Minutes from the
Present:
Sandie, Diane, Carole and Kathy
Discussion
of upcoming meeting: Carole has notified the newspapers of our upcoming meeting
and Diane has filled all of the letter boxes with membership flyers and meeting
notification announcements. D. reported that 4 of the letter boxes were empty
of membership forms before Halloween. Sandie and Kathy will make a large sign
to announce the upcoming meeting and install it on the corner of Hawthorne,
Park Ridge and Chuckanut Drive.
After
briefly reviewing the website the committee unanimously agreed to add
neighborhood links and others of interest.
The
committee also agreed to an e-mail reminding residents of the upcoming meeting
which will include two public notices that have been received by Sandie. It was
also agreed to e-mail notices from the City and those announcing Public
Hearings to the residents.
Goals
for the Communication and Membership Committees were discussed and agreed upon.
The goals are listed below.
The
next meeting tentatively will be on Tuesday, November 161h, 10 a.m. at
Sandie's. The committee members will thoroughly review the newly revised
website with the following in mind:
1.
User friendliness
2.
Information -what is relevant?
3.
Format
4.
Need for Human Interest
5.
Ads -Do we want to include paid advertising on our website? If so how would we
generate ads, manage this page, and provide for back-up to our webmaster, Sandie.
The
meeting was adjourned.
Thanks
for coming and helping to generate such good ideas for our committees.
Kathy
Kaiser, Communications Committee Chair
Communications Committee Goals
1. Reaching all
residents to inform them of our presence, goals and area of interest and to
encourage thei1r membership in ENA.
A
once a year mailing sent in time to inform members of our election of
Board
members -probably in March if our April meeting is to be our election
meeting.
2.
Evaluating our
Website and making it both user friendly and informative
Review
and discussion will be ongoing but our target is to have some major decisions
i.e. regarding advertising, etc, made by April so our recommendations can be
presented to the membership.
3. Reporter/Reporters
We
would like to incorporate more neighborhood news in our website and in the
newsletter. Also we would like to have more news from our ENA committees so we
will be looking for willing volunteers to fill this slot and be considering how
our committee could handle this goal in other ways.
4. Permanent Neighborhood Sign
We
feel that it is important to be recognized a neighborhood but suggest that a
committee should be formed to work on this project.
Budget -Communications Committee
11/2/04
Supplies
-(Committee members have been purchasing needed supplies on their own up to
this point so some reimbursement is included in this estimate. )
Postage
(.37), printing (.03 per copy -.10 color), colored paper ($10}, sign making (
$8 each time), notebook/dividers for the Fairhaven Library ($6) and other
miscellaneous expenses.
Requesting $100
Temporary
Sign to Announce Meetings - (printing businesses can do a laminated sign for
about $70.) We are checking into other sources and evaluating the type of sign
that should hold up best in our weather.
Requesting $100
Mailing
to all Edgemoor Neighborhood Residents – If and when we decide to do this.
Postage $310.
00 (839 residents}
Printing $ 42.50 (.05 per copy)
Return Address Labels $ 5.00
Envelopes $ 10.00 (estimate)
Total $367.50 (estimate)