Results of the Historic 2015 Annual Meeting

The 2015 annual meeting of the Elizabeth Condominium Association goes down on the records for community-wide participation.

—Quorem for conducting the meeting was achieved quickly and was something over 60%.

The annual meeting requires a sum of over 50% participation through a count of proxy votes for the candidates and in person registration of Association members. There have been many annual meetings in the past where people were dispatched to knock on doors to get the required participation, leaving people who were already registered in limbo waiting to see if the meeting could be held.

—The special proxy for amending the bylaw change amendment from 75% to 66.66% was passed with votes weighing in at over 78%.

Through an extraordinary feat of leadership, teamwork, long hours, and challenging tasks, the Participation Committee did what everyone labelled impossible—the bylaw change amendment was passed and, at that, on the very first time attempt. High honors go to Jean Umiker-Sebeok who led the charge with gusto and expertise unlike anything the ECA has ever experienced before.

One should also note that the total participation of the Association, including the no votes, was much higher than the 78% and was something over 90%. This level of participation from our Association members has probably never been achieved before and shows a very healthy response from our community.

There were many Association members who participated to make this a success outcome. At a later time, I will see if I can get a full list of those who contributed to this effort. I also note special thanks to outgoing Board member Jim Vuko for creating the Participation Committee and seeing fit to give broad leadership leeway to some of the amazing talent, like Jean Umiker-Sebeok.

—Results of the election for new Board members in order of highest percentage of votes:
Peg Downey
Clifford Cohen
Jim Jones

Congratulations to the new roster of Board members and appreciation to all who ran.

Also many thanks to the team of Legum & Norman officials who staffed the registration tables and led the way in counting the votes as well as the ECA volunteers who served as election officials. Thanks as well to Elizabeth staff who served in a variety of roles to make the evening successful and to other ECA volunteers who contributed their sweat equity for such tasks as setting up and attending to the refreshments.

This was an extraordinary level of participation for the Elizabeth Condominium Association, a most historic event!