Olam Tikvah Congregants are invited to Olam Tikvah's Annual Membership Meeting. This year we will be back in-person for the meeting with breakfast served. If you are not comfortable gathering here at Olam Tikvah, we will offer an option to watch the meeting and vote via Zoom. Please RSVP below (we want to make sure we will have enough food). For those attending in-person, we will begin to serve breakfast immediately following the morning minyan, around 9:45am. For those attending via Zoom, we anticipate the meeting business will begin around 10:15am in order to give people time to get breakfast and find a seat. We will open the Zoom at 10:00am.

The agenda for the Annual Membership Meeting will include:

1. Reflections on 2021-2022
2. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
3. Election & Installation of Officers and Directors (see below for additional information)
4. Presentations of Special Awards to Adults and Teens
5. A Community Thank You to Mala
6. Looking to the Future

Additional information about this election follows:

Eligible Voters

Up to two adult members of a family/married membership, and the member of record for an individual membership, have the right to vote at the Annual Membership Meeting.

Officer and Director Eligiblity

Up to two adult members of a family/married membership, and the member of record for an individual membership, are eligible to serve as a member of the Olam Tikvah Board of Directors or as an Officer. An Officer must have been a member of the Congregation for at least one year at the time of nomination to be eligible to serve.

Approval

Officers are elected by a majority vote. Directors are elected by a plurality.

Quorum

A quorum of 5% of all adult members in good standing is required to elect Officers and Directors who run unopposed. Otherwise a quorum of 10% of all adult members in good standing is necessary to conduct business and make decisions.

Absentee & Proxy Voting

Adult members in good standing who are ill or incapacitated or who know in advance that they will be at work, school, or outside the Washington metropolitan area at the time the Annual Meeting will be held may vote by absentee ballot. Voting by absentee ballot is limited to the election of Officers and Directors and to published agenda items. An absentee ballot may be obtained, in-person, at the OT office during normal business hours. If you are not able to pick up a ballot in person, please email Rochelle Goldberg. All absentee ballots must be singed, dated, and saled by the member, and received in the office no later than June 1. Proxy voting is not permitted.

Some frequently asked questions and answers about the nominating process can be found here.

Bios for Officers and Directors can be found at Board Bios.

We look forward to a wonderful meeting on June 12!