01.10.11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Tim distributed the financial statement for December.
+ $461 (memberships and ad revenue)
- $392 (newsletter printing)
TOTAL: $11,190.71

An event in December necessitated the establishment of CNA policy regarding newsletter article review: The president needs to be given adequate time to review an article before it goes to the newsletter layout person. When possible, articles will be submitted to DropBox by the 15th of the month and reviewed by the president by the 18th. During the review process, necessary communication between the president and newsletter editor will occur by phone. The post-layout reviewer will be given 2 days to review the newsletter afterward.

Some discussion about articles indicated that we may need to establish a policy regarding article style (objectivity, etc.). Kat already pointed out that an article content policy exists. Everyone expressed a desire to see more CNA content in the newsletter, which puts the responsibility on the entire executive committee to write articles for the newsletter updating the neighborhood on the association’s most recent business.

People expressed dismay that the CNA did not contribute to the Arroyo Seco luminaries this holiday season due to the fact that we have yet to establish our policy on determining criteria for donating to events/causes/organizations. This policy has been on the back-burner for a couple of months, and needs to be established ASAP.