Article 1 – Boundaries
The association serves the area generally bounded as follows:
On the east by Clays Mill Road from New Circle Road to Man o’ War Blvd., excluding Graviss Court.
On the south by Man o’ War Blvd. to Stonewall Creek.
On the west by Stonewall Creek past (but not including) Blenheim Court, then north from the creek to
include 752 Wellington Way.
On the north to include both faces of Wellington Way east to Clays Mill Road, plus the following areas
north of Wellington Way: Hyde Park Drive and Chelsea Drive south of the stone markers, Chatham
Drive, Arrowhead Drive from 3121 and 3128 south, Arrowhead Court, Trinity Road, Buckingham
Lane, and the Stonewall Shopping Center.
The area so bounded includes the following addresses: Arrowhead Court;
Arrowhead Drive (3121 odd and 3128 even to end); Bayswater Way; Beth Lane;
Bravington Court; Bravington Way; Buckingham Lane; Burnham Court;
Chatham Drive; Chelsea Drive (3116 to end); Cindy Blair Way; Clays Mill
Road (odd numbers from 3201 – 3473) Confederate Court; Cornwall Drive;
Cromwell Court; Cromwell Way (664 to end); Cumberland Road; Granville
Court; Grasmere Drive; [Graviss Court;] Gray Court; Haverhill Road; Higbee
Mill Road (from Clays Mill Road to Cornwall Drive); Hyde Park Drive (3116 to
end); Juliann Circle; Keithshire Way; Lannette Lane; Longwood Road; Old
South Court; Roxburg Drive; Saxon Drive; Shasta Circle; Surrey Lane; Trinity
Road; Tudor Drive; Wellington Way (616 to 752); Witthuhn Way; and
Stonewall Shopping Center. (See attached map of area.)
Article II – Purpose and Objective
The association is organized to promote, preserve and improve the neighborhood, by means of informational exchange and civic, social and advocatory activities.
Article III – Membership
Section 1. Residents and/or property owners within the boundaries defined in Article 1 become members upon payment of annual dues in an amount to be determined by the board of directors.
Section 2. Business enterprises may be included as associate members, but they will not have voting privileges.
Article IV – Officers
Section 1. The officers of the association are president, vice president, secretary, and
treasurer. The president will preside at all meetings of the membership or board of directors. The vice president will act in the absence or incapacity of the president. The secretary will keep minutes of all meetings (membership or board of director meetings) and will be in charge of correspondence. The treasurer will be responsible for maintaining financial records and a list of membership.
Section 2. Term of office will be two years for each officer.
Section 3. The president is restricted to two consecutive terms.
Section 4. An officer may be removed from office for nonperformance of duties by a 2/3 vote of all officers and board members.
Article V – Board of Directors
Section 1. The board of directors will be composed of its officers plus 10 to 15 additional members of the Stonewall Community Association.
Section 2. The composition of the board should reflect equitable area representation.
Section 3. The function of the board is to conduct the business of the association.
Section 4. Regular meetings will be scheduled at least every three months.
Section 5. Special meetings may be called by the president or three or more members of the board.
Section 6. Term of office for board members other than the officers is three years, approximately one-third of whom will be elected each year.
Section 7. A vacancy among the officers or board of directors may be filled for the remaining period of the term by action of the board of directors.
Section 8. Board members are expected to attend board meetings on a regular basis. Failure to attend without reasonable cause may result in removal from the board by a 2/3 vote of all board members.
Article VI – Membership Meetings
Section 1. An annual business meeting will be held in the first quarter of each year.
Section 2. Notice of the business meeting will be accompanied by:
- Any proposed changes in the bylaws,
- A ballot with a slate of officers selected by a nominating committee and provision for write-in candidates, and
- An agenda.
Section 3. Additional membership meetings may be scheduled as needed by the board of directors.
Section 4. Special meetings may be called by a majority vote of the directors or by the president upon written request of 10% of the membership.
Article VII – Quorums
Section 1. A quorum for meetings of the membership will be 10% of the membership.
Section 2. A quorum for board of directors meetings will be a majority of the directors.
Article VIII – Voting
Section 1. Only members are eligible to vote.
Section 2. Each member household is entitled to one vote.
Section 3. There will be no votes by proxy.
Section 4. Prior to the annual meeting the nominating committee shall nominate a slate of candidates for officers and directors. A list of candidates shall be provided to the membership along with notice of the meeting.
Section 5. In elections for officers, each member household shall cast one vote for each office, and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. In elections for directors, each voter shall cast as many votes as there are empty director slots to be filled, and those candidates receiving the most votes shall be elected. Votes on other issues shall be carried by a simple majority.
Section 6. Ballots for the election of officers and directors shall be accepted until the beginning of the annual meeting. The winners will be announced at the annual meeting.
Article IX – Amendments
Section 1. Proposed amendments to the bylaws should be submitted to the board of directors for consideration and approval.
Section 2. Notices of proposed amendments to the bylaws will be made available to the members before the annual meeting.
Section 3. To be accepted, an amendment will require approval of the majority of the members present at the meeting.
Article X – Committees
Section 1. A nominating committee for the selection of a slate of officers and directors will be appointed by the president five months in advance of the election date.
[Old Section 2 deleted.]
Section 2. The board of directors may establish such other committees as they deem necessary or convenient.
Article XI – Policies
Section 1. The association will not endorse commercial enterprises or political candidates.
Section 2. When appropriate the association will collaborate with other neighborhood
associations.
Section 3. The association will participate as a member of the Fayette County Neighborhood Council and will provide a delegate to that association.
Section 4. Information related to the membership will be treated as confidential.
Section 5. Membership dues will be used to defray costs of correspondence, to pay legal counsel or consultants, and to finance association projects. Additional fees for special projects may be collected if approved by the membership.
Approved by the membership at the annual business meeting, March 19, 2012.
[Signed]____________
Elizabeth Pattengill, Secretary