Jean Totten as One Day At A Time Remember last year how important it became for us (we- the members) to attend the Annual Membership meeting; how we gathered signatures and spread the word to be there? Well, the November 17th Board of Directors meeting is just as important! The majority members on the Board are insisting that the October 27th "formal" meeting where the revised/rewritten bylaws created by the Ad Hoc Committee were introduced to the members (Bylaws Ad Hoc Committee – Secretary Lenefsky – I move for the adoption of the proposed Bylaws Revision), amended and rewritten in front of us in a 3.5 hour meeting, with no member able to speak one word about them, and when voted on, the chairman admitted that he's against passing them but will do it because he had learned that if he didn't, the rewrite was hijacked by the majority board and would be turned down, is the first reading of the motion. Members disagree. Since our president of the Board is a data-driven individual, let's provide her with the data she needs to see that we - the members - do not agree. If you are at all concerned about any part of the revised bylaws put forth (that we finally got to see on Tuesday) (and you should be!), please consider doing this: *Show up at the "formal" Board meeting on Thursday, November 17th *Sign up to speak. (We get 3 minutes.) (be there well before 9 am or the sign up sheet will disappear.) *Politely state your name and number. *State that you, as a member in good standing, wish to register your objection to their assertion that the reading that day is the second reading. *If you have more to add, continue. *If not, leave it at that. (I know some of you get nervous about speaking in public; just keep it simple.) *Thank them for listening. Also consider telling your neighbors and fellow club members how important this is and why they should also come to speak. Bill has done an outstanding job of explaining why the bylaw rewrite did nothing to help members. Read it here on TOSC: "Bylaw Rewrite....Objectively Speaking." Thank you.
Being brutally honest here Jean, most members don't give a fig about the bylaws. It's insider speak and why should anyone care? The vast majority of Sun City home owners have moved here in the past 15 years. During that time frame the message from the RCSC has been "be happy, don't worry." The move to the "original fun city" was a far different message from telling new buyers we were the city of volunteers. It was on purpose and with the intention of convincing members to just let them (the board and management)do it all. It worked; kind of. They got their way and as members stayed away in droves, our documents that dictate how the community was run, were altered to a state so far removed from how we were built, no long time member would even recognize them. I'm not exaggerating, it's simply a fact of life. In 2021 we had our first membership meeting since 2009. A quorum was reached and the members attending spoke. Their/our motions to return to a more community based set of bylaws was proposed. The RCSC established an ad hoc committee to address our concerns. On its face, it looked like it had potential, in reality, it was a sham of an exercise. No offense to those serving, the fix was in long before the results were. Now, on top of everything else, they are trying to jam them down our throats in one reading rather than two. Personally, i would be happier with the old bylaws, because the new ones do nothing other than moving the board policies back where they belong; into board policies (don't ask, it's a nonsensical answer). There's only one reason they want them done by the end of November. They need a nuclear option in case the election doesn't go the way they want/hope. Way more words than the subject is worth. Seriously, other than policy wonks, who cares? Members should be more interested in how poorly the POSSE is being treated; more interested in the promises being made to members wanting/needing things that will disappear after the election is over; more interested in the sorry state of our technology and our inability to provide adequate security at and around our amenities. More interested in how poorly minority members of the board are treated by the majority; more interested in how quickly the board acts to fire board members who won't drink the kool aid. More interested in the general manager making every decision with board members being little more than a rubber stamp. It's what happens when you tell members to stay home.
