BNA Board Elections
Per our by-laws, we will be holding elections for Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer of the BNA. Nominations for these positions should be emailed to contact@byramneighbors.org. We are leaving the nominations open a little longer and will send another email out a few days before the meeting with any updates.
The roles/responsibilities of BNA officers are as follows:
Chairperson / Vice Chairperson
Appoints Committees
Represents the BNA, or appoints an alternate representative, at meetings of other organizations and government bodies.
Chairs full BNA and executive committee meetings.
Creates, or requests, correspondence with other entities or persons on matters of BNA interest to express the views of the BNA or to advocate for specific actions.
Provide a point of contact for BNA members, other community associations, interest groups, and government bodies.
Treasurer
Collects and deposits membership contributions or other funds acquired by the BNA.
Distributes and spends funds per executive committee or board approvals.
Prepares and presents to the BNA an Annual Report of finances and interim reports as requested by the Executive Committee or BNA members.
Maintains financial records and prepares legal forms as required by Federal, State and local entities.
Secretary
Maintains minutes and records of all meetings.
Maintains a current roster of membership.
Issue notices of membership meetings.
Candidates for Public Office
All of the State Representative and State Senate candidates representing Districts 4 and 4A have been invited to address BNA members for a few minutes each at this meeting. This is a great opportunity to get to know the candidates and to hear how they can support Byram. The candidates are (in alphabetical order):
State Senate
Trevor Crow (D)
Ryan Fazio (R)*
State Representative for the 150th District (District 4)
Ed Lopez (R)
Steve Meskers (D)*
State Representative for the 149th District (District 4A)
Kimberly Fiorello (R)*
Rachel Khanna (D)
*incumbent