IHPNA General Meeting
September 15, 2009
Tennessee School for the Deaf Auditorium
7:00 PM

Meeting began at 7:05

Katie: went over ballot procedure. Ed Lynn, Chloe or Jim Hagerman are taking up ballots. Katie introduced herself- outgoing president. Jim Staub is taking up dues ($10 or $5). You can also update your address and add your e-mail for the new directory.

Katie reminded neighbors to sign up for the email group (Ihpna.net for the list-serve). There is an emergency and a general list-serve. Neighbors can give items away, and find out who is a good doctor in town-things like this. Sign up for those. We need to approve the past minutes from last year. Joanna Pennoyer moved to approve the minutes. Jim Staub seconded. Minutes stand as approved.

Treasurer's report: Jim Staub
The balance on hand right now is a little over 4,000$ (refers to handout). We currently have two checks out. We still have our grant funds, broken down into 2 sections: neighborhood history and archives. The other one is for park improvements (we will talk later about a city parks grant)- bicentennial funds. Please pay your dues tonight or send it to me. Jim also went over the budget. We haven't really had that many expenses at this point (4th of July and newsletters/flyers).

Katie: recognizes past board members who have served. (applause). Katie will be staying on the board and taking over the newsletter! New babies, new jobs, etc…please let Katie Hannah know.

City grant: we want to replace the steps that go down to the park with the grant. Hopefully, it will cost about $5000 to do it. The grant will pay ½. We will have a ribbon cutting for the new playground. We still have not heard back from the city when this will take place.

Social: tailgate party before one of the UT games: Sept. 26th before the Ohio game in the side yard (Karen and Jeff's yard).

Halloween: Sunday, Oct. 25th 4-6 in the park, bring a side dish to share. IHPNA will provide hot dogs and chili. There will be games/activities.

Primary early voting takes place until Thursday. Ken Knight is here. Early voting is held in the Wood Realty building, across Young High Pike. On election day, the voting takes place at Dogwood Elementary.

Dave Hill: Senior Director of South Waterfront Development is here for a presentation. He has also served on MPC (metropolitan planning commission). Introduction of Dave Hill by Katie Hannah.

Dave Hill: I want to show you updates. I wanted to show you how updates are fairing. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Begins power point presentation. This presentation is available on the IHPNA website (www.ihpna.org) Please call me if you ever have any questions! We must have community support for it. It is very important.

Laura Barton requested a digital copy for the website. She will e-mail Dave Hill for this. He is happy to do that.

Election results:

There were 23 ballots total. We have new officers/new board! Congratulations!

Katie: We will be meeting in February to revise the IHPNA By-Laws.

Meeting adjourned at 8:14.

Minutes submitted by Laura Barton-IHPNA secretary.