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[grvnc] Special Board Meeting, Monday, June 7

Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council Announcement
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Nominations are now being taken to fill
the vacant seat of the Secretary.  The duties of the 
secretary are to prepare meeting agendas and minutes.
You would attend all executive committee meetings and
board meetings.

If you would like to volunteer and the board appoints
you on Monday, June 7, the length of service would be
until the General Election is held, either on June 27 
or in 3 months.

If you are interested, please send your name today to
communications@grvnc.org.

Thanks

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Special Board Meeting 

Monday, June 7, 7:00 PM
Vera Davis Center
610 California Ave


The board will meet in a special meeting on Monday
to discuss Election options and the recommendations
from D.O.N.E.  The executive committee has presented
the board with an option for implementing DONE's
request to postpone the election while DONE finally
and
formally decides if they will accept Town Hall 
(initiative) style governance from Neighborhood 
Councils.

That option presented is to vote to amend the bylaws 
to move the elction 90 days out.  This action would 
then require, as specifically requested by DONE, 
the stakeholders to vote to approve this amendment.
However, the bylaws state that this approval election
must be held at least 30 days from the board vote, 
which would be in July sometime.  Since the bylaws
also
state that the terms of 11 of the 21 board members
expire at the end of June, the remains a question as
to
the ability of the board to obtain a quorum after
this time. In other words, failure of stakeholders to 
approve the amendments to have the election in 
September would place GRVNC into a limbo (where the 
board could not act) from which recovery, if any, 
would take a long time.

If the board does not vote for this option, the 
alternative presented by the Executive Committee is to

schedule another Special Election (in the next week or

so) to approve an amendment to the bylaws passed by 
the board in April. This amendment allows the terms of

board memebers to be extended while an election is 
under challenge.  Should stakeholders pass this 
amendment or not, it would then still require an 
election to be held on June 27 in order to prevent the

board from loosing its ability to form a quorum.


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The Housing Department will be conducting several fair

housing workshops in the City.  Fair housing means you

have the right to live where you choose without regard

to your race, color, national origin, ancestry,
religion, sex, disability, familial status, or marital

status, age, source of income, sexual orientation, or 
any arbitrary factor.

The City of Los Angeles invites your participation in 
the workshop to discuss fair housing issues. 

Thursday June 10
6:00 to 8:00 P.M.
Oakwood Recreation Center
Multipurpose Room
767 California Avenue
Venice, CA 90291

If you have any questions, contact Suzette Flynn at
the City's Housing Department at (213) 808-8648.



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