GPNA Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Greetings all GP neighbors. This month is committee and chair election month for GPNA. We strongly encourage all GPNA members to show up at 7:00 PM the night of the meeting to check in and get your ballot, election procedure instructions, and other pertinent neighborhood information. We are expecting a large crowd. The monthly meeting will start promptly at 7:30 PM and proceed into the election process shortly thereafter.

Welcome! Housekeeping and Meeting Conduct

• Welcome to the general membership monthly meeting of GPNA. The GPNA meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Coca-Cola World Studio of the Activity Resource Center (ARC) building in Zoo Atlanta. Enter through gate C5 located at the southeast corner of the Cherokee Av. parking lots.
• Please turn all cell phones to off or at least vibrate.
• To be eligible to vote, you must attend one (1) GPNA meeting, register in the membership rolls, be 18 years or older, and reside or work in a business located in the official boundaries of the Grant Park neighborhood. You are then eligible to vote from your second meeting forward as long as you remain a resident or business employee. All neighbors that are eligible to vote can also make motions or second them.
• We loosely or informally follow Robert’s Rules of Order for our proceedings in order to keep discussions moving along in the interest of valuing everyone’s time.
• Please DO NOT arbitrarily interject comments or questions aloud. Instead, please wait to be recognized of your entitlement to the floor before speaking to the membership. And then ask/make one, and only one, question/comment before allowing others to have a turn. We practice discussions in this meeting, NOT conversations.
• Please reserve your comments not directly related to the agenda items for Open Floor. 
• Please take all side conversations all the way into the lobby and close the doors behind you.
• Please use the acronym sheet and neighborhood map provided on the lobby tables to follow along with the discussions.

Call to Order – 7:30 p.m. 

Officer Reports
 

• Welcome and thanks again to Zoo Atlanta
• Please read/review the Housekeeping and Meeting Conduct points above.
• Welcome to new members: Name, Street and profession; hobby; burning question?
• Elected Officials’ SHORT Update (if any are present)
• Grant Park Conservancy (www.GPConservancy.org)
• Grant Park Parent Network Update – Holly Wilhelm (www.GrantParkParents.org)
• Grant Park Schools
• Grant Park Neighborhood Happenings
• Jeff McCord – Candle Light Tour of Homes (www.candlelighttourofhomes.com). December 9 & 10, 2017, 6:00-10:00 PM.
• 2017 Grant Park Farmers Market – Every Sunday, 9a – 1p, April – December 17, 2017
• Historic Oakland Cemetery
• 2018 GPNA Officers and Chairs election

• Please check in. Please sign in if you’re a new member
• Committee Sign-up Sheet
• GPNA Monthly meeting reminder signs & Spread the word

• October Minutes (approval vote toward the end of the meeting) 

• Report
• The GPNA is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible!

Committee Reports

• Public officials/neighborhood update 
• Zone 6 APD update
• Zone 6 Police Toy Drive
• Zone 6 Community Prosecutor: Keith Lamar, (404) 612-7012
• Philanthropic
• Nicholas House – “Make a Meal” Grant Park volunteers needed

• Sign up at gpna.org and follow us on Facebook (info below)
• Kroger Rewards & Amazon Smile
• If you are not receiving contact information from GPNA, please contact [email protected]

• Welcome to new businesses in Grant Park
• Grant Park Gathering Update
• Now in charge of Sunbursts – Order one today and have it by Friday!

• Sponsorship Package update. Businesses, please become a sponsor! Contact [email protected] for more information.
• Mothball 2017 highlights
• Volunteers needed!

• Confederate Avenue renaming update
• 262 Ormond update
• Preservation Tip of Month

• 385 Grant Circle - Variance Application V-17-303
• 603 Boulevard – Variance Application V-17-298

Minutes Approval Vote
New Business/Open Floor
Campaign Rules – Each candidate can speak for 1 minute
Adjourn – 9:00pm


Upcoming GPNA Meetings:

• Joint NPU-W & GPNA Public Safety Committees: Every 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Village Church of East Atlanta
• Technology Committee: Every Fourth Tuesday, 8:00 p.m., 393 Ormond St.
• Land Use & Zoning (including Transit & Transportation) Committee: Every First Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Zoo Atlanta, ARC Building, Tech Lab
• Homes & History Committee: Every 4th Monday, 7:00 p.m., Atlanta Preservation Center
• GPNA General Monthly Membership Meeting: Every Third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Zoo Atlanta, ARC Building, Coca-Cola World Studio

Upcoming NPU-W Meetings (@Village Church of East Atlanta)

• Joint NPU-W & GPNA Public Safety Committees: Every Fourth Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
• NPU-W Land Use and Zoning: Every 1st Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
• NPU-W Transportation Committee: Every Fourth Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
• NPU-W General Meeting: Every Fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

General Info:

• If You See Something, Say Something™: When contacting police: Dial 911 FIRST; call the Zone 6 precinct second at 404-371-5002.
• To report City service related issues, dial 311.
• Help fund Grant Park Security Patrol (GPSP) patrol hours: www.grantparksecuritypatrol.org 
• Submit articles for publication in The Porch Press: email MS Word format documents to [email protected]
• Get a sunburst for your home: $75.00 | Purchase at www.gpna.org/sunburst
• Like us on Facebook; Twitter @GrantParkGPNA
• Create account at www.gpna.org to receive neighborhood news and security alerts
• Local Business Directory: www.gpna.org/directory/partners