Congress Location -- City Hall

Citywide Congress Planning Meeting Update for Feb. 20, 2011, Hollywood

Theme: Increasing Public Participation in Government
Location: City Hall
Date: 1st Choice = Sept. 24; 2nd Choice = Sept. 17 and 3rd Choice = October 15, 2011. DONE Staff to confirm date from these choices.
Budget: The sample budget provided by DONE staff will be used as the preliminary budget for now. The committee agreed that the sample resolution provided by DONE from the SFV Congress will be distributed to the NCs with choices ranging from $250, $500, $1,000 or more. NCs providing $1,000 or more will have additional recognition to be determined at a future meeting. Outside fundraising also suggested to be explored now that the Congress theme is known. NC outreach for funding will begin right away.
Logistics: Food and other details will be on the next planning meeting agenda. Heinrich Keifer offered to create a site plan for City Hall.
Program: Committee will meet between now and the next meeting to plan the overall program. This will include outreach to the neighborhood councils for topics, speakers, etc. Committee members are: Marlene Savage, Maggi Fajnor (Planning & Land Use topics), Ivan Spiegel, Tony Wilkinson. Look for surveys and communications from these committee members and get involved with suggestions for the Program. Also, anyone interested in helping to coordinate the written content for the program book, design and other marketing/advertising efforts are invited to get involved.
Exhibitor Tables/City Depts: Looking for someone to take the lead in this area. Contact Cindy for more info.
Next Congress Planning meeting will be Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. This will give time for the Program Committee to meet between now and then, possibly at the March 5, 2011 LANCC meeting.
If you are interested in getting involved in the Citywide Congress planning, please contact Cindy or plan to attend the next meetings (Program on 3/5 and full committee on 4/2). Copies of the NC resolution will be posted to the blog this week.

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