired by the
Second Vice
President. Includes all
Geographical
Representative Officers. It
performs
ongoing outreach to GRVNC
Stakeholders.
E. F.
Government Relations Committee:
Chaired by
Government Relations
Officer,
Co-Chaired by another GRVNC
Voting
Member as nominated by the
Board. It fulfills
the City Oversight
function.
and liaise The chair is the
liaison
officer with City and other
governmental
entities. It oversees,
administrates
and executes Early
Notification
System.
F. G. Event
Planning Committee:
Chaired by
Vice President. Organize and
execute
General Meetings and special
events.
G. H. Land
Use and Planning
Committee:
This nine (9) member
Committee
shall include seven (7)
GRVNC Voting
Members (i.e. registered
GRVNC
Community Stakeholders), each
as nominated
by the individual
Geographical
Representative Officers,
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one for each
District. Additionally, the
Committee
shall include two (2) GRVNC
Officers, as
nominated by the Board of
Officers.
Committee members shall
elect the
chair and/or co-chair(s). The
Land Use and
Planning Committee shall
review, take
public input, report on and
make
recommendations of actions to
the Board of
Officers on any land use
and planning
issues affecting the GRVNC
community.
H. I.
Conservation Committee: This
committee
will address conservation
issues within
the Venice boundaries and
those issues
outside of the formal
boundaries
that directly affect
conservation
issues within Venice.
J. Other
standing or ad hoc Committees
may be
established as deemed
appropriate
by the Executive Committee
and/or the
Board of Officers, to carry on
the work of
the GRVNC. Chairs are
named by the
Executive Committee,
subject to
approval by the Board of
Officers. A
Committee may be chaired
by and may
include any GRVNC
Community
Stakeholder. Other than the
Executive
Committee and Land Use and
Planning
Committee, which have
membership
specified above, the size
and
composition of each Committee
beyond what
is specified in these bylaws
is left to
the discretion of each
Committee
and its Chair. However, no
stakeholder
shall be denied
membership
in a committee without
good reason.
Each committee shall
establish
rules of conduct and quorum.
K. The
additional Standing Committees
are
recognized by the GRVNC:
1. Abbot
Kinney Blvd. Committee
2. Ocean
Front Walk (Boardwalk)
Committee
3. Bylaws
Committee
4. Children,
Youth & Families Committee
5.
Conservation Committee
6. Housing
Committee
7. Parking
Committee
8. Poverty
and Homelessness
Committee
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The meeting adjourned at
11:10 PM with an executive meeting to follow immediately.
(signed) DeDe Audet, Secretary pro tem.