Your Eastsound Water Board just approved the sharing of the culminated work on our forthcoming bylaw update last night – and we can’t wait for you to read them!
As a reminder where we’ve been up to this point, I’d like to recap the hard work that has gone into this update, as well as to highlight the community involvement that has helped generate this new draft.
1. If you remember, we set up a webpage for members last fall with a copy of the proposed bylaws update in full, as well as a summary of all changes:
https://www.eastsoundwater.org/bylaw-review-2023
2. We held two recorded member-engagement meetings and videos of these meetings can be found here:
First Meeting: Monday, September 18 Meeting on Zoom at 3PM
https://www.eastsoundwater.org/september-18-2023-bylaw-review-meeting-1
Second Meeting: Friday, September 22, 2023 on Zoom at 3PM
https://www.eastsoundwater.org/september-22-2023-bylaw-review-meeting-2
3. A lot of good feedback was provided to the Bylaws committee and that was returned to our legal counsel in charge of the new Bylaws for comment and integration.
Then we paused. The community felt that the Bylaw update process was too close to the controversial fall Board of Director’s election, so the Board decided to suspend the effort until the new Board was established.
At the first of the year, members of the new Eastsound Water Board picked up work on the bylaw update as promised from the fall. Over the past few months, they integrated changes and now have a candidate for member review.
Now It’s Your Turn!
Please review this version of the proposed Eastsound Water Users Association 2024 Bylaws Update. This is the version your Board will use as a basis for approving next month, but we want to hear your feedback on it before they do.
How this works:
Today you received a copy of the 2024 EWUA Bylaw Update
You will have 10 days from today to submit any questions or comments for the Board to consider
The Board will meet to review and discuss each comment/question after this 10-day period is over
The Board will iterate the document if needed, and respond to the membership with the outcome of their discussion
Get the Document
Please visit our website to download or review the Bylaw candidate online at: https://www.eastsoundwater.org/bylaw-review-2024
Download Now
How to submit your comments or questions:
We want to expedite this experience for all members, so all members will be required to submit their comments and/or questions to the following email address only:
president@eastsoundwater.org
Due to the time constraint, and the potential for a lot of volume, the Board asks that only this email be used to submit your feedback. The President will share each and every email with the rest of the Board equally. Any other method of feedback will not be acknowledged for expediency.
Please do take the opportunity to help craft the rules and regulations that will govern the Association for years to come. Every voice counts; every comment will be honored.
Thank you for your time and for being a valued Eastsound Water member.
Dan Burke
General Manager
Eastsound Water