GGNA Board Meeting Minutes
2. Approval of Minutes from June 10th Meeting. John Burns (Secretary) read the minutes from the June 10, 2008 BOD meeting and they were unanimously approved.
3. Treasurer’s Report. Bryan Hill (Treasurer) was not in attendance at the meeting. However, he will distribute an electronic copy of the Treasurer’s Report to the leadership listserve.
4. Committee Reports:
a. Public Safety Committee. Sally Hamann provided an update of the recent CAPS meeting. Gunshots have been heard in Sector 2; it was discussed that a phone tree should be implemented. On August 7th, a quorum will convene at Campbell and McLean at 6:30P to promote positive loitering. “We Call Police” stickers were distributed at the meeting.
b. Zoning and Planning Committee. Sally Hamann updated the BOD on the ZAPC’s activities. She said the sponsors of 2660 West Armitage have not responded to the ZAPC’s request to resubmit their proposed zoning changes. Also, Adriana Mroczka quit from the ZAPC, so there is an opening on the committee. Two people were asked to be considered; Doug wanted to open up the process to other people. The new member will be selected at the next ZAPC meeting.
c. Senior/Youth Committee. Johnny Elias led a discussion on the committee’s proposed activities. With regard to the GGNA/CAPS basketball tournament, there has been very little interest shown from the students at Goethe and Chase; Johnny will solicit volunteers at the block party. The soccer camp will begin on Thursday, July 24th at 4:30P-6:30P and will run for six weeks. With regard to the Campbell Terrace Computer Initiative, approximately 30 residents were tutored on the computer; Raquel Geverola will continue to monitor the progress of the program.
5. New BOD Business – open to all BOD Members
a. Maplewood Block Party on Saturday, July 19th – GGNA members were assigned different sectors to pass out fliers once they are printed. The fliers should be ready for distribution on Friday, July 11th and will be in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Festivities at the party include DJs, a mariachi band, and a jumping jack, a water balloon toss, and a chalk drawing contest for the kids. GGNA members were also assigned to vendors in the area to solicit participation/food donations. Esme Borrero will speak to Raymond Valadez from the Alderman’s office with regard to the liquor license issue so that we may sell beer; if it is feasible, bracelets will be used to identify those who are 21+ years old, and tickets will be sold for the beer. Raquel Geverola spoke with Officer Julio Velgara from the CAPS department at the police station and he has confirmed that CAPS will set a table up at the party. Requests for types of music/songs for the DJs should be made through the listserve.
b. Other events - Joe Kopera informed us of CAPS events in the area in August. On August 5th, “National Night Out” will be held at the parking lot of the police department from 5:00P-9:00P. More details will be posted to the listserve. On August 23rd, the Saturday Block Club Convention will be held at Humboldt Park; the recently-appointed Commander Lucio Martines will be in attendance to meet the attendees.
6. Future BOD Meeting Schedule – The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 12th at the Wicker Park-Bucktown Library at 6:00P.
7. Meeting Adjourned – Johnny Elias adjourned the meeting at 8:00P.
