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NARBERTH CIVIC ASSOCIATIONREGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGSEPTEMBER 14, 7:00 pm, Narberth Borough Hall, Council chambersBoard members in attendance: President Andy Haakenson, VP Deborah Lonsdorf, TreasurerChristine Jackson, Gigi Tevlin Moffat, Liz Brown, Jim Speer, Georgette Dubois

Minutes taken by Jim Speer, in absence of SecretaryAudience: 2 peopleOld business:Candidate Forum: The Federation of Civics is discouraging local civic groups from running theirown School Board Candidate Forums. Federation is holding two debates of their own.Instead of running a candidate forum for the Borough Council candidates, we discussedalternatives: Inviting the BC candidates to the October meeting; soliciting questions and topics

from the public. October is to be one of our two yearly membership meetings.Vote to support ISC & Federation on staging the school board debates, carried by unanimousvoice vote.To do: Andy will contact BC candidatesHealthcare seminar: Talk to senior center about coordinating an event, maybe for early in 2012Paypal - Need to get a new Paypal account. The old one was Chris Finleys. Deb will set up anew payal acct, coordinate with Christine about back account & tax exempt numbers

Brainstorming ideas for ways to help support the Fire DepartmentLizs idea for Nar-B-Q: Judged barbeque contest, with entrance fee. Celebrity judges? Andy isa certified barbeque judge. Gigi knows a celebrity TV chef Rick Bayless(?) will inquire.

New horizons glee club - discussion of whether to give money for bus to coatesville. The feelingis that we do not have the money to spare for donations of this type. We need to explore otherways to support their activities.Deb will follow up with themNew business

Liz starts a discussion about budgeting. Would like to see more of an effort to account forexpenses and profits from events, to see which events make money and which lose. Oncewe have a better idea of our event costs and intake, well be in a better position to considermonetary contributions.Minutes: brief discussion of how soon the meeting minutes should be available for review.Deborah would like to see minutes draft within three days of meeting. The feeling in the roomis that nothing should be settled without Lisa [board secretary] present. Christine says other

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organizations just have an unwritten understanding on how soon minutes are produced, not awritten requirement.Meeting adjourned 8:05 pm.

To do:Deborah: Follow up with glee club. Establish a Paypal accountChristine: put together some spreadsheets for past events, showing how much we generallytake in or lose.Andy: Contact council candidates about Oct 12 meeting; continue research into seniorhealthcare seminar