10.04.10 CNA Ex-comm Meeting Minutes

Morrow & Lamar Status: No response from city staff regarding the recommendation to the transportation sub-committee. The item is not on the agenda for the 10/5/10 sub-committee meeting, but will probably be on next month’s meeting agenda. We’ve been told that we will be informed of staff’s recommendation when one has been decided on.

October Pizza & Pumpkin Carving Party: Eddie will get 10 pizzas from The Little Deli, sodas and trash bags. Emily will bring knives, sponges, and sound system. Marcus will bring Halloween music, ice chest, and ice. Kat will bring a table cloth, tape, markers. Someone needs to bring cups, power towels, something to scoop pumpkin guts and someplace to put the guts, paper plates. Will be at 7pm on the 11th in Wozniak Hall.

November volunteer appreciation party: Will be for newsletter staff, current and past ex-comm officers, neighborhood planning contact team, and the traffic calming committee. Kat and Eddie will forward contact e-mails to Emily who will do the eVite. One guest will be allowed per individual invited. Announce in newsletter that there will be no general meeting in November, but a volunteer appreciation party at an undisclosed date and location. Evites out by October 15, RSVPs due by Nov. 1.
No meeting in December. Think about ideas for Winter meetings.

How do we communicate to the neighborhood what the CNA does and why someone might want to become a member? Suggestions:
4 times per year insert a descriptive snippet of past deeds in the newsletter along with membership form.
How else does the CNA foster community with the newsletter? Suggestions:
Discount ads for neighborhood small business
Anyone can contribute articles to the newsletter
Could add a Neighborhood Resources section (babysitting, lawn care, pet care, etc.)
Annual contest
What would you like to see in the neighborhood?

How much reserve should be kept on hand in the CNA account for fast expenditures? 6 months operating expenses run about $3K. Set reserve level at $10K, and that amount increases due to inflation by 4% per year (i.e. will need $10.4K at end of 2011, and $10.816K at end of 2012, etc. NOTE: World ends in 2012.)

Still left to decide – Criteria to determine where CNA spends the excess income not covering the reserve or operating expenses, and the criteria for funding neighborhood projects.