Clear your calendar on May 16. Your neighbourhood association is hosting its first annual general meeting, and we want you to be there so you have a say in our neighbourhood’s future.
The Hall Road Neighbourhood Association has spent its first year setting up a governance structure, establishing the website hallroad.ca, building relationships with City Hall and staying on top of the issues that affect us all in this beautiful area. The association’s 10 directors were elected for a one-year term that’s coming to a close. We’re holding an election at East Kelowna Hall to choose a new committee that will operate for two years.
The new committee will focus more on issues like the sewer line, transportation, wildlife and development in the Hall Road area. Anyone can be nominated, but you have to be an association member to nominate someone, stand as a candidate or vote.
For a $20 membership, the Hall Road committee of volunteers can pay for photocopying, maintain the interactive website hallroad.ca and advocate for the neighbourhood. Your $20 dues (e-transfer treasurer@hallroad.ca) allow us to function and fill you in on what’s going on.
We’ll deliver a two-sided flyer with nomination forms to your mailbox in the coming weeks. You can fill in the forms to nominate candidates for any positions and drop them off at 3495 Hall Road by May 15 — the day before the election and annual general meeting. We’ll formalize the nominations at the AGM and hold votes by hand for each of the executive positions:
- President: leader of the board who establishes the agenda; provides stability, operational skills and direction.
- Vice-president: works under the president and as alternate; prepares and presents reports; completes tasks the president designates.
- Treasurer: has strong working knowledge of accounting; prepares financial reports for each meeting; manages public funds.
- Secretary: looks after administration and communications; records, documents and distributes meeting minutes.
- Board members: attend meetings regularly; join in board discussions; vote on board matters; make motions.
Once the voting’s done, we’ll end the AGM and discuss neighbourhood issues and other matters. You can get to know your neighbours and chat with the committee members.
The AGM and election are in East Kelowna Hall at 7 p.m. Thurs., May 16. To buy your membership, send an e-transfer for $20 to treasurer@hallroad.ca. Please include your address in the comments box. Your membership will be valid until the next AGM in May, 2025. And while you’re at it, please visit hallroad.ca and sign up for the electronic newsletter with your email.
If you’ve already bought a membership, thank-you. If you pass on becoming a member, you can’t vote at the AGM but you’re welcome. We’d like to hear from you. Thanks, and see you there!
Vanessa Bell, Ken Buhler, David Bush, Craig Gronsdahl, Bruce Hedmann, Steve Losso, Chelsi Matkovich, Don Plant, Benjamin Rhebergen, John Wagner