Committees

The following was received by TT/UNIT News from Neighborhood Association President Michael Martin.

COMMITTEES 

At last Thursday evening’s meeting it was decided to return to adherence to the last set (2004) of adopted By-Laws. In regard to committees here are the pertinent sections.

Sec. 1. There shall be the following Standing Committees: Aesthetic, Communication, Finance, Legal, Organization, Safety, School, Social, and Housing Information.

Sec. 2. Each committee shall be constituted of five members who volunteer to serve. In the event fewer than five volunteer, the Chairperson may appoint the necessary number.
(April 17, 2004)

Sec. 3. Each committee shall elect its Chairperson and Vice Chairperson .

In regard to Section 2. In order to facilitate involvement of everyone concerned, I am interpreting “constituted”, from the Encarta Dictionary: “3. Formally establish something to create and establish something formally, especially an official body”. Therefore I suggest we not limit size of any committee but only to insure each committee has at least five members.
In addition, here is the list of standing committees and my interpretation of their somewhat specific areas of activity. Anyone may join these committees at any time by e-mailing a request to any officer or by contacting the chairperson or vice-chair of any committee once those elections have been made.

Aesthetic: a. parks & landscaping b. “Yard of the Month” & recognition Chair: Helen Liggett [helenlig@yahoo.com]
· Next meeting: Sunday, April 11, at 7pm at J&B
Communication: a. electronic communication; b. printed and graphic communication
Finance: budget, accounting, payment processing, dues, and membership
Legal: insurance, federal and state organizational requirements.
Organization: by-laws
Safety: a. traffic and neighborhood circulation, pedestrian, automobile, bus, bicycles, crime prevention etc. b. “tour de Tech Terrace”.
School:
Social: a. “Movies in the Park” b. Home Tours c. Lawnmower Brigade Chair: Laura Anderson [lauradennyanderson@gmail.com]
Housing Information:

Please recognize that some, if not many people have been working very diligently in these above areas of interest and importance to us all, in a less structured organizational framework. Give consideration to the history and time they have contributed to make things better for our neighborhood.

Committees should formulate their own charges, goals and objectives, identifying specific problems and proposing solutions and strategies. These reports should be made to the Executive Committee (officers and committee chairs), when ready, at called meetings. The next is Saturday, April 17th @ 9:00 am.