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Memo from C. L. Smith, president, to the Washington Heights Neighbors board, August 25, 1977. Original opinions and accusations remain attributed to the memo’s writer.
To: W.H.N. Board Members From: C. L. Smith, President Date: August 25, 1977
Hello, fellow board members!! The WHN board will have its first meeting of the fall season on Thursday, September 8, 1977, 7:30 p.m. at 6008 Kingsbury.
We have two tiems of unfinished business from the June 1977 meeting to consider. They are: 1) the revision of the articles of Incorporation and, 2) the revision of the By-Laws. In regard to the first item, the statement passed out at the June 1977 meeting titled, “Article II: Objectives and Purposes,” has been proposed to be added to Section 2 of the Original document, beginning with number 1 throug 16. The first paragraph of the proposed statement of revision will be deleted. The original Section 2 of Article II will be revised by adding the phrase “such as” to the last sentence. Therefore, Secton 2 with its revision will read as follows:
(2) To do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishments of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objectives or the furtherance of any of the powers herein set forth, either alone or through the agency of other corporations, organizations, institutions, governmental bodies or individuals, and to do every other act or acts, thing or things, incidental or pertinent to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid objectives or purposes, or any part or parts thereof, as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and exercise all powers conferred upon non profit corporations by the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of Missouri; such as:
a) (All 16 items would be added starting here.)
This revision of the Articles of Incorporation is needed to allow WHN to own, operate or supervise activities that will be beneficial to the neighborhood, such things as the community facility. It is understood that all sixteen items of the proposed revision are not necessary for WHN to be able to operate a community facility. However, since we are going to the trouble to revise the Articles of Incorporation we may as well cover all possible ventures WHN may wish to undertake in the future. The sixteen items certainly contain nothing that will be detremental to WHN.
The proposed community facility was approved earlier this year over the objections of a few board members who have made every effort to block everything the board has attempted to do since I have been involved with the board. It has been these same few negative members who have been most critical of WHN and have labeled it as a do nothing organization. These few people have never done one positive thing for WHN. It is my sincere hope that this year these negative board members will step aside and let the WHN organization get on with the business of improving our neighborhood.
I have made every attempt to be fair and above board in every aspect of the board’s business, but this negative element has cast shadows of doubt over everything I attempted to do. I have reached my limit. I am through holding my peace.
I plan to take every opposition head-on this year and let happen what must.
The revision of the By-Laws is a case in point. A committee was set up on November 11, 1976 to make recommended revisions of the By-Laws, to this date this committee had not produced. Most of the people on this committee are the very one who have been the most critical of WHN for doing nothing. This has been the only thing these members have volunteered to do in the year I have served as President. They have produced nothing. This is a good indication of how beneficial this group has been to the WHN board.
I plan to fill all the vacancies of the standing committees this year. The list will be presented at the meeting and will include a new Publicity Chairman. I am sorry if this memo sounds a bit cynical but following what I went through last year it expresses my feelings. I will make personal apologies to those members who feel they are entitled to one.
Please make every effort to attent this meeting.
Originally published in The Paper, September 1977.
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Archival transcription note: The printed spellings ‘tiems,’ ‘throug,’ ‘Secton,’ ‘detremental’ and ‘attent’ are retained.
Original source: SD_Times1977_09.pdf, printed page(s) 11; PDF page(s) 11.
