FAN will be holding a Meeting of the Assembly of Delegates in order to vote on resolutions and change some Bylaws.
All At-large Members and Delegates should expect an email with the details and instructions of each item currently up for a vote. All member organizations shall be encouraged to suggest items for the Agenda.
Please see these forum posts for discussion on each item on currently on the Agenda for voting:
Ok, I see. I went back through it to make sure and it would allow only at-large members to be officers or on the board, but with the other changes in the bylaws everyone that’s a member of FAN would be considered an at-large member. Under 3.1 there are two types of members 1) Neighborhood Associations and 2) At-large members. In order to be an officer, someone would just have to join FAN as an at-large member. The “at-large member of the board” reference is referring to anyone on the board that’…
I think it might help if our membership takes a position on the issue also since this could have a big impact on future housing opportunities in central Austin. I’ve included a draft resolution below, if anyone has any suggestions, comments, or anything else and if we want to vote on this. We need to have a vote soon on our bylaws update ( FAN Bylaw Changes ) and it’d be great to have something like this to vote on also at the same time anyways.
Resolution Language:
Friends of Austin Neigh…
Some of you may know that TxDOT is planning changes to IH-35 and has been exploring various options. Currently, TxDOT is proposing three options: “modified existing”, “lowered”, and “no build”. See below for details about the options.
TxDOT will officially be accepting input between Sept. 20 and Oct. 4. In its final impact study, the agency must respond to any substantive comments received during this period. We do not have to restrict ourselves to “voting” for one of the options that TxDOT is …