[yrhasc] Public right to know stuff and YRHC Dec.18 Draft Minutes

[JudyP]

Good information, thanks, Mark.

I was reading the minutes of the YRHC and I have 
a question that is only partially related. I 
heard recently that all houses on the island now 
have to be built as year-round, with insulation, 
etc. Of course anything built through the YRHC 
would be, but I wondered if that was true. Does 
anyone know?

I am also glad to see the YRHC is looking into 
existing homes on the island since some have been 
sitting for a while and an offer might be 
considered that wouldn't have been last year. I 
also wonder if since the Beach Ave house is 
grandfathered as a multi-family (is that 
correct?) if it has potential for some kind of 
multiple ownership, like a condo, that would work 
for 3 parties. That would make the price per unit 
very reasonable. Right now I know the word 
"condo" on Long Island conjures images of 
high-priced luxury units, but many old buildings 
in Portland, many with only 2 or 3 units, have 
been converted to condos in the past few years 
and the prices per unit have been in the mid to 
low 100's. That it has been a powerful tool for 
young people to move from rentals. Two of our 
former tenants on Brackett street took advantage 
of this and are paying only slightly more than 
they were for rent (and our rents are very much 
middle-of-the-market.) Just a thought.

J

>Hi All,  Attached are Draft minutes from the 
>Tues. YRHC meeting.    Also the following 
>thoughts on what is public in our communications 
>and meetings:
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>The letter of the law in Maine about meetings, 
>discussions, and perhaps e-mails as I interpret 
>it is so strong that if followed to the "T", 
>almost nobody could talk to anybody about 
>anything and little could ever get done except 
>in a properly posted meeting in a public 
>place.   
>Let us continue to reflect on how we do our work 
>and get it as reasonably close to open and 
>legal as we can.  I have been as guilty as 
>others in trying to move ahead sometimes without 
>thinking about what is the proper procedure. 
>It is endlessly challenging no matter how long 
>you have done it.  We are all trying to do good 
>stuff for others with little spare common time 
>to do.
>
>I have modified the following quote I recently received on this issue:
>
>A reminder: a nonprofit's (we all - YRHC and 
>YRHASC operate under the nonprofit YRHCorp as 
>well as under the Town of Long Island) 
> stakeholders are the public in which it serves. 
>Directors are answerable to the public, and are 
>supposed to represent the public when addressing 
>the association.  All documents are to be open 
>to the public, and are actually required by law 
>to be presented to the public within a timely 
>manner upon request.  Emails are included as a 
>public document as of the whole Enron debacle 
>(previously they were considered private). 
>Whether an email is requested or not, it is 
>still a public document because it was a 
>communication to the association from a board 
>member.  Feel free to get work done with 
>e-mails,  but be aware they are not 
>necessarily private communication.   I expect 
>that anything I do by e-mail (for public work) 
>is open to be shared if needed or wanted.
>
>Other interpretations are more than welcome. 
>We grappled long and hard in the beginning of 
>the Town with variations of these issues.   I 
>think our intent to continue to strive to make 
>it work properly is all anyone can ask. 
>Thanks,  Mark
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>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:YRHC  Draft 
>Min dec 18.doc (WDBN/«IC») (0011B62B)
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