Greenbelt News Review

Quorum Lacking,
Business Stymied;
$10 Hike In Monthly Charges Asked

All official Greenbelt Veteran Housing Corporation business was stymied at last night's annual membership meeting, due to the absence of a quorum. When the meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock, only 97 members had showed up of the 147 required by the by-laws for a quorum.

Among the by-law amendments not acted upon were a change in the name of the corporation, elimination of the quarterly meetings, and strengthening of GVHC in its sales and refinancing arrangements.

There was even some doubt expressed at the meeting that there would be sufficient votes cast for the 9-man GVHC board by the time the polls closed 7 p.m. today to constitute an official election.

Proposals for the group to take action on the amendments, subject to later approval by proxy vote of the members not in attendance, were vetoed on the grounds that such action might be illegal.

Perplexed by this development, GVHC president Ed Burgoon entertained proposals from the floor on how to secure a quorum. One suggestion called for a half-hour recess while each attending member went home to round up a fellow-neighbor. This was voted down because of the late hour.

It was finally decided that an intensive attempt would be made to secure a quorum for the quarterly membership meeting tentatively scheduled for Monday, May 13. Practically every member present pledged by a show of hands that he would attend that meeting and bring one additional GVHC member or their proxy.

A jovial note to an otherwise somber evening was injected by one of the candidates when he suggested that a large attendance for the May meeting could be guaranteed by a pre-meeting notice to the membership that monthly charges would be increased immediately by $10.