ARCH COMMUNITY FORUM ON RA GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AUGUST 24  

Reston, Virginia, August 1, 2005:  The Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners (ARCH) announced today that it is sponsoring a Member forum on the proposed changes to the RA governing documents on August 24.  Since the issues involved are very important to all Restonians the meeting is open to the community.  Attending will be Jenn Blackwell, RA Board President, Milton Matthews, RA’s Executive Director, and Bob Diamond, the attorney the RA Board has retained to assist in creating the new documents.  

 “There is no more important issue locally right now than the proposed changes to the governing documents, these new documents will determine how Reston is managed and maintained for the next 20 years.” said ARCH President Frank Pfeilmeier .  “We hope that the ARCH forum will provide RA members with a constructive avenue to learn more about the proposed changes, and interact with the key leaders on the issues.”   

The forum will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24, at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery at RCC’s offices at Lake Anne .  It will be preceded by an ARCH member social at 6:30 p.m. and non-Members are welcome to join us.  In the weeks leading up to the forum ARCH’s Issues Committee will be researching the key changes to the documents that affect the ARCH membership, and our findings will be of particular interest to any member of a Cluster, Condo or neighborhood association.  ARCH Members and other attendees will have ample opportunity to ask questions, express opinions and gain a balanced perspective this very important decision.  

“The format on the 24^th will be similar to the format we used for the RA candidates forum we sponsored in March,” said Mr. Pfeilmeier.  That format included an ARCH member as moderator, who started and managed the interactive discussion, with allowance for direct Q&A between the audience and the RA officials in attendance.  “The feedback we got on the candidates forum was very positive, so we thought using that same format here would allow for a meaningful exchange on the important issues.  ARCH’s objective is to help raise awareness and understanding on the complicated issues the RA Board has been wrestling with.” 

About the Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners:  

ARCH is a non-profit corporation chartered to serve as a practical resource to homeowner associations in their day-to-day management.  It also works to ensure that its Members are aware of relevant community issues and are able to effectively participate in community dialogue and decision-making.  Membership is open to all homeowner associations, single family homeowners who have organized or are interested in organizing their neighborhoods, and any individual resident who is not part of such an association or group that has joined ARCH.  Information can be found at www.restonarch.org .

For more information, please contact:  

Frank Pfeilmeier, ARCH President                   Robert Goudie, ARCH Issues Committee
703-620-9695                                                 703-689-0496
arch-pres@restonarch.org                            issues-committee@restonarch.org