GRF Bylaws Ballots Coming

Every Leisure World residence will receive a ballot this GRF election cycle asking for a vote on a GRF bylaw amendment to ensure that only members of a Mutual can vote on their Mutual’s GRF representative.

LW participation in this election is particularly important because 2,203 members must return ballots for the bylaw measures to be passed.

The bylaw amendment ballots will be mailed to GRF members in even-numbered Mutuals around May 5.

Ballots for residences in Mutuals 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17, who are selecting GRF representatives this election cycle, will include the bylaws amendment provision.

A vote ratifying the bylaws change would assure that each Mutual’s GRF representative is selected only by that Mutual’s members.

Currently, Article III (9)(a) implies that the annual GRF elections are at large, meaning that a quorum of votes of the entire GRF membership is required, rather than a subset from a specific Mutual.

As the bylaw now stands, it might be possible for LW voters to overwhelm the choice of the 60 Mutual 16 voters’ choice for their Mutual’s GRF representative, for example.

The bylaws proposal also asks GRF members to amend articles suggesting that only men can be GRF directors or serve as a GRF board directors.

The bylaws were written in 1962, hence the need for updated language.