Voting in Community Meetings

In order to vote on a motion before the Ridgely’s Delight Association (RDA) or in its Board election, you must be a member of the RDA and you must be in Good Standing.  You are a member if you reside in, own property in, operate a business in or represent an institutional or fraternal organization in Ridgely’s.  Most, if not all of you qualify as members under these guidelines.

The requirement that you be in good standing means that you must attend at least 3 meetings or perform 3 previously sanctioned events (like COP walks, clean ups or committee meetings) in the 6 months prior to the vote.  Because of COVID-19, it has become very difficult for members to engage in the kinds of activities required to attain good standing.

Fortunately, there is a medical exception that allows a member to be deemed to be in good standing by simply requesting a medical exception by 7:00 pm on the Monday before a community meeting.  Because of COVID-19, this exception may be requested by any member by simply sending an email to membership@ridgelysdelight.org

Remember, that email must be sent by 7:00 pm on Monday, October 5th to vote at the October meeting

And, you will have to renew your request each month, so mark your calendars to make sure that you email in your request for the November meeting by 7:00 pm on Monday, November 2nd and for the December meeting by 7:00 pm on Monday, November 30th.

You can also get into good standing by engaging in 3 previously sanctioned community events in the 6 months immediately preceding the Community or Special Meeting.  These include attending a Community, Board, Committee or Special Meeting; participating in a COP walk, in an RDA sponsored community cleanup, or in publishing or delivering the Newsletter (a Board member or Committee Head will keep track of and report these).

The following activities also count but you must self-report to receive credit: participating in a committee activity; representing the RDA at government meetings; writing a grant application on behalf of the RDA; setting up, organizing or attending National Night Out; serving as a Block Captain; stoop garden participation; proof of a personal neighborhood cleanup; and engagement on another neighborhood issue.  

You must self-report by 7:00 pm on the Monday before a Community to receive credit that will count toward Good Standing at that meeting.  You can do this by simply sending an email to membership@ridgelysdelight.org.

Remember, that email must be sent by 7:00 pm on Monday, October 5th to count towards good standing at the October meeting.  Even if you request a medical waiver, you should also self-report qualifying activities since these may permit you to vote if you fail to timely request a medical waiver.