Edgemoor
Neighborhood Association
Monthly Business Meeting
Minutes
The Monthly Business Meeting
of Edgemoor Neighborhood Association was called to order by Sandie Koplowitz at
about
The minutes from the
September meeting were approved as recorded.
Report of Officers
President:: In Brien Thane’s absence, Sandie gave an
overview of the meeting agenda and recapped the various Board/Committee
positions for the upcoming elections in November.
Treasurer: Lois Miles announced that there were no
expenses this month. ENA received $30 in
dues from 2 new members and $75.00 from the sale of “Drive 25” signs. A detailed report was filed.
Disbursements
–
Income -
$105.00
Closing
Balance - $2420.73
MNAC
Representative: Brad
Rose was not available. Pam Went noted
that he asked her to attend the meeting scheduled in October and she agreed to
send a summarizing report to Sandie for the website/newsletter. A reminder to read
the current Just So You Are Aware newsletter.
Committee Reports
Communication: Kathy Kaiser did not have any news to report.
Hospitality:
– We are looking for volunteers to head this
committee. Please contact a board member
if interested. Elections will be held at the November 2nd meeting.
Growth
and Land Use: Brad was
not able to attend the meeting. Check
the city’s website for growth related issues.
Membership: -
Sandie reported we have approximately 150 members.
Neighborhood
Safety: -
Veronica Douglas has decided to step down from her position as Chairman of
Neighborhood Safety due to lack of time.
She has done a great job and contributed much to the Board of Edgemoor
Neighborhood Association. We thank
Veronica for all her enthusiasm and effort
She will continue to sell the remaining inventory of ‘Drive 25’ signs.
- We are looking for volunteers to head this committee. Please contact a board member if interested. Elections will be
held at the November 2nd meeting.
Neighborhood
Plan Update – No report.
The September ‘Vision of Edgemoor’ meeting facilitated by Brad Rose was
a fun, informative start to updating our neighborhood plan. John Erickson and Martin Nickerson offered to
represent ENA at the
Chuckanut
Mountain Park District - Bob Gibb updated ENA on the park districts
progress. He informed us that a
committee has been formed. The first
meeting discussion centered around structure and policy. Designating district lines, developing
neighborhood lists, and a door to door petition for signatures were mentioned
in the future plan. His request to give about a 10 minute presentation at the
next meeting was approved.
Representative Reports
Association
of
Coalition
of Southside Neighborhoods – Pam
reminded the group that CSN planned to meet with the Port and welcomed any
involved/informed representatives from the 5 south neighborhoods. The premise of the meeting was to establish a
partnership in planning future waterfront development. Pam also reported that CSN would host
representatives from the Bellingham Herald at the October monthly meeting to
discuss how to best work with one another concerning south side issues. She offered no decision had been made
concerning leadership of CSN or changes to the meeting format – it remains a work in progress.
Planning
Academy – John
Erickson informed us that much material had been covered at the
Business
The
on-going business about Internet voting was continued. Brien did some research in an attempt to come
up with language for the amendment. He
e-mailed an example to the Board to work with and discuss at the meeting. Sandie offered better possible wording for
the amendment. After a short discussion
it was decided that due to lack of a quorum we could not vote to change the
Bylaws at the Oct. meeting and that would not be a priority for the Nov.
meeting.
Earlier
in the meeting the upcoming elections were discussed and vacancies
identified. At this time there was
general discussion about the bylaws, the organization, agenda and proposed candidates. A nominating committee would put together
possible candidates for the board elections at the November 2nd meeting. Please contact Sandie (or any officer) if interested in
becoming actively involved with the association – Thank you!
Issues and Concerns
Joe
Yaver mentioned earlier in the meeting that he wanted it to go on record that
he was against the
Closing
Meeting was adjourned at
approximately
The next meeting scheduled
would be the Edgemoor Neighborhood Association
Annual Membership Meeting to be held on November 2nd from
Respectfully Submitted,
Lauri Grove