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[grvnc] 2004 Election Procedures, Board Meeting, Venice Town Hall, and a Special Election

Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council Announcement
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At the April 22 meeting, the GRVNC board approved the
Election Committee Report on the 2004 Elections
Procedures with amendments.  First, a vote-by-mail
component was added so seniors and others who have
difficulty getting to the polls could participate.
Second, the board failed to pass a bylaws amendment
which required that only stakeholders living in
Venice could vote in their District representative race.
Therefore, the Elections Procedures were amended so that
all stakeholders may vote in any one district of their
choice (as was the case 2 years ago).

Election Day is Sunday, June 27, 2004.

The candidates forum, which was held on election day
last year, has been moved to 6 days prior to
Monday, June 21 at 7:00PM (day after father's day).
Hopefully this change will allow for easier logistics
on election day, and for longer statements and
discussion of Venice issues by the candidates.

The Election Procedures, which have been submitted to
the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment for approval,
can be viewed online at:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Elections2004/GRVNCElection04_SubmittedToDone.htm

Also, a summary of the election timeline and how
to vote, both in person or vote-by-mail, and how
to become a candidate are being distributed
Venice-wide as a part of GRVNC's very first newsletter!

On Saturday, May 8 at 3PM at the Venice Library,
there will be a meeting where you can find out everything
about the election.  Yours truly will be distributing
copies of the election procedures, the bylaws,
talking about what the duties of each of the open
board positions are, and accepting declarations
of candidacy, etc.

Or, for information on becoming a candidate, simply
send an email to: candidates@grvnc.org
You need to declare yourself by May 27 in order to be on
the printed ballot.

For information on voting-by-mail, send an email to:
vote.by.mail@grvnc.org
Vote-by-mail requests need to be received by June 13
in order to vote-by-mail.

This information is subject to change until D.O.N.E.
approves the procedures. Also, these procedures
could change as described below in the section on the
Stakeholder Initiative Special Election, with the
provision that DONE probably will require the initiative,
should it pass, to be approved by the board before
it can become binding.

Tom


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1. Board Meeting
2. Town Hall (Reserve seats for food now: rsvp@grvnc.org)
3. Stakeholder Initiative Special Election
4. LUPC Meeting
5. Candidates Information Forum
6. Conservation Committee Meeting


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Board Meeting

7:00PM, Monday, May 3
Vera Davis Center
610 California Ave
Venice

AGENDA: The official Agenda is not ready, but
basically, we need to finish the
previous meeting's agenda:

http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Board/AgendaBoard2004/BoardAgenda_22apr04.htm

The only items completed last time were 6b, 6j, and 7a
and 7c was already agendized for a Special Election
on Thursday, May 6.  There is at least one new item,
to shorten the June election poll time from 10AM - 8PM
to 12PM - 4PM since there is now a vote-by-mail
component.


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TOWN HALL

FOCUSING ON VENICE YOUTH

THURSDAY, MAY 6,
6:00pm dinner
7:00pm -10:00pm meeting
Oakwood Recreation Center
767 California Avenue

Keynote Speakers:

Creating Jobs for Neighborhood Youth

Abbot Kinney Boulevard business owners
Richard & Thomas Schiffer of Abbot's Pizza

Richard and Thomas Schiffer employ youth in Venice
not only to prepare and serve up delicious pizza,
but see it as a way to help teach basic
job skills and respect for one another.

Originally from New York, the Schiffer brothers will
celebrate their 10th year in business on Abbot Kinney
Boulevard. They believe in taking care of the
neighborhood  and in turn, the neighborhood takes
care of them.

In addition, the Town Hall will include presentations
and volunteer opportunities by Venice youth
organizations.

Join us at GRVNC's second community forum to learn
what is happening in Venice. Help us work toward
creating solutions and how you can make a difference.

RSVP for dinner (seating limited): rsvp@grvnc.org

To volunteer or reserve information tables email:
thompson@grvnc.org or ponce@grvnc.org


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Stakeholder Initiative Special Election

Thursday, May 6, 7:00 PM
Oakwood Recreation Center
767 California Ave
Venice

DETAILS:

At the Executive committee meeting on April 7,
a stakeholder submitted a petition signed by
at least 50 stakeholders to hold a vote on
an initiative to amend the bylaws.

Basically, the initiative contains seven provisions,
each to be voted on separately, which seek
to amend the bylaws to affect the way elections
could be run in the following ways:

1) Eliminate vote-by-mail election components
2) Provide that only stakeholders who live
   in Venice can vote for the District Rep in their
   area.  No other type of stakeholder
   (work, own property, etc) would be allowed to vote
   in district elections.
3) Sets forth a list of credentials that would need to
   be provided in order to vote, and eliminate the use
   of just showing the orange membership card.
4) Raise the minimum stakeholder age to 18
   (from roughly 16)
5) Eliminate full same day voter registration
6) More tightly define who is a stakeholder
7) Require changes in Election Procedure to be approved
   by vote of 2/3 of the board and a majority of
   stakeholders.


Exact Language is here:

http://grvnc.org/NewSite/organizing/BYLAWS%20CHANGE-short[1].htm

Further information, as well as hopefully "pro" and "con"
statements regarding each provision will be forth-coming
and, once again, it is most likely that the LA Department of
Neighborhood Empowerment will not approve these bylaws
changes unless the board approves of them as well.

Tom


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LUPC Meeting
Tues, May 4, 7-9 pm
Venice Boys and Girls Club
2232 Lincoln Boulevard
(Meetings are 1st Tues/month)

Come to find out plans for
a proposed mixed use
project at Abbot Kinney & Venice,
a.k.a. "the Christmas tree lot"
plus other important

AGENDA:
http://home.earthlink.net/~lburnslupc/LUPCagenda_05_04_04.html




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Conservation Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 3rd
6PM - 8PM
Venice Library

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