Effort to make RMA cable voluntary hits the streets
Members of the group that wants to make participation in the Rancho Murieta Association cable system voluntary set up shop to gather signatures at the Plaza Saturday.
Robin Albee-Kesich was among the Murietans who stopped to talk with John Weatherford, center, and George Roper.
By late afternoon, Freedom of Choice members John Weatherford and George Roper reported they had collected about 65 proxy votes from RMA members who support the group's plan to change the association's bylaws to prohibit the use of dues for the cable system. RMA members presently pay about $30 a month for the cable system as part of their dues and receive basic cable service.
A petition requesting the special meeting where the vote would take place requires 200 votes and the bylaws change would require 1,250 affirmative proxy votes, Weatherford said. The two said they'll take the effort door-to-door if necessary.
Roper has some thoughts about the first day of signature-gathering in the blog he's writing about the effort.
New Forum and Blog on Freedom of Choice
I've created a new Forum for discussion of the proposed Bylaws Amendment for which John and George have just started gathering petition signatures and proxies, kicking it off with a description of how the process works under the bylaws and the Code. George has also started writing a diary of sorts of the process in George Roper's blog
Please note this is a NEW petition, this time around for a BINDING vote of the membership. If you signed the prior Freedom of Choice petition we submitted last Fall we still need to you to sign the new petition and George's "Golden Proxy" as well.