MHCA Area Directors' meeting minutes

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MIDVALE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY March 23, 2021, 6:45 pm
Meeting held via video conference via Zoom due to corona virus epidemic.
Present: J. Cardin, C. Kreimendahl, D. Lamb, T. Jarvis, L. Raihala, R. Rotter, W. Weber, E. Rogers, J. Veto, K. Reuter-Krohn
Also present: Cathy Rotter, Mo Cheeks, Kris Schutte, Mike Pressman, Laurel Mark, Amy Zion, Ann H/K(?), Ruth?
Cardin called the meeting to order at 6:47 p.m.
1. Introductions.
2. Mo Cheeks outline his philanthropic bread baking project for social justice. Further info at breadandjustice.org.
3. Legislative Reports: None.
4. MHCA Activities: Under the current Forward Dane pandemic plan, we should be able to resume some neighborhood activities under the relaxed Covid precautionary rules.
5. T-Ball: Pressman has been in contact with the City Little League which is scheduling games. They would let him use their fields as needed. His T-Ball games have 50 or so observers who could socially distance. Players would be masked up. Discussions of equipment cleaning and current Covid practices. He would like us to help via Facebook to survey parents. Consensus from Board to go ahead with a June start of games.
6. Picnic: Possible alternative formats of HyVee or another doing box meals, or people bringing/ordering their own food. June 24 date. Cardin will contact previous/current picnic coordinators.
7. Segoe Concerts: Lamb proposed 4 Friday concerts in July with distancing and bring-your-own food. Raihala will assist her is scheduling. Motion/2nd to approve $3000 funds for the concerts. Motion carried.
8. Garage Sales: For Labor Day weekend, Michelle Kempf-Weibel will again coordinate registration and publicizing. Will be invited to future meeting to share details. Board consensus to authorize the garage sales.
Membership Drive: Discussion of procedures during pandemic. Combined online and paper registration, with registration forms/Membership Messenger hand-delivered to each residence. Cons ensus to go ahead with details to be ironed out at April Board meeting.
9. Minutes: Motion/2nd to approve 11/2020, 1/2021 and 2/2021 minutes. Motion carried.
10. Treasurer’s Report: Ron Rotter reported about $32,897 (????) in our coffers.
11. AntiRacism Project: Cardin outlined the progress in project activities. Will have another Zoom meeting for the project committee on 3/30. Cathy Rotter highlighted her participation in the Justified Anger antiracism education program, which had some 1600 attendees.
7. Announcements:
Jarvis thanked us for the condolences for his wife Lois’ death. He also has looked into an alternative email system for MHCA via Google for Non-Profits, which would provide free email accounts for MHCA and its directors.
Cardin thanked helpers for the Alder candidate forum which drew about 40 Zoom participants.
Meeting was adjourned about 8:27 p.m.
Submitted respectfully by C. Kreimendahl, Secy.