October’s general meeting is our budget meeting. We will be voting on the budget. I am attaching a link to our proposed budget for the upcoming year for your review prior to the meeting on Monday, October 23rd. This is the last general meeting of 2017.
PROPOSED 2018 BUDGET FOR MEETING

Monday, October 23, 2017

Southside Preservation Hall
1519 Lipscomb St
Fort Worth, TX 76104

General Membership Meeting
7:00pm –  Call to Order
7:05pm –  Introduction of New Members
7:10pm –  NPO Sergio Guadarrama: Neighborhood Updates
7:15pm –  Code Compliance Officer Eric Muhammad: Neighborhood Updates
7:20pm –  Tracy Edwards, City of Fort Worth Community Engagement Liaison.
7:25pm –  Pete Smith, Cowboy Compost: presentation on residential services.
7:30pm – Board Member Updates – Finance (Melanie Dotzour); Communications (Betty Spitzberg); Historic Preservation (Susan Harper); Safety (Geri Cotten); Membership (Deanna Stuart); Promotions (Sean Ford); Infrastructure (Breinn Richter)
7:50pm –  2018 Budget discussion and vote: only FNA members with currently paid dues may vote.
8:00pm –  Open discussion for members
8:10pm –  Adjournment and Cleanup

UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/25    Preservation Palaver                Fairmount Community Library    1310 W. Allen Ave     7:00pm
10/29    University UMC Halloween Carnival    Fairmount Park                1501 5th Ave          4:00pm
10/2    First Friday Dance                   Southside Preservation Hall    1519 Lipscomb St      8:00pm
11/4    Let’s Recycle Dragons                Daggett Montessori                                   9:00am
12/2-12/3 34th Candlelight Tour of Ryan Place
12/8    Fairmount Christmas Party        Southside Preservation Hall    1519 Lipscomb St      6:00pm
12/12   Fairmount Festivus                                                                        5:30pm

About Southside Preservation Hall:
Southside Preservation Hall welcomes THOUSANDS of people each year to its facility, where they participate in events such as Buddy’s Big Band night, Swing dance lessons every Tuesday night and weddings every week, just to name a few.
The average attendance for Buddy’s Big Band is 200 at each performance or 2400 people per year!
We welcome over 4800 Swing Dancers for Tuesday night lessons each year. (8p-11:30p)
We have well over 150 weddings and other events each year!
We are making plans to start replacing missing wood windows on the 1922-era three story addition to our building and paving our back parking lot.

Please help by making a donation to the Hall. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization & donations are tax-deductible.