Jordan Neighborhood Community Council's Annual Meeting 2011: Part One ~ Elections

As required by the Jordan Area Community Council (JACC) bylaws, the organization of our Jordan neighbors and friends held its annual general meeting and elections on October 20, 2011.  Consistent with JACC tradition, the meeting was held in the basement of a religious institution (Parkway United Church).  As one enters the assembly room as I did, it was immediately notable that planning was done with care and consideration, including a Halloween themed rice crispy treates.

The young ones loved

the "Skull and Dog Bone" treats

 
I noticed that the meeting was in an ADA compliant building and was accessible to anybody requiring alternative means for gaining entry to the meeting hall [if you're scratching your head in wonderment as to how that little fact found its way into this recap of the meeting, just read the latest batch of grievance with JACC].

As I took my seat, JACC Safety Committee Chair Todd Heinz approaced Sen. Linda Higgins with a small plastic bucket full of numbers...yes, this meeting included a drawing for such door prizes as tools from Northend Hardware, the Goddess of Glass and Pizza Town.

And the winner is...

The action items were simple ~ electing community members to the JACC Board and the NRP electorate.  The JACC Nominations Committee this year consisted of Dave Haddy, Todd Heinz and Megan Goodmundson.  Dave Haddy was the Master of Ceremonies and announced there were 12 open seats on the board...and...7 candidates.


After a round of introductions, Kip Browne (former JACC Chair, Vice-Chair, Nominations Committee Chair, and current Clean Sweep committee member) moved to suspend the rules, and vote by acclamation to seat all 7 candidates.  Eric Johnson (former JACC Vice-Chair and JACC Clean Sweep committee chair) seconded the motion.  With no opposition to the motion or action, the voice vote overwhelming passed.  The following individuals were elected by the community to post of "Director" on the Jordan Area Community Council:

Megan Goodmundson

Kathleen Gulley

Andrea Jackson

Claudia Perez

Polly Peterson

Lynn Riskedal

Dennis Wagner

As for the NRP Electorate position, Megan Goodmundson moved that Polly Peterson be elected to the post.  Todd Heinz seconded the motion.  There were no other nominations and no opposition.  Polly was unanimously elected.

The JACC Annual Meeting

from a toddler's perspective

Photo Credit -- the 2-yr. old!

Next, the JACC Board of Directors will meet and elect its executive leadership at the November meeting (as instructed in the bylaws).



After the elections, Minnesota Sen. Linda Higgins and Rep. Bobby Jo Champion spoke to the community and answered questions (summary to follow).

Around 8:15 p.m., the meeting adjourned ...