SynoPSiS of cooPeRaToR’S SeSSion

- For May 22,

Chair Dr. Althea Hicks opened the cooperator’s session at 7:16PM

2023 Board Meeting

Question: I am a keyholder for Building 20 for nearly nine years. Keyholders were contact to attend a meeting on May 10, 2023. I e-mailed and contacted the Board Office, to let them know that I wouldn’t be able to attend, due to my work schedule and I scheduled to meet with Board president on May 18 at 10:00 A.M. During the meeting I was told, that I was an alternate. I would like to know how they know that the two primary keyholders will work well together and be a good fit? I would like to know why I am not a keyholder but an alternative?

Response: Board President shared that each building must have two primary keyholders. The two keyholders present at the meeting became the primaries and you may serve as the alternate. As an alternate, the only thing that you do not have are keys to the community room. There are two sets made, given to each primary. That does not mean that your contribution, your service, your commitment or what you bring to the table will be diminished. While you may be disappointed that you don’t have a set of keys, that does not mean you would not be working with the two primary keyholders to make sure that your room is running as it needs to be and if they need you to open and/or close a room, I am sure, and we have already indicated to all those present at the meeting that there is no problem for them giving the key to an alternate keyholder. All keyholders signed an agreement that they will work together in a productive manner. If that does not happen, then that individual keyholder may lose their right to serve as a keyholder.

Question: I am a keyholder for Building 20. I only have one thing to add to the comment for the community rooms. Are all the keyholders going to be handpicked like Building 20? Is it going to be across the board? I do know that she has been the keyholder for nine years and I have been a keyholder for over a decade. I know the rooms are usually worked among the keyholders ourselves. It has never been handpicked, so if that applies for our building that should apply for everybody, because if not that falls into nepotism. Is this the new policy effective immediately to go across the board to all the keyholders and not just Building 20? Because in my opinion it is not first come first serve. This young lady has been here nine years, so if you are new to the committee, my opinion you should be the alternate and that should go across the board.