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I talked to somebody at AERC yesterday about the
bylaws changes regarding citizenship, as I am directly affected by this
change.
The way I understand it, nobody picked up on this
citizenship thing, it was not an intentional exclusion of legal residents,
and nobody brought it to the attention of the BOD in time. I am guilty too
for not reading the proposed changes earlier. I usually don't bother with boring
stuff like bylaws, but trust that "they" will do the right thing. I rather read
ride reports and the fun stuff. Guess I need to pay closer
attention.
AERC office explained to me that if we vote
yes on the changes, and the new bylaws get voted in, the board can still
make an amendment to the rule to include legal residents. I guess if the board
assures us that they will motion for this amendment, I will vote yes. I know
that many hours and a lot of work was put into this, and after all the BOD was
elected by us to represent our interests. I can't imagine them
excluding one group of people intentionally.
I guess what we need to do is let the board know
that we would like an amendment to the rule to include legal residents. If I got
this all wrong again, please let me know.
Jutta Schmidt
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