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Dear LAN Listserv members,
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Please join us for the
December meeting of the Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
(LAN)<b>. </b>This meeting will feature a presentation by
Cori Wallace, Director of Communications & Community
Relations, City of Lawrence, regarding the return of See,
Click, Fix, and Millie Pageau, Communications and Community
Engagement Specialist, regarding current status of
the Pallet Village and other programs for the unhoused in
Lawrence. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><b>Wednesday evening,
December 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM</b></div>
<div class="moz-forward-container"><b>Lawrence Fire Station
#5, Jayhawk Room</b><br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">The agenda is attached.<b> </b>The
Executive Committee encourages all LAN members to attend this
meeting. In addition to the presentations we will be voting on
a bylaw amendment (see below), and electing officers for 2024.
<b>If you are unable to attend, please email </b><b>the
neighborhood association you represent and </b><b>your
vote, yes or no, to the proposed bylaw amendment to Holli
Joyce, LAN Chair, at <a href="mailto:holliajoyce@yahoo.com"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">holliajoyce@yahoo.com</a>.</b><br>
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<div align="center"><b>Proposed Bylaw Amendment. </b><br>
Amending the LAN Bylaws requires 2/3 of the voting
membership, which would be 12 of the 18 voting members:</div>
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<b>Amendment 1: Change Section 2.1a from</b><br>
<blockquote>a. One (1) representative member chosen by each
affiliated neighborhood association (voting).<br>
An affiliated neighborhood association is any valid,
organized, extant, and active Lawrence neighborhood
association that has paid organizational dues for either the
current or the previous year.<br>
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<b>To</b><br>
<blockquote>a. One (1) representative member chosen by each
affiliated neighborhood association (voting).<br>
An affiliated neighborhood association is any valid,
organized, extant, and active Lawrence neighborhood
association that has paid organizational dues for the
current year.<br>
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<b>Amendment 2: Change section 2.1b from</b><br>
<blockquote>b. One (1) representative member chosen by each
affiliated interested organization (voting).<br>
An affiliated interested organization is any extant
organization that has been accepted for membership by the
voting members of the Association and has paid
organizational dues for either the current or the previous
year.<br>
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<b>To</b><br>
<blockquote>b. One (1) representative member chosen by each
affiliated interested organization (voting).<br>
An affiliated interested organization is any extant
organization that has been accepted for membership by the
voting members of the Association and has paid
organizational dues for the current year.<br>
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Gary Webber, LAN Secretary </div>
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