Membership

Who Belongs?

According to the bylaws of the TNCA, every family that owns property in the Greater Tom Nevers Area is automatically a member of the association, regardless of whether they pay annual dues or not. Currently, there are nearly 600 TNCA members and all communications from the association are sent to all members. Those who wish to directly support the association's many efforts on their behalf pay dues (just $15 per year) and become Voting Members. Most TNCA Members are Voting Members, and as such, enjoy the extra benefits detailed below.

Benefits of Membership

All Classes of Membership

• You're part of an organization recognized by the Nantucket Civic League and the Island's town and county administrative bodies as the official representative and spokesperson for the property-owners and residents of the Greater Tom Nevers Area.



• You're part of an organization dedicated to the ongoing promotion, protection, and preservation of the residential character of the Greater Tom Nevers Area and to the promotion of agreed-upon betterments and improvements affecting the welfare of property owners and residents of the Greater Tom Nevers Area (e.g., reduced speeding, reduced airport noise, adequate fire protection, zoning compliance, etc.)



• You're kept alerted to all the important issues and developments that may impact the value of your property and/or quality of life via our TNCA Newsletters and via e-mail.

Voting Members

• Based on our ongoing member surveys, your voice is directly represented in the lobbying efforts of the TNCA at the town/county administrative level. (Off-Island residents normally have little to no voice in town/county affairs!)



• You automatically become a member of the Nantucket Civic League, giving you even more clout. (See information on the Nantucket Civic League, below.)



• You're eligible to attend and participate in our August Annual Meeting, voting on key issues and expressing your personal point of view. (If you can't attend, you can vote by proxy.)



• You're invited to our gala Voting Members Cocktail Party in July to meet with all your neighbors in a relaxed environment and to welcome new members to our group. (All costs are covered by your dues.)



• You directly fund such key TNCA efforts as developing and implementing our Area Plan, fighting tax and zoning proposals that negatively impact our area, keeping our local roads and beaches clean, crowd control at Tom Nevers Field events like the County Fair, etc.

Annual Dues & What They Cover

Automatic Membership in the Nantucket Civic League

The prime benefits of NCL membership? Strength in numbers and better information. For example, one neighborhood association might consider airplane noise to be their critical concern, another speeding. Through the Civic League, each neighborhood learns how others are dealing with that same concern. And in turn, the Civic League becomes the advocate at the Island-wide level for remedies to those concerns that will benefit all Island neighborhoods. Amplified music, mosquitoes, commercial operations impacting a residential area, salinity of drinking water, opening of our ponds, failed septic systems, and the threat of a 40-B development are all examples. From experience, members of the Civic League know that one neighborhood's problem today might be another neighborhood's problem tomorrow.

When the Civic League speaks, it does so for all 22 neighborhood associations, for nearly 1,600 families. And the whole community listens. Why? Because the Civic League has earned a reputation for doing its homework, for speaking out only after becoming informed and because the Civic League advocates not just for one narrow interest, but for the interests of the community-at-large.

And in the process, members of the Civic League become better informed about issues at both the local and Island-wide level. It gives them a year-round presence—and voice—on key issues. And most importantly, it enables Nantucket citizens to cast informed votes, both at the Annual Town Meeting and at the ballot box—through community forums and through the widely-watched "Meet the Candidates" and "Meet the Articles" Nights. These are becoming increasingly important as the Island's issues grow more and more complex and the solutions become more and more costly. Informed voters casting informed votes benefit the entire community—both year-round residents as well as seasonal residents.

As a TNCA Voting Member, you become eligible to participate in all Nantucket Civic League activities and have 5 of your members appointed as delegates to the NCL's Board.

To learn more about the Nantucket Civic League, visit their website at nantucketcivicleague.org.

How to Become a TNCA Member

Tom Nevers Civic Association
PO Box 2926
Nantucket, MA 02584

You can also contact us via email:
info@tomnevers.org

Please include your name(s) as you wish to be listed, your Island property location, mailing address and phone number, your off-Island mailing address and phone number, your email address, which location you'd prefer that we use for your Newsletters and other mailings.

Keeping Your TNCA Membership Up-To-Date