Island House Tenants Association (IHTA)
islandhouse.us

Announcements:

2010-07-09: Newsletter on status of privatization and maintenance issue [see PDF document].

2010-01-01 IHTA Annual Elections: See Election Procedures and Forms for full details.  Key dates:
- Nominations, Acceptances, and Absentee Ballot Requests are due by January 14 11:59 PM
- Candidates Announced by January 16
- Meet the Candidates on January 24
- Absentee Ballots due Noon, January 26
- Elections Noon-9PM on January 25-26

2009-09-26: Recommendation Ballot: 76.2% in favor, 23.8% opposed [see PDF document].  The IHTA Recommendation Ballot has concluded. The ballot question:

Do you recommend that the IHTA Board sign the proposal entitled "A Plan For Preservation Of Affordable Housing", as presented to the tenants, that describes the main elements of the affordable conversion proposal and will signal the Owner, DHCR and RIOC to move ahead with a ground lease extension and preparation of the offering plan? (As a tenant, I understand that I am making no decision on whether to purchase or to continue to rent my apartment and that all my rights are expressly reserved.)
_ Yes _ No _ Abstain

had a significant turnout from Island House tenants and it received overwhelming support. Of the 400 apartments in Island House, 390 are eligible to vote (7 vacant, 2 corporate tenant, 1 employee). Of the 390 apartments, 223 voted (57.2%). The tally was:
        Yes 170 (76.2%)
        No 53 (23.8%)
        Abstain 0 (0.0%)
 

2009-09-10: Members Informational Meeting on Important Upcoming Meetings and Recommendation Vote.  See flyer [PDF].

2009-02-08: Annual Board Meeting, see below.

2009-02-05: Flyer on rent increase, available in PDF.

2009-01-27: Annual Elections Results in PDF.  Total Number of Ballots was 99.  The following candidates were elected as directors: Geoffrey Kerr (81 votes), Graham Cannon (79 votes), Renato Folla (71 votes), Frank Farance (70 votes), Lee Edelman (68 votes), Francine Lange (66 votes), Mario Naves (65 votes), Mircea Nicolescu (65 votes).  Congratulations to the new Board of Directors! Thank you to the tenants who participated. Thank you to Sharon Bermon and her volunteers for the election monitoring process. Thank you to Director Guerra and Captain Suarez of Public Safety for securing the ballot box overnight.

2008-12-07: Important tenants meeting on December 10 at 8PM in the community room


Consolidated Meeting Schedule: Click here for a list of all meetings, agendas, minutes, and document folders.

Events and Headlines:
bullet 2009-09-10: Members Informational Meeting:
bullet Agenda: See announcement in PDF.
bullet Where: Good Shepherd Chapel
bullet When: Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:30PM.
bullet 2008-02-08 Annual Board Meeting:
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7PM.
bullet 2008-12-10: Members Informational Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda is available in PDF and MS-Word.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 8:00PM.
bullet 2008-10-15: Members Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda is available in PDF and MS-Word.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 7:30PM.
bullet 2008-07-17 Members Informational Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda will be available soon, see flyer.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7:00PM.
bullet 2008-05-21 Members Informational Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda is available in PDF and MS-Word.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 7:30PM.
bullet 2008-04-16 Board Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda is available in PDF and MS-Word.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 7:30PM.
bullet 2008-01-31 Annual Board Meeting:
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Wednesday, January 31, 2008 at 8PM (follows Annual Members meeting).
bullet 2008-01-31 Annual Members Meeting:
bullet Agenda: Draft agenda is available in PDF and MS-Word.
bullet Where: Island House Community Room
bullet When: Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 7:00-8:00PM.
bullet Prior Headlines: From 2008-01-26 and prior

Newsletters: The following newsletters are available:

bullet Dated 2008-01-05
bullet Dated 2007-06-14
bullet Dated 2007-05-18
bullet Dated 2006-12-13
bullet Dated 2006-09-08
bullet Dated 2006-07-07
bullet Dated 2006-05-31
bullet Dated 2005-11-21
bullet Dated 2005-10-24
bullet Dated 2005-06-15
bullet Dated 2005-02-15
bullet Dated 2004-12-30
bullet Dated 2004-11-05
bullet Dated 2004-09-13

Contact the IHTA Board via E-mail: Please send an E-mail to ihta-board@islandhouse.us.  To contact the board via postal mail, see Contact Us.

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