Astoria Park Alliance
meets Tuesday, March 4th
at 6:30 PM at Steinway Reformed Church on Ditmars Blvd & 41st Street.
All are welcome!!!
Greetings from The Astoria Park Alliance, Martha and Jules!
Our next meeting is Tuesday night at 6:30 pm in the basement of the Steinway Reformed Church on the corner of 41st Street and Ditmars Boulevard.
The Astoria Park Alliance is creating a stronger organizational structure in order to support a more inclusive, greener vision of Astoria Park. We value your talent, input, and passion. We share your love of Astoria Park. We haven't seen you at a meeting in a while, and we miss you!
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Welcome, introductions, and Thank You for coming.
Minutes
Discussion:
6:30PM
Report on Meetings:
(@ 5 min each)
Jules and Martha meeting with Green Shores
re: CB 1 park DOT bike lane
Martha meeting with Nichole Henderson - Partnerships for Parks -
Outreach Coordinator - Western Queens
Outreach Coordinator - Western Queens
re: proposed membership fee implementation and precedents,
volunteer facilitation of youth groups
volunteer facilitation of youth groups
Martha Phone meeting with Norman Chan -
Parks and Recreation Manager
Parks and Recreation Manager
re: breaking ice
Fundraising Committee meeting report - Spring Fling in March
Martha phone meeting with Antonio Meloni of NY Anti Crime Agency
[CB1] re: Lighting on Hell Gate Bridge and Amtrak
[CB1] re: Lighting on Hell Gate Bridge and Amtrak
Announcements
Discussion:
(@ 5 min each)
Shore Fest planning
Membership recruitment
Volunteer facilitation
Committee duty definitions
Review of Drop Box procedures
7:30-2nd hour of working meeting
Budget and Finance reporting for notforprofits
15 min-Introduction to ‘best-practices’ record keeping and reporting. - Arlene
20 min-Q and A
20 min - Mission statement
Budget and Finance reporting for notforprofits
15 min-Introduction to ‘best-practices’ record keeping and reporting. - Arlene
20 min-Q and A
20 min - Mission statement
- CUP - NY4P
- Volunteer dates March 15 and March 29
- New York Cares Day April 12
- ...
- Set working meeting agenda for next meeting (5)
- Weekend Walks - DOT
- Meeting Reports:
- NY4Parks Charybdis Playground survey report
- Going Green in Queens [2014 Sept. conf.]
- Bike Lane CB comms meeting
- ...
Working agenda
- ... Draft 2014 APA calendar [Events and Volunteers] ...
[March/Spring fundraising]
- Old business / New business
- Volunteers and New York Cares March and Spring
- Outdoor Fest May/June
- Safety in the park - Call 311 for any problems or issues
- AP track in winter
2014 APA officers
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