We are in a new year and so we have the opportunity
to announce a new COM Board. An election of new
board members is done in December of each year. That
selection is good for
one year. A board member can only serve for three
consecutive years and an officer can only serve for two
consecutive years. There is constant change and
that represents new opportunities for people to step up
and be part of the action. The Board of COM can be
up to 11 individuals selected from the community who
have shown interest in becoming more proactive in their
community. Currently, we, have 11 members.
Technically, these individuals are selected by voting
ballot of the community, but over the past several years
there has not been any competition for board member
slots. But, be assured, the Bylaws do have a
described process by which members are selected.
THE BYLAWS (April, 2009), Major points at this time;
understand they are about six pages in length, if anyone
would like a copy, please see any board member.
THE PURPOSE:
To influence governmental organizations into providing
legislation, implementation of funding; for
improvement of the welfare, health and social conditions
of the residents of Meadview.
COM is an over-arching organization for the community
and, as such, will work for the
benefit of all groups within its core. Who/what
these groups are (just a sampling, not to be all
inclusive):
Meadview Civic Association (MCA)
Various Clubs
Churches
What COM does for the community might be:
Attend Board of Supervisor Meetings in Kingman,
especially when Meadview is involved.
Community clean up.
Manage the Community News (this is our community paper).
Arrange monthly speakers for our general Assembly.
Try to stay aware of issues that might affect our
community and report on those issues.
Manage the COM website.
The COM Board is seeking your input. The COM
Board has sponsored this site as a tool for your
interest and information of the happenings within our
Communities of Meadview and Lake Mead City. To that end,
we want and more importantly need your input. We want to
provide, on this site, those items that are of interest
to you, our readership and friends. We’ve tried it
on our own and while we have somewhat succeeded in
reaching a wide audience we haven’t succeeded in getting
the feedback that we need to keep the site vital and
interesting. So, can you help?
Please use the “Contact Us” form or let a Board Member
know and send us your thoughts. Moreover, if you have
what you might think is something of interest to our
Communities send those as well and we’ll get them on the
site. If you feel the site needs some reorganization,
let us know. This is for you and as we said before
we want to keep it vital to your interests. Remember,
those who speak up generally get their way.
While this has been a quick overview of COM and what it
does, it should nonetheless satisfy some initial
curiosity about the organization. Hopefully, the
newest residents will find it informative enough to come
and join us the first Thursday of every month.
Moreover, the established residents will see that we are
trying to work on their behalf, and if they should see
an opportunity to provide some leadership on issues that
surface affecting our community (like
water/roads/traffic/ etc.), they can step forward and
provide that leadership.