Hawaiian Shores -- Board shows Wisdom

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Aloha Watchdog Readers,

The Board of Directors considered recommendations for changes to the Bylaws and CCR's at their recent Board meeting. In consideration of a proposed change to "Section 4.05 Quorum", the Bylaws committee had recommended the current 100 members present in person or by absentee ballot be reduced to 70. A motion was introduced for discussion by the VP to leave the current required 100 members as it is. The discussion was intelligent and mirrored the thoughts of some who serve on the Bylaws committee and who made the case for just the reason introduced last night. After careful deliberation the Board voted to approve the motion. 

Additionally, the Board wisely corrected a flaw in the Bylaws "Section 11.01 Procedures" to bring that bylaw in line with "Article Ninth" of the Articles of Incorporation which states any changes to the Bylaws and CCR's must be made by a 2/3 vote of the members present in person or by absented ballot. The inconsistency in Bylaw 11.01 may have been adopted by the Membership in January 2006. It is most certainly in print in the Bylaws approved 1/2006.  It may have been part of a sweeping change to Bylaws by the 2005 Board of Directors who approved the changes for a Membership vote late that year. Kudos for that catch. Further research would pin point exactly when the language of Section 11.01 was actually changed to fifty one [51%] percent.

The Members in the audience were witness to the practicality of how an organization self corrects and moves progressively forward via the Committee process. HRS and Bylaws recognize the intrinsic value of a committee formed by the Board. It defines the limited authority to recommendations to the Board for the actual implementation through various methods of adoption/approval etc. The Bylaws committee met for several months developing the agenda for the next election cycle and those recommendations were individually taken up by motion and discussed ultimately ending in a vote.

All proposed changes approved by motion at that meeting are pending voter adoption of a 2/3 vote.

Wisdom in two key motions was demonstrated through the parliamentary practice of deliberation and vote. It is now up to the Members to vote their conscience which is the final application of the process for change. Well DONE on these!