A: If you are on the e-mail list, a link is sent to you at least once before the meeting. If you don’t see one by the date of the meeting, check your spam folder. One e-mail will go out 10 -11 days before the meeting. Another is usually sent as a reminder the day of or the day before the meeting. You can sign up to be on the e-mail list on the bottom of this page.

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The link to our community meetings  is also published on the Events page of our website. The meeting information and agenda usually goes up at least a week before the meeting. The agendas for the meetings are very detailed, and they get updated frequently with additional information useful to prepare for the meeting. They are now done as a Google Doc, so you will be able to see the latest agenda right up to the meeting.
Note: If you wish to vote at a meeting, you must become a member of the organization. Membership is free, and open to Island residents 18 years or older. Go here to join as a voting member.

A: You can call in to the meeting from your cell phone and participate that way. The call-in number for the meeting will be on the website Events page.

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1. Ann Thorn

2. Jessica Anakar

3. Nicole Erica Aine
    

A full board is 12 members, because it takes a lot of work to run the organization. Clearly, more people are needed to step up to join the board and/or volunteer to help run the organization.

Because of the small number of board members, there will be no community meetings in December 2024, January 2025, nor February 2025, unless more people step up to be on the board. Please consider submitting a self-nomination form for a position on the board. You can make a huge difference to our Island community. Here is the application.   https://docs.google.com/document/d/10O97N6iCMXLfUYX6N29UmgCVnqdZB6km/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105837948183187539964&rtpof=true&sd=true

If you would like to volunteer in some way, please send an e-mail to info@v-mcc.org and one of the board members will be in touch to discuss where the current need is, and what interests/skills you would like to offer. THANK YOU!

You can always attend a meeting of the Community Council and raise the issue there during the Open Discussion portion of the agenda. It will help if you contact us in advance to arrange for time on the agenda, if we know someone wants to speak at that time, we can better arrange for your presentation.

A: We  gladly accept donations  to cover the expenses we have.  You can donate here. Note: contributions to the Vashon-Maury Community Council are not deductible for federal income tax purposes as charitable contributions.

A: If you are 18 years old or older, and reside, even part time, on Vashon-Maury Island, you may become a member. Residents 18 years and older may vote on all issues which come up at the monthly meetings of the community council.  Go here to fill out the form. Membership is free, and there is no obligation to attend meetings or volunteer.

A: We have a YouTube channel where you can see recordings of past meetings. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@vashon-maurycommunity3890

Meeting minutes can be obtained by contacting us at info@v-mcc.org. Many of the past meeting minutes are included with the meeting recording, and are also located here on this website: https://www.v-mcc.org/categories/council-meetings

A: Once you are a voting member, you can propose a motion in a meeting during Open Discussion. Or, you can contact a board member for guidance on how to word your motion, and ask for the board to approve it first, before it goes to the full community for consideration. Your choice. For details on how motions work, please see the Democratic Rules of Order, 10th Edition. This is what we use to guide our meetings, motions, etc. 

Our Island has had a community council off and on since 1933. Early on the Council helped to stop illegal developments and an apartment complex rezone; helped establish Island local bus service by Metro; prompted WSF dock repairs and improved ferry service; and assisted the County in conducting its Comprehensive Land Use and Zoning Study and Plan.  Many of our key Island organizations began as ideas - then committees - of the Community Council, before spinning off on their own. The Groundwater Protection Committee, Vashon Household, and initial support for the Vashon Parks District are a few of the most well-known.  At one point the Community Council rented a passenger ferry and took Islanders to Olympia to protest poor service by Washington State Ferries.

Most recently, the Council has been instrumental in organizing of help and support for our beleaguered Post Office, helping to remove the 'fee in lieu' concept from the King County comprehensive plan,  and most recently, bringing attention to Puget Sound Energy's Tree Wire Program.

Over the years the Community Council has resolved many community issues through public discussion and has enabled Islanders to express their points of view on matters of concern, such as a proposed bridge, affordable housing, and the coming drug and alcohol treatment center.  It has allowed elected officials, agencies, and private companies like Puget Sound Energy to regularly speak to Islanders in an open town hall forum where questions are asked and often answered.