Oak Hills Citizens Association
Board Minutes of February 1, 2014
Purpose: Initial Oak Hills Citizens Association (OHCA) Board meeting for calendar year 2014.
Location: Starr and Bob Calo-oy’s home.
Time: 3:00 – 5:00PM
Attendance:
Name | Position | Present (yes / no) |
Starr Calo-oy | President | yes |
Della May Moore | Vice President | yes |
John Moore | Treasurer | yes |
Rebecca Smith | Secretary | yes |
Cathleen Crabb | Architecture and Code Compliance | yes |
Lance and Ellen Leone | Communications / Social Media | no |
Bob Calo-oy | Events | yes |
Nicky Evans | Hospitality / Membership | yes |
Wyatt Wheelis | Safety and Security | no |
Wendy Long | Block Captains or Parks* | yes |
*Wendy identified that she will need to review the job description for each of the two noted committees to make an informed determination of the committee she will ultimately chair.
President’s Remarks
Starr opened the meeting extending her sincerest appreciation to each Board member for his / her involvement on the OHCA Board. Star also expressed her personal commitment to the OHCA and her vision for Oak Hills to be a place to live “where neighbors know one another and help each other”. Wendy further added to the sentiment by stating, “Neighbors should be witnesses for each other’s lives.”
2014 Events Calendar: Starr provided the Board members with a proposed schedule for conducting Board meetings, membership meetings and special events in 2014. Starr reviewed the schedule and asked for comments from the Board members. The schedule was accepted as presented subject to the three modifications identified below:
2014 Goals: Starr continued the meeting by requesting that each Board member identify goals for his/ her committee for 2014. Starr also noted that she had several goals to share with the Board. A summary of all goals is provided below for each committee. In conjunction with the discussion of 2014 goals, Starr discussed a recent security issue within Oak Hills (theft of a truck and landscaping equipment) and noted that security should be considered a high priority when establishing goals. All Board members were in agreement. At the conclusion of the identification of all potential goals, the Board unanimously agreed that to be successful in 2014 the goals must be incremental and achievable.
Starr advised that she will review the input from this meeting coupled with the budget plans that are to be submitted by each committee lead (see Treasurer’s notes below) to initiate plan building for 2014. The purpose of the above noted added Board meeting on March 2, 2014 will be to establish priorities and action items for 2014 to ensure goals are met.
Membership Drive: OHCA is still striving to have 150 members. As a part of the budget discussion it was identified that 109 members have paid 2014 dues. This is down from the 2013 membership level of 172. John noted that reminder cards will be sent to all prior 2013 members who did not yet renew for 2014. His estimate was that ~20-30 members would be added as a result of this reminder. Beyond the reminder note cards it was discussed that Starr and each Board member could make a personal call to several neighbors who did not renew in an effort to gain more interest and membership in the OHCA. Details as to how this process will be handled are to be identified at a later date.
Specific Committee Information
John Moore: Treasurer |
John’s Goal
John also provided the Board members with a comprehensive summary of the 2013 expenditures. |
Lance and Ellen Leone: Communications / Social Media |
(Lance and Ellen were not present. Starr will conduct a follow-up meeting with both on February 7, 2014.) Starr’s Goals
A discussion was held that it may also be beneficial to include a clarification as to the purpose and use of the $50 membership fee via Website / newsletter. |
Cathleen Crabb: Architecture and Code Compliance |
Cathleen’s Goals:
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Bob Calo-oy: Events |
Bob’s Goals:
Ideas such as conductiung Progressive Dinners and /or establishing a “yard-of-the-month” program were identified as possible events to consider. |
Nicky Evans: Hospitality |
Starr’s Goal: Prepare a “Neighbor Welcome Package” for all new residents in Oak Hills. The package would contain such items as follows: by-laws; neighbor association membership form; important area phone numbers (e.g., police, etc); garbage pickup schedule; Board member job descriptions, names and phone numbers; recent newsletter; current OHCA Calendar of Events; information regarding PAWS. The package would not be limited by the items noted but rather could be expanded, as seen necessary, to welcome new neighbors. Nicki’s Goal: Reinforce with the Block Captains the importance of advising her of: 1. All new neighbors 2. Feedback on any significant occurrences (e.g., serious illnesses, deaths, etc.) so that a card could be sent from the OHNA. |
Wyatt Wheelis / Safety and Security |
(Wyatt was not present. Starr will conduct a follow-up with him on February 7, 2014.) Starr’s Goals
Bob suggested an idea for having a private security guard for the neighborhood. |
NEXT BOARD MEETING: Sunday March 2, 2014 at 4:00PM at Starr and Bob’s home.