The New Neighborhood Council Meets
By Peggy Lee
Kennedy
At last! The challenges are
answered by DONE, newly elected board members are seated, and an executive board
meeting is called. Unfortunately, the first items that have to be addressed are
the administrative problems surrounding some sour resignations and the
subsequent bad behavior.
Tisha Bedrosian, former GRVNC President,
resigned from the neighborhood council along with two other board members.
Bedrosian appeared to have complete power over the Grassroots Venice web site,
the telephone number, the organization’s database, and email list. The web
site was taken down, the telephone number has a message that it is no longer for
GRVNC, and possible complications have arisen regarding the member data list.
A motion was made by Jim Smith, newly
elected Treasurer and Executive Board member, meant to rotate the responsibility
of President among Executive Board members until Bylaws can be amended, but it
was tabled until a later meeting. Further discussion may be needed to reconsider
Smith’s motion. Otherwise, Greg Fitchett, Vice President and much
criticized chair of the Elections Committee, will be acting as GRVNC
President.
DONE recommended forming a
Bylaws sub-committee, specifically relating to election processes, “Town
Hall” decision making, and stakeholder definition. (See DONE’s
Recommendations regarding election rules and the Chronology of Events Related to
the Election Process.) Clearly, there are major problems with any one board
member having the power to hurt the organization and the community at will and
this will need to be addressed.
Posted: Wed - October 1, 2003 at 07:11 PM