FOREST PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING
Date: 12 August 2025
Location: NCC Annual Picnic, Blendon Woods Metro Park
Meeting called to order @ 7:30 PM by Ed Vanasdale
Attendance was taken via roll call.
OFFICER REPORTS
President Ed Vanasdale – ed1vanasdale@gmail.com
Ed thanked all for coming.
Guest Speaker: None
Vice President Mark Bell – MarkBellncc@insight.rr.com – Absent – No Report
Secretary Lou Bernard – secretary@fpcivic.org
- Attendance:
- Officers/Committee Chairs Present: EV, LB, MSg, SL, EM, TS, DP
- Officers/Committee Chairs Absent: MB, CL, RW, DVM, KVM, LV, MSt, KG, QM, SB, AH
- Area Reps in Attendance: 9, 11
- Area Reps Absent: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14
- Total meeting attendance: 12
- Reviewed minutes from July, no changes or corrections needed, minutes have been approved and were entered into the official records.
- Attendance Sheet thru July will be online.
Treasurer Cheryl Lutman – cllutman17@gmail.com – Absent
- We received 34 new household memberships, but did have a check returned to us, so we’re at net 33 as of 7/30/2025. Cindy Fenstermaker also renewed her business membership for another year – thank you! The rest of our income for the month is self-explanatory. See the spreadsheet in the Forester.
- Expenses were in line with expectations. A couple of notable expenses include a $15 fee from the bank for a returned check plus a donation to CAPA in memory of Bob Hinebaugh.
- We stand at a total of 373 household members, and need 77 more to make our goal. We’ve received 5 more in through PayPal through the time of these minutes
Public Relations Mary Sguerra – marysguerra@howardhanna.com
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, September 13, 2025 will be the Forest Park Fall Community Garage Sale. Look for the sign up form in the Forester.
Forester Editor Rita Woeste – forester@fpcivic.org – Absent
- All articles, photos, ads are needed to Rita by this Friday, August 15th. We want to get it together so it’s ready and back to us for delivery before Labor day weekend.
- Rita is not sure what is going on but we have lost 3 more delivery folks. She is working on replacements and shifting some folks, hopefully, but not sure, if all will get covered. Most of the coverage needed is in Forest Park East.
Supplemental Security Daryl Van Mercetta – dvanmercetta@gmail.com – Absent, Katie Van Mercetta – kvanmercetta@gmail.com – Absent, Dan Yandrich (CPD Liaison Officer) – dyandrich@columbuspolice.org 614.645.1418
See report in the Forester.
Business Representative Sheridan Landon – slandon52@gmail.com No Report
Civic Action Officer Vacant
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Welcome Committee Chair Latia VanDyke – vandkyde.latia@gmail.com – Absent – No Report
Volunteer Coordinator Erin Materu – mmateru@hotmail.com
Erin requested that at the September meeting we revisit the work that was done during the brainstorming sessions during the July meeting. Everyone agreed to this.
Membership Coordinator Mike Stone – msto0103@yahoo.com – Absent
- No specific membership update in terms of numbers. We appreciate the July paypal report from Cheryl and want to catch up on final paperwork to see where we are at. We will maintain focus on those who joined the previous cycle.
- Thank you’s have been emailed to everyone with whom we have addresses. So far we have 88 without and we could use some help distributing letters to these addresses. We’ll talk with the coordinators later, but if we could get some help from our volunteer coordinator and area reps that would be great.
Social Activities Tiffany Smith – tsmith1599@yahoo.com – No Report
NCC Representatives Ken Gilbert – kgilbert78@att.net – Absent, Mark Bell – MarkBellncc@insight.rr.com – Absent
At the NCC Picnic, the president welcomed everyone. Attendance was taken. FP was represented by the most number of residents of those present. No new business was discussed.
NCC Development Representative Ed Vanasdale – ed1vanasdale@gmail.com
See Report Online
Grant Writing Committee Chair Quentin Monden – q.monden@gmail.com – Absent – No Report
Website Administrators Scott Biggs sbiggsmail@yahoo.com (Website/Facebook) – Absent Dave Paul dwpaul@fpcivic.org (Website) Ashley Howard ahoward@ashleynicolecounseling.com (Instagram/Facebook) – Absent
Our website/Facebook page is always – always being updated with new and upcoming info! Please check it out!! Please subscribe/follow us.
OLD BUSINESS
A Doodle Poll was sent out to all Board members and Committee Chairs to choose the best dates for the Google Workspace for Nonprofits training meeting in September. Board members and Chairs must attend. Lou, secretary, will be sending out reminder notices.
NEW BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/IDEAS – No Report
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM
Meeting minutes submitted by Lou Bernard, Secretary, FPCA