The Executive Committee of the Rosedale-Skinker Improvement Association, composed of the officers of the organization, has held three meetings since the May annual dinner and election meeting. The focus of these meetings has been on the need to strengthen the Association by drawing in more members who will be active in its affairs and on the need to clear up the remaining debt owed to Union Electric Company for alley lights.
The committee feels the need to reorganize the Association, in a sense, by changing its name to reflect its true boundaries (i.e. from Skinker to Des Peres, not Rosedale), by updating the 1962 By-Laws (which many people in the area have never heard of or seen) to reflect current conditions, and by issuing a new window decal for members to display on their front doors.
All of these proposals will be submitted to the membership at a general meeting tentatively scheduled for later this month – the exact time and place will be announced in a leaflet.
This same meeting, it is hoped, will kick off a membership drive which, if successful, will result in enough dues to clear up the Union Electric debt and enable the Association to undertake projects which will benefit the neighborhood and engage the interest of the members.
The exact size of the Union Electric debt, incidentally, is not clear because the company has rendered several bills known to be in error, but it is believed to be several hundred dollars still.
Originally published in The Paper, September–October 1973.
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