Does anyone have a link to the text for the mayor's 90 day speech? ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeWayne Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: RE: [Mpls] House File 3445 - Neighborhood Organization Elections
> Jay Clark is absolutely correct. LCC spent about $1500 and a lot of > pro-bono > time of an attorney to design by-laws that fit the "Minnesota's non-profit > law". > This law had just been passed and as far as I know LCC was one of the first > neighborhood groups to deal with this issue. It has been a real pain over > the years. People are asked to come to the meeting, but then they cannot > vote > if their name is not on the list. LCC puts everyone's name on the > membership > list if they come to a meeting and sign the roster, which states that by > signing you will become a member of LCC. That covers a lot of people, but > only those > who have established issues, those that have committee meeting that people > come to. It essentially keeps out people with new or emerging issues, > exactly the > people that LCC needs to hear from. Before 1995 we could have everyone vote > and did not have to waste a lot of staff time making sure that people were > on the membership list. I liked that process much better. > > Cheers; > > DeWayne Townsend, Ph.D. > Cooper > > > This is why it is illegal for neighborhood organizations to have open > > elections under current Minnesota non-profit statutes. > > > > Neighborhood groups are covered under Minnesota's non-profit law. > > > > In a non-profit corporation, you must be a member with voting rights to > > be eligible to vote at a meeting. (317a.437 subd. 1) > > > > a person cannot be a member without the person's expressed or implied > > consent. (317a.401 subd. 2) > > <snip> > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
