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/

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.
  • 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