Congress Planning Meeting - April 2, 2011

CITYWIDE CONGRESS OF NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS

ORGANIZING MEETING AGENDA
Saturday, April 2, 2011, 12 noon – 1:15 p.m.
Hollywood Constituent Center (Hollywood City Hall)
6501 Fountain Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028, west of Vine St.

1. Welcome and Sign-In
Region/Alliance Represntation

2. Review and approve Program Committee recommendations

3. Budget - Resolution for NC support

4. Set Up Committees
- Marketing / Advertising
- Exhibitor tables/City Departments
- NC Funding Outreach
- Refreshments & Lunch

5. Set Future Meeting Date – Suggestions: March19 & May 7

6. Adjourn [See other side.]

Program ideas include (as double-tracked breakout sessions):
NC 101
Peer Mentoring / Building network and mentoring
Best Practices - how NCs spend their $45,000
Land Use and Planning (PlanCheckNCLA will coordinate)
Effective management and meetings, Brown Act / Sunshine Law, Ethics Training, Parliamentary Procedure (Rosenberg's and Roberts), Resolutions

CERT/Emergency
Outreach, CapaCity Building, NC Benefits, E-Blasts
Community Impact Statements
Accomplishments and Impacts from NCs

Government 101 - How to make change
City Department Overviews
Navigating City Departments
Advocate for topic / issues all NC's can support
Know what community fighting for and interacting with the City
Community Partnerships
Community Building
Deliberative process for issues (how to)
City budget basics