HNIA Board Minutes, May 2011

Present Board members: Ginny Sutton, Jennifer Arave, Jasper Rajendren, Lily Vaughn, Bengt Svensson, Isaac Peters and Justin Hach.
Guests: Dan Scoggins.

The meeting was called to order at 7:05PM by Ginny Sutton, board president.

Agenda and time allotments were reviewed. A motion was made by Bengt Svensson to accept the agenda, seconded by Jasper Rajendren and carried.

Following review of the March board meeting minutes a motion to accept the minutes was made by Isaac Peters and seconded by Lily Vaughn and carried.

Following review of the April board meeting minutes a motion to accept the minutes was made by Jasper Rajendre and seconded by Isaac Peters and carried.

No financial reports were available at the time of the board meeting. Judy, our accountant is waiting to receive our NCEC contract from the city. Review of financial reports will have to be postponed until next meeting.

Ginny Sutton was expression appreciation for all board members and volunteers for their effort during the last year as this is the last board meeting before the new board will take over.

The possible “conflict of interest” issue regarding HNIA’s relationship with ArtShare and Jennifer Arave’s position on the HNIA board of director and being part of the ArtShare was discussed. HNIA have been acting as a fiscal sponsor for ArtShare since 2008, allowing ArtShare to be able to accept tax deductible donations. A motion was made by Justin Hach that since July 2010 we confirm that any HNIA board member with interest in ArtShare abstain from voting on anything related to ArtShare. The motion was seconded by Isaac Peters, the motion carried. Jennifer Arave abstained.

Agenda for the June 9 General Meeting was discussed. A brainstorming session is planned. What is the vision for the neighborhood? Possible get Jay Clark or Robert Thompson to come to the meeting and facilitate the discussion.The NE Parade/ArtShare parade project allowing NE residents to participate. Movies in the Basin: we need volunteers, food donations and bathroom access. Updates on the Universal Plating site and the Train Park clean-up progress.

HNIA website. A process for getting things posted on the website was discussed. To get anything posted on the HNIA website one should send an e-mail message to Justin Hachand include on the subject line “POST ON WEBSITE:” The possibility of allowing advertisement or recognizing sponsorship from local businesses or organizations on the HNIA website was discussed. Also the possibility of sending out a monthly e-mail newsletter was discussed.

We had committee reports from Dan Scoggins from the Crime and Safety Committee, which meets every 4th Thursday at the HNIA office. Dan Scoggins also reported on the scheduled Tot lot/pocket park cleanup. A sign is being designed and repainting of the train is planned. Jimmy’s Bar has promised to donate food. Jasper Rajendren reported form the NRP Steering Committee that they hope to have a Phase II draft done soon.

The issue of having a staff person and getting things done at the HNIA office was discussed again. It was decided that we leave it for the next board to decide whether to hire a staff person. Meanwhile Ginny Sutton will answer HNIA e-mail, Jasper Rajendren will check the phone and voice mail and Lily Vaughn and Bobby Wriggers will take care of and organize mail.

The HNIA office needed to be cleaned up and organized after all the stuff used at the Hotdish Revolution event had been brought back. It was asked that all present should help with this after the meeting was adjourned.

A motion to adjourned the meeting was made by Jasper Rajendren and seconded by Isaac Peters, the motion carried at 8:33PM.