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“March” Delegate Meeting
First Presbyterian Church
April 6, 2010
Attending the meeting were:
Delegates and Alternates
Erin Kennedy - Colonial Village
Pat Carstensen - Cross Counties
Bill Anderson - Duke Park
Rosemarie Kitchin - Falconbridge
Craigie Sanders – Grove Park
Mike Shiflett - Northgate Park
David Harris - Old Farm
Moe Rivera – Old North Durham
Tom Miller - Watts Hospital Hillandale
Scott Carter – Woodcroft
Visitors
Marge Clemons – NCCU Area
James Soukup – Emergency Communications
Minutes
Tom Miller opened the meeting.
James Soukup talked about Code Red emergency notification. Code Red (http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/911/codered.cfm) can send out 60,000 phone messages in an hour as well as broadcast e-mail messages. Reverse 911 is an alternative, but Code Red has better features. Code Red is based on a database that ties phone numbers and e-mail addresses to a physical address so that, for example, police can use it to get out a community-based policing message to everyone in Duke Park or the water folks can let the folks affected know about a contamination issue. One concern is that they just have the phone numbers in the phone book, so if you have a cell phone, you might want to go to https://login.coderedweb.com/codereddataentry/Default.aspx?groupid=dKEIk0NTK9LTXu1cHridCQ%3d%3d to register that phone to get Code Red messages. The city gets 200,000 minutes of Code Red calling per year for a set price, but e-mail messages are free. It makes sense to have neighborhood and PAC list-serves getting the Code Red messages – so if you are interested, please contact James.
February minutes were approved. Pay your dues. We have about $1600 in savings and $650 in checking.
How can we get better attendance at the meetings? Ideas included getting out an e-mail on the new location (with directions), have better descriptions of the speakers when the agenda is sent out, and plan further out on the speakers.
We put off voting on by-laws changes until the next meeting.
On the Spare a Change campaign, we discussed the idea of a publicity stunt of going to a common panhandling spot and handing out brochures when someone rolls down their window to give money. We will also be re-connecting with some partners. Bill Anderson will develop.
Folks are urged to come to the Planning Commission hearing next on April 13 to oppose the proposal to mess with the Billboard Ban.
We have a new postmaster, so we will meet with him and invite him to an INC meeting. A continuing problem is the pressure to move mailboxes from the porch to the curb.
We gave the president Tom Miller authority to form committees to:
· Review UDO about improper and unwise delegation of authority (Volunteers: Pat, Tom, Melissa)
· Hold an East Durham Summit to identify issues, gather experts and talk about solutions (Volunteers: Mike, Moe)
· Form Neighborhood Assistance Teams to develop a modern program to help new neighborhood organizations (Volunteers: Tom, the Shifletts, and 5 new volunteers)
· Review City and County Appointments to find folks to volunteer to serve and to review and recommend applicants (Volunteers: Marge and Moe).
Mike Shiflett talked about how the NC legislature is looking at issues with the regulation of homeowner associations (HOA) – there will be another meeting but it looks like they won’t do anything this year.
Mike also brought up having INC talk at Neighborhood College.
David says the have 58% return on the census, which is less than the state average.
Pat mentioned the annual West Durham hike on Saturday and the Black Meadow Ridge hike on Sunday.
The meeting was adjourned.
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