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Last night, NSCNA held its annual meeting. The membership elected our Officers and Directors for 2012.
The results of the election are:
- President: Kenneth Webb (*)
- Vice-President: Donna Eagar (*)
- Secretary: Juliette Kernion
- Treasurer: Jeri Wines (*)
- Directors: Marlene Bartlett, Amelia Cobb (*), Sal Espinosa, Ernie Garcia (*), Alice Kubacak (*), Robert Seidel, Scott Smith
People marked with (*) served on the 2011 board, and continue their service into 2012.
A draft annual report, prepared by the 2011 directors and committee chairs, was presented to members. The report will be posted, once finalized.
Thanks to the Election Committee (Dallas Maham, Kevin Wier, Jon Menegay) for conducting our election.
Thanks to the Nominating Committee (Alice Kubacak, Tomas Rodriguez, Mary Jane Wier) for their diligent efforts in preparing a strong group of candidates.
Congratulations (and good luck!) to the election winners.
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Neighbors, it is now time to renew your NSCNA membership for 2012.
If you haven’t joined before, now is the perfect time. Our association already is working on important issues for 2012, such as reviewing plans for redevelopment of the old “Chuck-E-Cheese” facility and neighborhood traffic calming needs. Your membership supports our work.
The membership price remains a low $15 per household.
Important: If you want to vote in the Board of Directors election at our Jan. 10 meeting (or if you want to run as a candidate), you must be a 2012 member.
It’s easy to join. You can join in minutes using our online form. (A credit card will be needed and a $1 payment processing charge will be added.)
You also can pay by check. See our membership page for information.
You also can join at the meeting — but we are asking members to renew in advance to avoid a crowd at the sign-in table that evening.
To ensure your membership is processed before the meeting, either: 1) renew with the online form, 2) or drop your payment off at our Treasurer’s house (2709 Steck Ave.) before noontime, Tuesday, January 10.
Thanks for your support. Please contact membershipchair@nscna.org if you have any questions about association membership.
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The association has been notified that an application has been filed to change the zoning at 8100 Burnet Road from CS (General Commercial Services) to MF-6 (Multifamily Residence – Highest Density). This is the location of the old “Chuck-E-Cheese” restaurant.
You can view the information on the application by going to the City of Austin Development Review search page and searching for case number “C14-2011-0167”. (Sorry, can’t link to it directly.)
There will be a public hearing for this application, but it has not yet been scheduled.
Our Development Committee is monitoring this application. Committee leadership will be meeting with the developer, along with representatives from the Wooten Neighborhood (on the other side of Burnet from us) and Sustainable Neighborhoods. We will keep the neighborhood posted.
If you wish to be added to the Development Committee, please contact webmaster@nscna.org to be added to the mailing list distribution.
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We’ve just learned the local organization Tree Folks is checking our neighborhood and putting flags in the yards of homes that qualify for one of their free trees. This has nothing to do with NSCNA’s tree planting grant; it’s just a happy coincidence. Here’s what we know about the Tree Folks program:
- they’re giving away 5-gallon size trees
- you have to plant the tree yourself
- they’re offering a choice of live oak, Mexican white oak, or cedar elm
If you’ve signed up for one of NSCNA’s grant trees and you get a Tree Folks flag in your yard, the flag has nothing to do with the tree you’ll be getting through our grant and it has nothing to do with flagging the location of your utility lines. If you’ve got room in your yard for both the NSCNA grant tree and a Tree Folk‘s tree, feel free to go ahead and ask for a Tree Folks tree.
Our grant is providing enough money to buy trees only for the Priority 1 & 2 folks who signed up for a grant tree. If your yard was assigned Priority 3-5 by the arborist who surveyed our neighborhood and you qualify for a Tree Folks tree, please take the tree. This is an excellent opportunity to get trees into every yard in our neighborhood that is listed on the report prepared by our arborist.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Beautification Committee at beautification@nscna.org
You can find more information about the Tree Folks program here: http://treefolks.org/
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The NSCNA Nominating Committee is soliciting people to serve on the 2012 NSCNA Board of Directors. The committee was elected by the membership at the November general meeting. The members of the committee are Alice Kubacek (chair), Mary Jane Wier, and Tomas Rodriguez.
The NSCNA Board of Directors is comprised of four officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer) and seven directors at large. As a member of the Board of Directors, you would have an opportunity to direct the programs and activities of our association, and work to help keep our neighborhood strong.
The time commitment can vary, depending largely on the decisions of the board members. Typically the board meetings have been held about once a month. Board members are encouraged — but not required — to take a leadership role in an NSCNA committee, where a lot of the program work is done.
The Nominating Committee invites neighbors who can help bring a diversity of demographics, areas of expertise, occupations, and geographic residence to our board.
Candidates must have an interest in the goals and policies of our association. Candidates must also be a member of the association in 2011, which can be done online now.
If you are interested, can offfer any recommendations, or have any questions, please contact nominating@nscna.org by Monday, December 26.
