Notes
			Board Elections will take place at the Annual Neighborhood Meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The meeting will run from 6:30 – 9:00 pm, including dinner and social time at the beginning of the evening. Minnehaha United Methodist Church, 3701 E. 50th St. Current Board Member List

2009 Board Recruitment
April 2009

To all prospective 2009-2010 candidates for the NENA Board of Directors

Thank you for your interest in the NENA Board of Directors.  Several items are available here for download and printing:

• The Prospective Board Member questionnaire,
• A standard form on responsibilities that we ask all Board candidates to sign,
• Some basic information about the NENA Board and this year’s elections (with map), and,
• For further reading you might want to read our key policies -- NENA's Bylaws, Conflict of Interest Disclosure , and Ethics policies.

Please feel free to call or email Rita Ulrich, NENA's Executive Director, with any questions at (612) 724-5652 or rulrich@nokomiseast.org.

If you are available, you may also want to attend the April 23 Board meeting to meet current Board members and get a sense of how the group functions.

The materials should be either mailed to the address below, dropped off (after-hours mail slot in door), or faxed to 612-724-2770

NENA
3000 East 50^th Street
Minneapolis MN 55417

The Elections
Board Elections will take place at the Annual Neighborhood Meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The meeting will run from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. at Minnehaha United Methodist Church, 3701 E. 50th St.

At full strength, the NENA Board of Directors has 15 seats: three representatives from each of our four neighborhoods (Keewaydin, Minnehaha, Morris Park and Wenonah) and three at-large positions. The three at-large positions are up for election this year, along with 4 of the neighborhood positions - one from each neighborhood.

The Board nominating committee will suggest a slate of candidates, based on the applications received.  NENA’s bylaws also permit nominations for candidates to be made at the meeting.

Short bios of the candidates will be available at meeting.

Anyone who is a member* of NENA can run for, and vote in, the at-large elections. However, in order to vote fo,r or run as, a neighborhood representative, you must live in that neighborhood.

* To be a member of NENA, at least one of the following must apply:

• You live in the Nokomis East neighborhood group
• You own property in the neighborhood
• You own a business located in the neighborhood
• You work for a business located in the neighborhood.

All that is needed to become a member is to sign a membership form.

We look forward to receiving your application, and the signed “responsibilities” form!

Volunteering Opportunities

NENA has many rewarding opportunities for people who want to get involved in their neighborhood.

Whatever time you can give, whatever skills you want to share, whatever interests you wish to pursue...
You can help.

Call us at (612) 724-5652 or email to learn more about NENA’s programs and volunteer opportunities.

NENA Committees and Programs

• Housing Committee
  (meets at the NENA office, 7 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month)

Affordable Housing Working Group
Home Improvement Loans
MAC Part 150 Augmentation Loans
Emergency Repair Grants
Welcome Packets

• People Services and Safety Task Force
  (meets at the NENA office,
  7 pm on the 1st Tuesday of the month)

Nokomis Healthy Seniors
Children First Grant Program & Grant Approval Committee
Police Buyback Program

• Economic Development Task Force
  (meets at the NENA office, 7 pm on the
  1st Wednesday of the month.
  Public participation welcome.)

Economic Development Plan
Streetscape Improvements
Commercial Facade Design Guide
Facade Improvement Matching Grants & Design Committee
Decorative Street Lighting
Neighborhood Bikeways and signage

• Environmental Task Force
  (meets at the NENA office,
  7 pm on the 3rd Monday of the month)

Lake Nokomis Naturescape
Neighborhood Tree Planting / Tree Clinics
Southeast Nokomis Pond Vegetation
Nokomis Shoreline Restoration
Blue Water Association

• NRP Steering Committee
  (meets at the NENA office, 7 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month)

Annually elected membership
Oversees NENA Full Plan and projects

Other Opportunities:

Writing pieces for the NENA Review (bimonthly newsletter)
Writing short pieces for the Longfellow-Nokomis Messenger column
Organizing or helping to set up neighborhood Town Meetings
Organizing, helping or cleanup at Community events
Writing articles for, or updating, the NENA Website
Flyer Distribution