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 November 18, 2000 |
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RIRA Common Council Gets Class of Ten New Voting Members
The November 7 Residents Association election drew more than a
dozen first-time or returning one-time-member candidates, with
ten being elected to voting positions
tally). Two building-districts
didn't field enough candidates to fill their Council seats
– Manhattan Park (four openings) and 4 River Road
(one). These open seats can be filled with volunteers by
vote of the Common Council. The next RIRA Common Council meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, December 6, at 8:00 p.m. in Chapel of the Good
Shepherd. Under the RIRA constitution, building candidates not elected
to voting positions serve as alternates and are entitled to
participate in Council discussions and debate. When voting
councilors from their building-districts are absent from a Common
Council meeting, the alternates step into the voting positions in
the order of votes received in the election. (See
tally.) Both councilors and alternates are subject to a rule under
which absence from three consecutive meetings brings removal from
their position. Under the present constitution, members
who move from one building-district to another also lose their
seats. Frank Farance, who manages the Common Council e-mail
reflector, has asked that new members provide him with their
e-mail addresses, home and work phone numbers, home and work fax
numbers, and home address, by e-mail to
frank@farance.com or by
telephone (486-4700).
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