November 26, 2007
Board Meeting Minutes
8TH FLOOR Commission Chamber

CALL TO ORDER by President Genia Ellis at 5:30 PM.

ROLL CALL BY President, all Board members present, except Richard Mancuso on vacation in Italy.

MEETING MINUTES of October 22, 2007 moved (Dr. Hays) and accepted as corrected. (see attachment A).

Treasurer’s Report- Ron Centamore – Moved and approved as submitted (see attachment B)

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Agenda for December 11th meeting will be strictly social, unless something comes up that needs discussion by the General Membership.  The Council will provide the turkey and ham, as well as ice, drinks, plates, etc. Members are asked to bring sides or desserts. The meeting will start at 6 PM and the food will be served immediately, so please have all sides at that time. Volunteers for setting up everything should show up at 5 pm. All members need to RSVP to Tom Welch.
2. January meeting must be rescheduled due to the City Commission being rescheduled on top of us. The new date for the Council General Meeting is Monday, January 7th, 2008. The guest speaker will be the County Tax Assessor’s Office, Mr. Bob Wolf
3. The member dues renewal letters will go out in January and will be folded and stuffed during the Board Meeting on Thursday, December 27th at 5:30 at City Hall.
4. The third annual Neighborhood Services Night on November 13, 2007 was a success, but consideration is being given to hosting something different in the upcoming year.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Membership Update list is needed showing members, representatives and alternates.  This action was completed by Dr. Hays and provided to the members.
2. Future meeting topics for work sessions for the Council may include training in various association needs like President, Treasurer, By-Law amendments, and other topics. It was suggested that a series of round-table discussion be planned for the upcoming year as well as consideration of candidate forums with elections in the future.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY

1. The Council has been asked to monitor the election of the Board of Directors and  Officers for South Middle River HOA on November 27th, 2007. Appointed monitors are to meet at 6pm on site.
2. CVC project is scheduled on Dec 1st at Arthur Ashe Middle school. (Attachment C)
3. CVC project planned for January 11, 2008 is the beginning of a series of 3 crime walks in the city.  The first neighborhood will be Dorsey River Bend.  Participation by associations from all over the city is requested and encouraged to say we are “Building Safer Communities”. The plan is to take back safety in some of these neighborhoods and to demonstrate that the entire city is on-board with the plan.  A flyer will follow but each neighborhood is strongly encourage to send a representative for these events!

Meeting Adjourned at 6:45 PM