SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: SIX MONTH REPORT (MAY – NOV 2014)

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Greetings, Silver Lake and beyond.  Welcome to your Silver Lake Neighborhood Council six-month report: SLNCSIXMONTHREPORT2014

Yes, it’s been 7 months since the board elections, and just over six months since our first meeting as a newly seated Board in May 2014. We are pleased to report that all NC committees are up & running for the first time in many years, bringing unprecedented opportunities for participation to the neighborhood. Further, we are very grateful to report that our newsletter is also running smoothly. Many of you read it, & our subscription numbers continue to grow. Citywide, the SLNC has the highest number of ENS subscriptions for all NCs and we encourage more subscriptions via the link at bottom of this email. We are deeply grateful for you, and warmly invite you to review our progress together as a community & Board. - Thank you, Charlie & Amy, SLNC Co-Chairs, on behalf of the SLNC Governing Board*

SLNC 6 Month Report (November 2014):  SLNCSIXMONTHREPORT2014

SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION OCT 1 2014: http://wp.me/a2l4aj-2oZ

SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION NOV 5 2014: http://silverlakenc.org/2014/11/07/summary-of-slnc-board-action-wed...

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LINK TO CURRENT SLNC NEWSLETTER: http://bit.ly/1EEeEyn

SIGN UP: http://silverlakenc.org/newsletter-subscription-form/

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SILVER LAKE COMMUNITY EVENTS and CITY/OTHER FUNCTIONS which SLNC board members have hosted, partnered with, and/or attended in the past six months.

● Hosted LADWP Silver Lake Reservoir Decommission Presentation for Community (Reservoir Comm)

● Hosted September Town Hall Forum “Conversations With…” Silver Lake Conservatory of Music, Frost Chaddock, Flea & Community to a packed house – conversation continues to evolve http://silverlakenc.org/2014/09/04/conversations-with-frost-chaddoc...

● MAKE MUSIC LA / SILVER LAKE (Arts & Culture) – JUNE 21, 2014

● SLNC Supported & Board Members attended LA CONGRESS OF NEIGHBORHOODS at City Hall – Sep 2014

● Attended Dion Neutra Gallery Opening Event on Glendale

● Represented SLNC at the LADWP RESERVOIR WALK – September 2014

● MATTACHINE Stair Walk (Green Committee) – September 2014

● Represented SLNC at the Dog Park Shade Sails Ceremony w/Parks & Rec, City Council Reps Tom LaBonge & Mitch O’Farrell

● TREE MAPPING with TREE PEOPLE (Green) – Ongoing, began October 2014, thru Nov 2014

● Partner/Support with MUSIC BOX STEPS DAY 20th ANNIVERSARY – October 2014 – half the SLNC Board attended, staffed a table, had fun, multiple community partners on site from FOSLL to HSFC, SLIA to SLRC, free fruit tree giveaway arranged via CD13 & LA Beautification Team, Mitch O'Farrell spoke - collectively agreed, this was the most well-attended, successful and fun version of this annual event to date, with excellent live music from Micah & Maizie Priete, your SLNC Co-Chairs Amy Clarke & Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, global piano maestro La Palabra, and those who signed up to play the piano. SLIA President Genelle Le Vin (who also came to the Nov Board meeting and thanked SLNC profusely) estimates 350-400 throughout the day – a great event for Silver Lake. http://silverlakenc.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="CToWUd" />

● Micheltorena Great Pumpkin Fest October 2014

● Sponsored, supported & attended IVANHOE 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – Oct 2014 ~ Fabulous production & huge turnout for this extra special event celebrating Ivanhoe & history of area, sponsored by SLNC. SLNC Rep introduced CD13 Rep Mitch O’Farrell, and others spoke with parents, kids, neighbors, Congressman Adam Schiff & his staff, CD13 Mitch O’Farrell & his staff, & CD4 Rep & event honoree Tom LaBonge.

● Supported Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic DAY OF THE DEAD 25th ANNIVERSARY – Nov 1, 2014

● SLNC created a Bike Lane WorkGroup – (via Transportation & Public Works)

● Outreach Committee et al attended and participated in National Parks Clean Up Day on September 27, 2014 at Bellevue Park and Recreation Center

● Outreach Committee coordinated the securing and distribution of more than 600 healthier snacks for Halloween Carnival on October 31 at Bellevue Park and Recreation Center, & Board Members & Committee Members volunteered at the event.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE

● Re-established Code of Civility per our bylaws

● Co-chairs began issuing and publishing a “Summary of Board Action” the day after GB meetings in order to alert community as to what has passed as soon as possible

● Appointed 2 stakeholder Sergeant-at-Arms as per our bylaws

● Published Governing Board short form agenda in Spanish for the first time ever

● Changed SLNC letterhead to include all 21 Board Members & their representation

● Ordered & received business cards for the entire new board in the first month

● Began publishing a monthly attendance report for regular Governing Board meetings

● Created a section on our site regarding Grievances: http://silverlakenc.org/grievances/

● Created a section on our site for Public and Outgoing Correspondence: http://silverlakenc.org/category/governing-board-correspondence/

● Created a section for our Semi-Annual Visions & Goals meetings: http://silverlakenc.org/category/visions-and-goals/

● Created a section for public Documents of use to board and community members: http://silverlakenc.org/documents/

● Created an SLNC Newsletter Subscription form: http://silverlakenc.org/newsletter-subscription-form/

● Posted missing Governing Board draft minutes

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHANGES

● Began projecting agendas at governing board meetings so participants can follow

● Approved a Social Media & Website Policy which allows all board members and community member co-chairs AUTHOR status and the ability to change pages that they create

● Updated the SilverLakeNC.com website software package and extensions

● Backed up (archived) the SilverLakeNC.com website

● Retained a new SLNC Webmaster for much lower rate than ever before while also cutting back on paid hours by sharing IT responsibilities across the Board & via IT Committee

● Improved the sound system by utilizing Micheltorena Sound System/ four mics

 

COMMITTEES

Re-established or reorganized the following committees that had been inactive

● Community Liaison ● Youth & Families (integrated with the Education Committee)

● Green Committee

● Friends of Silver Lake Animals

Created new committees

● Bylaws & Standing Rules Committee

● Homeless Coalition

● Information Technology

● Neighborhood Business

 

We are proud to note that 19 members of our Governing Board members either serve as Officers or as Committee Co-chairs.

We are also proud that 11 community members serve as Committee Co-chairs: Susannah Tantemsapya, Jacquie Navratil, Joe Malone, Darren Laborie, Lisa Hart, Michael Masterson, Cheryl Revkin, Matthew Mooney, Frances Tran, Scott Plante and Audrea Gomez

In addition, the following roles are held by community members:

Budget Advocate Representative: Barbara Ringuette

Alliance of River Communities Representative: Marshall Van Wormer

Hyperion Bridge Representative: Matthew Mooney

Sergeants-at-Arms: Karina Andrade and Jeff Wayne

 

BYLAWS and STANDING RULES AMENDMENTS

● Added “gender identity and expression” to the non-discrimination policy of the SLNC bylaws

● 35. Committees Chairs Elected Annually, Revised August 6, 2014

● 39. Definition of Committee “Member”, Revised November 5, 2014

● 44. Community Impact Statements, Revised November 5, 2014

● 50. Elections Chair, Adopted June 4, 2014

● 51. Email Policy, Adopted September 3, 2014

 

Your Co-Chairs wish to express deep gratitude to the entire board, committees, and especially the Silver Lake Community who has really stepped up and supported the efforts of the SLNC in many different ways. We could not do this without you. Moving forward into the second half of our year with all committees operational, website and newsletters humming along nicely, we look forward to deeper collaboration and community building.

In service and with humble thanks,

Amy Clarke and Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, SLNC Co-Chairs

on behalf of YOUR SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

 

 

SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS as of MAY 7, 2014

AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES

Heather Carson / Amy Clarke (Co-Chair) / Charles Herman-Wurmfeld (Co-Chair) / Anne-Marie Johnson / David Modern / Kinoka Ogsbury / Teresa Sitz  (Secretary)

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

(1) Helen De La Paz Dion & Joshua Gomez (2) Georgene Smith Goodin (Treasurer) & Karen Speitel (3) Anthony Crump & Seamus Garrity (4) Ted Adams (ViceChair) & James Bigelow (5) Dorit-Dowler-Guerrero & Christine Kantner (6) Matthew Desario & Joe Ferrell (7) Hope Taylor-Arnold & John Wingler

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*For identification purposes; email prepared by SLNC Co-Chairs with board & community input.