Minutes 12:10:2020

The meeting was called to order at 6:33PM

Lynn Humphries, Deborah Keller, Jannelle Rattigan, Jeff Lidicker, Julie Scheff, Kathleen Spitzer, Laurie Dishman, Vincent Xu
There was a quorum

Guests: Chloe McElyea, Ralph McDaniel

Chloe reported on the Sowing Solidarity project, which is the neighborhood urban farm. Chloe took over the farm a few months ago, and it is now called The Table Farm. She provided us with a history of her background, as well as a very detailed overview of the project. There were many questions for Chloe and some discussion regarding how to get more people from the neighborhood involved.

The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as written.
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Julie, and it was seconded by Kathleen. The motion passed.

Financial Report:

a.) Debbie reported that we currently have $5,127.69 in the bank. We had a profit of $578.95 this past month.

b.) Membership Update: We have 60 Members, and 22 of those are new. The remittance membership envelopes that were printed and inserted in the newsletter are coming in and people are signing up online. There was some discussion regarding printing remittance envelopes every year.

c.) Pay Pal Account: We have finally received all our money from the Pay Pal account, and that account is now closed.

Old Business:

a.) Community Meeting Re-Cap: Jeff discussed the community meeting from last night. We had 40 people at the meeting at one time.

b.) HPNA Swag Report: Kathleen reported that she has placed two orders so far. The first order was for $448.00, and the second order was for $738.00, for a total of $1,186.00, of which we net 50%, which translates to a profit of $593.00.

There was discussion regarding doing more fundraisers using the bicycle logo that was used on this current order, as well as using the lawn chair logo.
Jannelle suggested that we do a story telling people about the history of the chairs and the lawnmower, which are at the main entrance to Hollywood Park.

New Business:

a.) By-Laws – Elections: Jannelle reported that we should be able to send the amended By- Laws to Anthony and ask him to put them up on the website. She also discussed assigning numbers to the board members. Odd numbers would be assigned to board members who were elected in odd numbered years. Even numbers would be assigned to board members who were elected in even numbered years.

There was further discussion regarding the upcoming election, and making the next community meeting, in March of 2021, be the “Annual Meeting”, which is the meeting at which board members are usually elected.
After more discussion, Jannelle made the motion that the September 2021 Community meeting be designated as the “annual meeting” to comply with the by-law and to provide time for elections.

Jeff seconded the motion. There was further discussion.
The motion passed with one or two board members abstaining.

b.) Spring Newsletter: Articles and Photos will need to be submitted by February 7th, and definitely no later than February 10th.

c.) 2021 Advertising Renewals: Debbie discussed how we should approach the people who have advertised this past year. There was discussion that we start to ask those advertisers in January.

d.) Business Meeting: A business meeting had been scheduled for December 29th. However, it was unanimously decided not to have a business this month.

e.) Holiday Candy for Sacramento PD and Fire Department: There was some money left over form last time, and it was decided that each board member donate money ($5.00 each) to make up the difference to buy more candy this month.

f.) Liability Insurance Quote: Debbie reported that she received a quote for the amount of $1,500.00 for a year. Jeff asked if we could have the Insurance Agent come to one of our meetings. The way, we can ask questions.

As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15PM.