Executive Board Meeting
January 3, 2008 @ NET Police Substation

Committee Members Present: Marion Weed (Chair), Hayes Alexander (Vice-Chair), Rene Warren (Treasurer), Rhonda Steinman (Recording Secretary), Dietrich Brunner (Corresponding Secretary), Chuck Buzzard, John Thurlow, Bill Lonergan, Whil Basea

Items of Business:

• Discussion regarding grants; we received a $5,000.00 grant from Pierce County for the NET Newsletter thanks to Calvin Goings. Dete Brunner will do some research to see if he can find additional grants we can qualify for. He was referred to Susan Parong, Internal Consultant re: grants for the City of Tacoma; 594-7881.

• There will no longer be the NET Neighborhood Council Concert in the Park at Browns Point Lighthouse Park due to the lawsuit by Kovenan. We have been involved in the Norpoint Centre Festival which usually happens in August every summer. That possibility is still open to us. We will table this discussion with Jim Biles at the next Neighborhood Council meeting.

• Re: the cutback in mailing of the newsletter from 3000 to 500; Marion Weed had Jeanell Climber survey current advertisers. Over 50% of them would choose not to advertise should we decide to cut back to printing 500. With the grant from Pierce County, at this point we will continue 3000. Marion Weed will find out where exactly these are mailed right now.

• The next Executive Board Meeting February 7th (time and place TBA) will be a special meeting re: the use of Metro Parks Bond funds. Bill Lonergan gave an update on the use of these funds that have already been approved by the voters of Tacoma. Bill continues to try to get permission from Tacoma School District to begin work on improving the parks for the Little League teams using free labor from that parents and involved persons in that organization. He is getting weary trying to get anyone at the school district to make a decision and allow them to go ahead and improve the fields. All will be invited, but especially those involved in wanting this project to begin, a rep from the school district, and TNT Reporter Chris Sherman will be notified.


Recorded by: Rhonda Steinman
January, 2008

 

2008 Annual Budget


Budgeted Amount

Office Supplies $100.00
• Paper
• Envelope
• Computer Supplies
• Web Upkeep
• Photocopying

Marketing and Promotion $275.00
• Sponsor & Cosponsor
Neighborhood & Community Events

Printing $5,000.00
• Newsletters (including postage)
• Meeting Notices
• Miscellaneous – special events


Training/Education Opportunities $1,500.00
• NUSA Conference
• Local Training

Insurance $200.00
• Errors and Omission

Discretionary Fund $425.00
• Miscellaneous Expenditures

Estimated Total $7,500.00