by ShoesOptional | Nov 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Marketing
Carol Morgan, managing partner of mRelevance, will be our featured speaker at this year’s Annual Membership Meeting. Carol will explain how and why your website serves as the center of your strategy and how that informs each of your marketing tactics and activities. Get ideas for improving your marketing program with dozens of real-world examples of successful and innovative marketing tactics. This seminar will provide big picture marketing strategy guidance for marketing new homes, remodeling, products, and more.
Bylaws
Our Annual Membership Meeting is the time for everyone to gather and learn, but also to share your input with your Home Builders Association. This year the board has made some changes to the bylaws and we need our members to vote on those changes. To see these proposed changes, click here.
Elections
As 2015 comes to a close, it is time to elect your 2016 Board of Directors. The nominations are in and we need you to vote on the proposed board, which can be found here.
Bonus!
Join Carol after the Annual Meeting concludes for a separate information session on Professional Women in Building, including Carol’s experience as the chair of the NAHB Professional Women in Building Committee. The SMC will also be holding a brief discussion before the Annual Meeting begins.
We are also hosting a coat drive for this event. Please bring a new or gently used coat to benefit those in need.
If you are unable to attend the Annual Membership Meeting you may vote via proxy card or directly online, both of which can be found here.
This is your chance to have your voice heard!
by Michael Dey | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Board of Directors of the HBA of Greenville has recommended several amendments to the association’s Bylaws. The primary purpose of these amendments is to implement a reduction in the size of the Board of Directors from 20 members to 12 members, and to eliminate the Executive Committee as a standing committee and delegate its responsibilities to the Board of Directors.
The make up of the Board of Directors will be as follows:
- President (term of 1 year)
- President Elect (term of 1 year)
- Vice President (term of 1 year)
- Associate Vice President (term of 1 year)
- Treasurer (term of 3 years)
- Secretary (term of 3 years)
- Immediate Past President (term of 1 year)
- Five Directors (terms of 3 years)
The bylaws changes are summarized on the HBA’s website at HBAofGreenville.com/bylaws.php.
Members have been mailed the proposal, which will be voted on at a special Business Meeting prior to the Chili Cook Off and Oyster Roast sponsored by Clark’s Services and Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet.
- When: Thursday, September 12, 5 p.m.
- Where: Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet
Members also can vote online by clicking here.
Recommendation
The Board of Directors recommends that the members of the Home Builders Association of Greenville approve the amendments to the Bylaws outlined above. A copy of the Bylaws showing the proposed changes is available for download at the association’s website, HBAofGreenville.com/bylaws.php.
by Michael Dey | Nov 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Your HBA of Greenville Bylaws Committee has recommended three amendments to the association’s Bylaws. The amendments are:
Amendment 1, add to the end of Article XIII (Voting, Proxies, and Quorums) of the Bylaws a new section:
The President may conduct meetings of the Board of Directors by electronic means. Electronic means includes telephone conference call, internet-based video conference, fax, or email. Actions taken in meetings held by electronic means shall have the same effect as a meeting with the Board of Directors physically assembled and meeting in a common location.
Meetings conducted by electronic means are limited to one topic, must meet the notice requirements of Article VII, Section 4 of these Bylaws, and may not take the place of regularly-scheduled meetings. The quorum requirements of the Bylaws also must be followed.
Business conducted according to this Section will be recorded in minutes of the meeting and presented to the Board of Directors by the Secretary for the approval of the Board of Directors. When taking a vote by electronic means, the President must poll all board members with voting privileges.
When meeting by conference call or internet-based video conference, the meeting will be conducted in the same manner as a meeting in which the members are physically assembled.
When email or fax is used to take a vote, the President must establish a deadline for responding to the request for vote and the deadline must be at least five (5) days following transmittal of the business to the voting members of the Board of Directors. The deadline to vote must be included in the request for a vote. Any votes received after the deadline will not be counted. Response to the request for vote must be either “yes”, “no” or “I desire a discussion”. If three members of the Board of Directors request discussion of the topic, the special meeting will be declared adjourned by the President and the matter must be added to the agenda of the next meeting of the Board of Directors. Members casting their vote when requested by email or fax may respond in the following manner: by email, fax, telephone, or in person at the association’s office. All votes will be collected by the Executive Vice President. After the deadline for the vote has passed, the Executive Vice President will report the results of the voting to the Secretary, who will approve the results and report them to the Board of Directors.
This section also applies to any standing committee, Council Board of Trustees, or committee or task force properly formed by the Board of Directors.
RATIONALE: State law requires that the bylaws allow for meeting and voting by electronic means in order for meetings and votes to be held electronically. This amendment will satisfy state law and allow the Board of Directors and committees to meet by conference call as well as allow for voting on non-controversial matters by electronic ballot.
Amendment 2, Add to the end of Article X (Board of Directors), Section 5, of the Bylaws:
If an Officer or Director has missed consecutive meetings of either the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, the Officer or Director is ineligible to vote until he or she has attended one meeting without voting privileges of the governing body at which he or she has missed consecutive meetings.
RATIONALE: The bylaws are proposed to be strengthened the voting rights of a member of the Board of Directors who has missed two meetings in a row. The Bylaws Committee believes that consistency of attendance is important to good association governance and this amendment will encourage directors to consistently attend meetings of the Board of Directors.
Amendment 3, Amend Article X (Board of Directors), Sec. 7., of the Bylaws as follows:
(a) Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held each month quarterly and may meet at other times when a meeting is called in compliance with Section 7.b. of this Article. The President may cancel meetings of the Board of Directors when there is a lack of business to conduct. However, the Board of Directors must meet at least ten (10) four (4) times in a year and may not fail to meet for two four consecutive months.
RATIONALE: This amendment will allow the Board of Directors to meet less frequently while still fully addressing the association’s business. The Board of Directors would like to meet quarterly for regular business and will meet at least two additional times during the year for strategic planning and orientation. This change is consistent with best practice for association boards of directors and is intended to be more efficient with the time of volunteers and staff.
The Bylaws amendments will be considered at the association’s Annual Membership Meeting on November 11. To register for the Annual Meeting, click here.
