Durham INC

INC Meeting

9/22/09

Meeting was called to order by Colin Crossman at 7:05pm.

Attending the meeting were:

Delegates and Alternates

Visitors

*Check paid membership status of Hope Valley Farms and Parkwood

Presentations:

SOLID WASTE

Larisha McGill from the Department of Solid Waste gave a presentation on the city’s new rollout cart program. Highlights from the presentation are as follows:

-You can get an EXTRA roll out recyle bin for $18/year or $1.50/mo.

-Old recycle bins will NOT be serviced.

-You may place up to 3 bulky items on the street weekly for pickup. These bulky items should be on the street the SAME day as your garbage is picked up, but they will not be picked up until the following day. Trash collectors will note where bulky items need pickup, so if your items are not out on the street with your trash bin, it will not be picked up the next day.

-The 2115 E Club recycling site is still open. 4 county sites are still open. Those locations are on the department’s website.

-Styrofoam cannot be recycled.

-Plastic drink bottles MUST be recycled.

-Household Hazardous Waste Schedule (E Club Blvd. location)

MW 12-6 ThF 9:30-3:30 Sa 7:30-3:30

-You can recycle compact fluorescent bulbs at the HH Hazardous Waste site.

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS

Nancy Cox introduced Bud Lavery, who spoke about the Communities in Schools program. The program is designed to keep youth in school and prevent youth from dropping out. For more info, check the following: http//www.CISDurham.org and on YouTube, search for “CIS Durham” for videos about the program. There are tutoring and mentoring opportunities. If you’re interested, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , the volunteer coordinator for the program. David Stein of the Duke Durham Partnership also spoke briefly about the program.

Announcements:

Craigie Sanders gave a brief overview of the October meeting, with discussions about the old dry cleaner sites around Durham and the state’s response to the potential environmental hazards they represent.

Night of Lights was discussed. Date will be the last Sunday before Christmas, so long as it’s at least 5 days before Christmas. This year it is also the 1^st full night of Hanukkah.

Mike Shiflett requested volunteers to help man the Kids Voting booths at all school precints. 1-2 hour commitment. Contact Mike for more info.

9/25: Legislative Forum at the Main Branch of the Library.

10/12: Meeting with County Commissioners over Jordan Lake Boundaries.

Lynwood Best from the City of Durham’s Department of Neighborhood Improvement Services made several announcement. DNIS and the Police Department are trying to formulate a Rental Registry program based on the one implemented by Raleigh last year. They were meeting on 9/26 to write a draft proposal. The Draft will be presented to INC and the PACs in the upcoming months. DNIS has handheld computers for use in identifying problems in the target neighborhoods. DNIS is sponsoring a Landlord Training class on 11/7 at 8am at City Hall. Registration is $30 and can be done online. For more info, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Old Business:

Treasurer’s Report (made by Myers Sugg): $70.47 in checking, $2002.27 in savings. No expenditures, no receipts. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was seconded and approved unanimously.

August Minutes will be posted online and will be voted on at the October meeting.

Nominating Committee:

Colin Crossman announced that he would not be able to serve as President of INC in 2010 due to the time constraints of operating the Kings Daughters Inn. After much discussion, the following slate of officers was presented to the delegates:

President: Tom Miller

Past President: Craigie Sanders

Vice President: Scott Carter

Treasurer: Moe Rivera

Newsletter Editor/Communication/Website Maintenance: Colin Crossman

Board Member: Fred Foster

Board Member: Erin Kennedy

A motion was made to close nominations, which was seconded and approved unanimously.

A motion was made to accept the 2010 slate of officers and directors, which was seconded and approved unanimously.

Proposed Bylaw Changes:

Craigie Sanders spoke to the listserv discussion surrounding the bylaws changes that were posted on the website being different from those presented at the August meeting by Tom Miller and wanted to dispel the rumors that surrounded the different versions. At the September executive committee meeting, it was brought up that as currently written, a party interested in swaying a vote on an issue could pay dues, join INC and “load” the votes for its issue. It was discussed at this meeting that adding an attendance policy would prevent this type of situation from occurring. The executive committee added the wording in Section 7 that would have an attendance policy for delegates wishing to vote. Colin made the change and posted the revised bylaws to the INC website without making reference to that change, for which he apologized. Craigie and Colin both expressed that it was not the intent of the executive committee to try to “slip something by” the delegates with this change—it was simply a lapse in communication. Craigie encouraged delegates who had questions about this or any other issue to speak directly about their concerns instead of letting the discussion get out of hand on the listserv.

Once the clarification was made, the delegates present, with the assistance of Tom Miller, went through the proposed changes line by line. There was not sufficient time to address Section 7, as it was after 9pm, and so further discussion was postponed to the October meeting. A vote on the proposed changes was also postponed from October to November, in order for all delegates to be familiar with the proposed changes, and to allow time for discussion on the attendance requirement.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm.