April 12, 2021 FNA Board Meeting

Start Time: 7:11 PM

Membership – Barbara Crotty

  • Onboarding to the board
  • Google Docs/Drive
  • Collateral associated with the Welcome Packet
  • Ideas on how to get welcome packets out without relying on the membership to the Facebook Group
  • 2 new members need to be added to the list

Promotions – Lori

  • Festivus was submitted to Neighborhoods USA and it was selected as a finalist
  • Neighborhoodyard sale is being held next weekend so  there may not be a need for a FNA sponsored event

Home Tour – Kristen McCurdy

  • Preston is on board with being the point person to bring volunteers for event setup
  • Need 132 volunteers total to make the event work
  • 17 homes total; 5 pods of homes
    • Not all would be full tours, but they will have porch stories
    • All tour homes will be presented from the outside to maintain social distancing
    • Set up and tear down volunteers and most are needed for the weekend of
    • SiNaCa is our ticket sales partner
    • June 19 and 20
    • No Wine Down

Communications – Rachel 

  • Preparing for the digital newsletter and the Home Tour booklets
  • Home Tour write ups
  • Need updated advertising sales pricing

President – David

  • Meeting format
    • They have run long due to the election
    • Teresa Ayala is the only person who has requested to join the next neighborhood meeting
    • New VP of Tarrant Area Food Bank has asked to come talk as well
  • Future of Meetings
    • Tarrant county went down to a moderate threat
    • Small committees can meet in person if they feel safe
    • Propose an in-person meeting at Southside Preservation Hall outside in May
    • Continue to have online and in-person hybrid to encourage increased participation
  • Vaccination Drive?
    • The zip codes associated with our neighborhood are the lower percentages in the county
    • Partnering with Community Crossroads to do a vaccination drive for the community
  • April 19th District 9 forum for FWISD candidates is taking place online

Ending Time: 8:03PM