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Executive Board Meeting

Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Via Teleconference: Call 1-888-215-5132 (Pass Code #289949)

Call to Order: Rodney Lynch, President

1. Review of December 1, 2011 meeting minutes (attached)
   
   
2. Treasurer’s Report (Attached)
   
   
3. Discussion items:
   a. MCDA sponsorship of Maine Rural Partnership Spring workshops on the following
   which were presented at the MMA Convention:
   Municipal Partnership with Efficiency Maine
   Energy Innovations: Meet the Early Adopters
   
   
4. “My feeling on the workshop, which was designed for municipal officials, is that we wait and re-run it at the 2012 MMA Convention if we can get proper billing for it in the program this time and get better commitment from our own members to attend.  I don’t know how we could develop a stand-alone event that would draw municipal attendance.  But am open to ideas of others on this.  We just cannot ask these folks to have another dress rehearsal.” Mary Ann Hayes.  
   
   
5. Report of Committees:
   Professional Development – Vice President and Chair Darryl Sterling
   Membership & membership renewal letters – Steve Dyer (Chair)
   Communication and New Newsletter – Joella Theriault (Chair)
   Advocacy – Dan LaPointe (Chair)       
   
   
6. CDBG Updates from DECD-OCD staff 6. National Community Development Week: Proposal to  organize a campaign to promote this State wide and take it one step further with a CD Day in the Legislature again with displays and resolutions. This would also give us a reason to have a MCDA meeting in Augusta. National Community Development Week is April 8-14, 2012 NCDA will celebrate National Community Development Week during the week of April 8.  The primary activity focus during this year's celebration will be project tours.
   
   
7.  President’s Appointments: liaison and alternate to COSCDA and to the National Conference in September 2012
   
   
8. October 3-4, 2012 MMA Convention Professional Development and Annual Meeting

   Status of display booth

   Workshop topics

9. Sponsorship for the Maine Downtown Center Conference: May 18, 2012 in Farmington. 
   
   
10. Sponsorship for Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association to be held in Brunswick October 3 and 4, 2012.
    
    
11. Request for Assistance:  Community Connections Project for the Iris Network, serving individuals in Maine who are blind or have low vision would like to have someone from MCDA  to  present information on the topic of Town Planning at their monthly workshop as it related to Streetscapes projects and ADA accessibility.  They meet each month on the third Thursday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon. Each meeting has been held at the Capitol Building in Augusta, Me. Sessions usually have between five and ten participants from around the state. The sessions will begin with an introduction of all people in the room and what each individual would like to learn about related to that session topic. The speaker presents, leaving time for any questions and most sessions are ended with a wrap-up. They would like us to make our presentation at their May 17, 2012 meeting. Is anyone interested in volunteering for this task?
    
    
12. Other Business
    
    
13. Next meeting date
    
    
14.  Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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