ANA Meeting Minutes
Board Attendees: Joel Federer, Ethan Komoroski, Vikisha Goberdhan, Sharla Mcintosh, Adriana Dobrzycka, Kevin Ross, Adam Miller, Donte Mearon, Sam Bild, Nikki Lindberg
Board members absent: Judy Vecere
Support team: Lauren Anderson, Rachel Ireland-Henry
Additional attendees: Sarah Komoroski, Eli Johnson, Ozlem Ersin
Special Election for Open Seat
- One open seat, two candidates (Nikki Lindberg and Eli Johnson)
- 42 votes were cast in total.
- Nikki Lindberg was elected – term will expire in May 2022
New Business
- None
Approval of December Minutes
- Approved by board
Reimagining Mini Grants
- Currently reassessing the grant level amounts, term of grants, number/frequency of awarded grants
- Any and all ideas welcome. Please contact anacoordinator@armatage.org with any thoughts relating to mini grant program
Committee Updates
- Green Team
- The free virtual screening of “The Story of Plastic will air Jan. 17 – 21
- 40 people have signed up so far
- A conversation about the movie will be held on Jan 21 at 8pm
- Workshop on zero waste alternatives will be held on Jan 28 at 7:30pm
- Register and get more info at https://armatage.org/plastics/
- Reading circle for the book “All We Can Save” will be held Feb. 1
- Register and get your book at https://armatage.org/reading-circle/
- The free virtual screening of “The Story of Plastic will air Jan. 17 – 21
Coordinator Update
- Holiday Light Tour Final Numbers
- 20 houses were enrolled in the tour
- 181 votes were cast
- 56,821 views of the tour google map
- Lots of positive feedback
- Some suggestions to consider changes to the route and adding different voting categories
- Armatage Play Area Public Hearing
- Hearing to be held Jan. 20 at 6:30pm
- To comment, register here by 12:00pm on Jan. 20
- NCR Survey on Neighborhood Election Day
- The City of Minneapolis in the future will coordinate a singular Neighborhood Day which promotes neighborhood work while providing a time to vote on neighborhood board membership.
- Neighborhood Day will allow for citywide communication to promote the importance of neighborhoods and encourage participation in voting and running in neighborhood organization board elections. Currently, an estimated less than 1% of those eligible to vote in neighborhood board elections actually do. The goal of a coordinated citywide effort is to increase participation and involvement in funded neighborhood organizations.
- Lauren took the survey. Joel, Nikki and Adriana volunteered to take it as well.
- Block Leader Outreach
- Initial efforts by the ANA to collect block leader contact info has netted 9 responses
- If you are a block leader, please reach out to anacoordinator@armatage.org so the ANA board can better communicate and share neighborhood information with any many residents as possible
- To become a block leader, please visit https://www.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/public-safety/prevent-prepare/crime-prevention/block-clubs/
ANA Visioning and Board/Committee Expectations Part 3
- Conversation was continued
- Expectations were passed per below:
- Required Board Expectations:
- Join and actively participate in at least one ANA committee:
- Some committees will not meet monthly so in that case, board members are encouraged to join a second committee.
- Proposed requirement: board members attend a minimum number of committee meetings per year.
- Volunteer at 3-4 events during the year (one must be the Summer Festival if we can safely hold it).
- Attend monthly meetings and notify fellow board members if you’ll be absent. Per our bylaws, if a board member misses three consecutive meetings without prior notification, they will be deemed to have vacated their board seat.
- Strongly Encouraged/Expected:
- For remote meetings, plan to have your camera on.
- Participation in email discussion and interact with ANA social media posts.
- Minimum 6 month commitment; can change committees yearly–each January at monthly board meeting.
- Join and actively participate in at least one ANA committee:
- Committee Expectations:
- All meetings must be available to the public
- Committee members to create and propose social media content for events/initiatives pertaining to the committee
- Committees to assign note-taker (board member?) and report back to full board during monthly meetings
- Committees to determine annual plan, propose to full board at December meeting
- Coordinator to attend as appropriate
- Committee Chair Responsibilities:
- Lead committee meetings
- Year end work planning and reporting
- Welcome new members
- Set agenda and make sure notes are taken
- Others as needed
- Required Board Expectations: