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Permalink Reply by Mary D'Alessandro on January 16, 2016 at 5:46am

I'm not sure if these by-laws are a done deal or if they will be presented to all members for their opinions.  I see a contradiction in the of objectives and who the SWCC members are.  In objectives of SWCC, the council seeks out the involvement of residents, block clubs, businesses,faith based groups etc., yet there are two types of members. Voting and non-voting.  If residents, block clubs etc are going to invest their time to be a part of an association they should have earned the right to have a say of what happens in their community.  Of course their attendance record is what determines their eligibility to vote.  

In a time when it is so difficult to engage people in their community and even get people to attend meetings, those people that consistently do attend have earned the right to be a voting voice in their community. In attending the SWCC meetings there have been voting members did not consistently attend the meetings yet those that consistently attend do not have a vote.That really does not make sense! The strength of an organization comes from the people that are willing to attend and become involved. 

In ending, obviously there was a need to review and change the by-laws, perhaps it's a time for the by-laws to reflect a connection between objectives (involvement of community) and voting rights.