HCA Proposed By-Laws

The current HCA by-laws are dated March 2016, i.e., four years ago. The Board appointed a committee to review and make suggestions. This was announced at the HCA membership meeting on February 19, 2020. As promised at that meeting here are documents to review for the proposed by-laws.

There are four proposed changes listed as substantial and those include description and rationale. There are 20 minor edits; one example is to add a Table of Contents. Here is a brief listing of the proposed four substantial changes:

• Substantive #1. Elected Residents – Elected Officers must be current dues-paying members who live in Hayfield Farm.
• Substantive #2. Term Limits – The current term for the five elected officers should change to (a) Four consecutive years and (b) a maximum of 10 years as a Board of Directors member.
• Substantive #3. Not Tax Exempt – HCA is a 501(c)(4) organization, not a charitable organization; donations are not tax deductible.
• Substantive #4 Parliamentarian –The requirement for this position should be eliminated and two duties combined with the Corporation Counsel’s responsibilities.

Please send any suggestions or comments to any of the committee members, Cathy Seybold (cathy@seyboldfamily.org), John Millikin (John.Millikin@gmail.com) or Stephanie Garrison (hcatreas@gmail.com) by Wednesday March 2. That gives the committee a few days to review the comments and present a summary to the Board. An update will then be included in the March newsletter.