Forest Park Civic Association Meeting

Date: 13 February 2024

Location: Epworth United Methodist Church

Meeting called to order @ 7:01 PM by Ed Vanasdale 

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Attendance was taken via roll call.

OFFICER REPORTS

President Ed Vanasdale – ed1vanasdale@gmail.com

None-due to extensive time needed for Membership Coordinator to plan.

Guest Speaker: None

Vice President Trevor Secord – tsecord@une.edu Absent

Secretary Lou Bernard – loubernard3@gmail.com

1. Attendance:

• Officers/Committee Chairs Present: EV, LB, CL, RW, DVM, KVM, SL, CA, LH, MS, EM, AP, KG
• Officers/Committee Chairs Absent: TS, MS, DP, SB
• Area Reps in Attendance: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
• Area Reps Absent: 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14 (Area 14 remains vacant )
• Total meeting attendance: 23

1. Reviewed minutes from January, no changes or corrections needed, minutes have been approved and were entered into the official records.
2. Attendance Sheet thru February is available online.

Treasurer Cheryl Lutman – cllutman17@gmail.com

1. Not much activity this month.
2. Two new household memberships.  The one coming through PayPal paid the fee – thank you!
3. Advertising revenue has come in.
4. Paying the last couple of months of security invoices

Public Relations Mary Sguerra –  marysguerra@howardhanna.com

1. Save the Date for this year’s SPRING Forest Park Community Garage Sale to be on Saturday, May 18th.
2. Mary is volunteering to help with the Forest Park Membership drive by applying the labels on all of the envelopes like in the past.

Forester Editor Rita Woeste – forester_ed@fpcivic.org

1. Items are due this Friday, February 16th for the March Forester.. Delivery will begin as early as Feb. 23 thru the following week.
2. Bags will be ordered for 4 months of Foresters.
3. April Forester articles are due on March 22nd.

Supplemental Security Daryl Van Mercetta – dvanmercetta@gmail.com , 

Katie Van Mercetta – kvanmercetta@gmail.com , 

Dan Yandrich (CPD Liaison Officer) – dyandrich@columbuspolice.org  614.645.1418

We would like more folks to attend Block Watch. Officer Yandrich was here and it didn’t look good to have such a small crowd. We originally split the time to give people the chance to speak with a member of the CPD. A more complete Block Watch report will appear in the Forester.

Business Representative Sheridan Landon – slandon52@gmail.com   Cynthia Alkire – 1classicyn@gmail.com 

1. Sheridan has been out visiting area businesses, and trying to drum up more business memberships.
2. Cynthia has been hitting up area business, too. She has been working in the area of Columbus Square shopping area, especially Bakaro International Market, trying to get them to become business members.
3. The Happy Druggist has closed. We are sad to see them leave.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Welcome Committee Chair Laura Hayes – hayeslaura2@gmail.com

1. This month we have 5 new Forest Park homeowners. So we have new Welcome Folders to distribute.
2. Thanks to all those who helped pass out the folders last month.

Volunteer Coordinator Erin Materu – mmateru@hotmail.com

1. We have filled the position of Membership Coordinator, thank you Mike Stone; and have found people to support Mike in this process.
2. We are still looking for an Area 14 Rep. This position has been vacant for years. If you are interested, please contact Erin.

Membership Coordinator  Mike Stone – msto0103@yahoo.com

1. The most critical point is that the earliest that we could (should) do the membership stuffing and delivery would be for the April edition.
2. There are a number of new procedures and protocols which will need to be followed through the USPS and this will take some time.  
3. We are still doing a bulk mailing with the Forester-this has been protocol for the last 7+ years. We will need lots of help pulling this thing off.
4. Things to try: competition between areas with the highest percentage of members, weekly reminders to previous members, have area reps get more connected with people in the neighborhood, setting up tables at area events, yard signs to remind people of membership drive, etc.
5. There will be a meeting with the executive board to iron out the final details this week.

Social Activities Andrea Philipsen – andrea@yellowumbrellahomes.com

1. March 8th Family Fun and Movie Night postponed due to staffing change at YMCA.
2. The Forest Park Social Season kicks off in the YMCA parking lot on May 1st with “Peach Cobbler Factory” from 6-8pm!
3. More event announcements in the weeks to come!

NCC Representatives Ken Gilbert – kgilbert78@att.net, Trevor Secord – tsecord@une.edu

February Meeting Minutes

NCC Development Representative Ed Vanasdale – ed1vanasdale@gmail.com

No cases pertaining to the Forest Park Area were heard this month.

Website Administrators Scott Biggs – sbiggsmail@yahoo.com    Dave Paul – dwpaul@fpcivic.org   

Our website/Facebook page is always – always being updated with new and upcoming info! Please check it out!! Please subscribe/follow us.

OLD BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/IDEAS

March Guest Speaker: Our guest speaker will be Zach Williams, from State Bank. (Zach was going to be our Nov. ‘23 guest speaker, but he was unable to make it due to illness.) Zach is an expert in all things home loans, and he’s ready to speak on a variety of topics including hosting financial literacy classes, if there’s interest! You can find Zach on Instagram (@loanswithZach), and we look forward to seeing him and YOU on the 12th! (Copied from Facebook post by A. Philipsen)

Meeting adjourned at 8:12 PM

Meeting minutes submitted by Lou Bernard, Secretary, FPCA