Town Crier Articles

As October 2024 begins, it’s time to prepare for a new year in the life of our New Town Residential Association. In the mid-November to mid-December time-frame NTRA Members also will be given the opportunity to vote on a potential change in the Village Walk Supplemental Declarations. In addition, the annual Board Elections are coming up - with voting on candidates after Thanksgiving and results to be announced at our annual meeting.

 

This year, two current Board members are completing their term of service. NTRA homeowners thus are encouraged to step up and consider becoming candidates for our two open positions. We hope many owners will seriously consider running since an election process is always better if there are more candidates than openings.

 

 

Candidates may come from any of our neighborhoods, but we cannot have more than two Board members from any one neighborhood. The three Board members who are halfway through their two-year terms are from Village Walk, Abbey Commons, and Savannah Square. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a diverse board comprised of members from nearly all our neighborhoods?

 

• Time: A willingness to serve, and a sufficiently flexible schedule to allow for

• Commitment to taking seriously legal and fiduciary responsibilities associated with attending to the essential business of the community. Do you have sufficient commitment and ability to function as part of a team where members must value, respect, support, and collaborate with one another if the vital work is to get done? How about the self-management needed to keep confidential information confidential? Will you prioritize the Board’s legal responsibilities, and the best interests and welfare of the whole NTRA community, over personal agendas or loyalties to a limited group within the community?

• No Outstanding Violations: Candidates for the Board of Directors or any of our official committees cannot have uncleared or unaddressed violations or unpaid dues. If you think you would be willing to serve NTRA as a Board member — please, please, please! - clear your violations before you put your name forward.

 

Thoughtfully consider what may be involved in serving as a Board member. If you think you can handle the time commitments, the investments of self, and the responsibilities of an NTRA Board member, and are not in violation, you will be doing your New Town community a huge favor by becoming a candidate for our 2025-2026 Board!

 

Do this by sending an email by November 6, 2024 with your full contact information to NTRA.secretary@gmail.com, along with a picture of yourself and a brief biographical statement. The latter might include relevant vocational information, your special skills, or earned credentials, and your reasons for being willing to apply your particular gifts, skills, available time, and energies positively to serving your community in this way.