Minutes of December Meeting

Two topics of discussion dominated the DRCA regular monthly meeting in December--a proposed change in the Association's bylaws and an update on the Neighborhood Conservation Plan.

DRCA member Peter Raven-Hansen, who updated the bylaws nearly a decade ago, briefed the membership on the bylaws as they now stand and on the proposed changes.  As currently written, the bylaws provide for a one-year term for all officers and stipulate that the president cannot serve more than two consecutive terms.  The DRCA executive board has discussed a bylaws change that would extend officers' terms to two years and remove the
presidential term limit requirement.

DRCA President Peter Fallon noted that the executive board is contemplating this change for a number of reasons, including the fact that
the Neighborhood Conservation Plan is at a critical point and that continuity in the DRCA leader-ship will help ensure the plan's completion.  Fallon

find enough people to step forward to fill the DRCA leadership positions.  Fallon suggested stag-gered terms, whereby half the officers and board members would stand for election each year.

The assembled membership discussed the pros and cons of eliminating the term limit requirement, and Fallon noted that the matter would come before
the membership for a vote at the January meeting.

Following the bylaws change discussion, Neigh-borhood Conservation Plan (NCP) Chairman Ned Rhodes and his committee updated the membership on the NCP status (see article, page 3.)
   

February Meeting

The February meeting of the DRCA will include the election of officers for the year 2000. Dues must have been paid by 12/23/99 to be eligible to vote at the election. The slate of candidates will be listed in the next issue of The Current.  President Peter Fallon wishes to thank everyone who has helped him this past year, with a special thanks going to the mem-bers of the Neighborhood Conservation Plan Com-mittee for their many hours of work. A special thank you also goes to Dan Radke for organizing the Taylor Park Clean-up Days.

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