Attend the Annual Meeting
The 2017 TLIA Annual Meeting has been scheduled for November 19, 2017. The meeting will be held at the Wauconda American Legion Post 911, 515 S. Main St. Wauconda at 4pm. The meeting usually last about two hours. At the meeting the board presents a review of accomplishments from the past year, presents plans and projects for the coming year, elects new member representatives to the governing board and presents the new year’s budget and dues. The Bylaws and the State of Illinois require the association to hold an annual meeting for the membership.
A quorum of members is required to be in person at the meeting which means a total of 10% of member homeowners must attend to make it an official meeting. In past years, only once has the annual meeting been short of a quorum. The meeting is usually held on a Sunday afternoon to facilitate member attendance and 2017 is no exception. The board set aside the date and time of the meeting (Nov. 19 @ 4pm) to coincide with the end of the Bears game and before most people might be sitting down to a family dinner.
Official notice of the meeting along with a budget and 2018 dues notification will be delivered to member’s mail boxes no later than thirty days prior to the meeting. Proxy ballots for voting on bylaw revisions, member nominations for election to the board, and other voting issues are due shortly thereafter. The proxy ballots can be returned to a ballot drop box, via U.S. mail, or at the annual meeting when you attend. Proxy ballots received prior to the meeting do not qualify for a quorum count; only in-person attendance qualifies for a quorum.
When commenting on the meeting and voting issues, TLIA President Randy Young said, “Each of these issues: bylaw changes, financial management, budget, and especially dues affect every member and it is important that we all participate in the annual meeting discussion, debate and voting.”