CHN Governance

By joining CHN and paying the annual dues, a CHN member has the right to vote for members of our Board of Directors who are elected annually for a one year term, generally at the September meeting of the membership. CHN’s bylaws, a link to which is below, prescribes the criteria for Board eligibility, the number of directors, the Board’s authority, and a number of provisions governing the organization. The Board meets monthly, and any member of CHN may attend those meetings. Minutes of Board meetings are posted the month after the meeting, following the Board’s approval of the draft.
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Prior to the pandemic, quarterly membership meetings were held in person at the community meeting room adjacent to the Bank of America building in the Castro. Typically, prominent officials were guest speakers; for example, at one of our last meetings all four District Attorney candidates spoke.

​The links below provide access to our governing documents, profiles of our Board members, and a selection of other documents that CHN has filed over the years.

As of September 2023 CHN’s Board members are:
President
Maryann Dresner, Vice President
Leslie Koelsch, Treasurer; Newsletter
Casey Rando, Recording Secretary
Becca Orloff-McCann, Recording Secretary 
​Joseph Accordino, Newsletter
​Mark Ryser
Jess Dal Santo

General
2024 Proposed Bylaw Changes for Approval 2024_bylaw_changes__proposed_.pdf
2023-2024_board_of_directors_candidate_statements.pdf
2022-2023 Board of Directors Candidate Statements
Bylaws 2022-2023 
​election_procedures.pdf
​Duties and Conflicts of Interest Policy
​Homelessness and Street Behavior Resolution

2024 Election Timeline: 2024_election_timeline.pdf

Brief in Opposition to Appeal No. 21-109
​CHN Opposition Cover Letter
CHN Opposition Memorandum
​​Treasurer's Report for Q4 FY 2021 (April - June)

​2020
CHN Resolution on 4300 17th Street
4300 17th Street Plan Check Letter
​Planning Department Executive Summary Conditional Use/Variance
​Memorandum in Opposition
Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition