Minutes

1. Call to Order and Attendance
   The meeting was called to order at 7:15pm. In attendance were Steve Pollock, Julie Ramirez, Elizabeth Driedger and Dan Fitzpatrick.

2. Discuss the closure meeting with the existing ARNC group
   Steve recapped a little of the history of the ARNC and the current state of the organization. He explained that there is a balance remaining in the treasury of the organization, $500 of which has been allocated to a scholarship fund for the James Lick High School Senior Class Death Valley Trip. He also announced the consensus resignation of the previous board members of the ARNC and the thereby vacancy of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer board positions.

3. Discuss proposed changes to the bylaws
   Steve, Julie, Elizabeth, and Dan reviewed and made some suggested changes to the current draft of the by-laws provided by Andrea Flores-Shelton via email prior to the meeting. The draft by-laws along with the suggested changes are included with these minutes. Steve noted that we should still try to seek help from the Neighborhood Development Center as well as possibly an attorney to review the by-laws before they are adopted by the organization.

4. Get closure on the boundaries
   Steve indicated that in the absence of input from the attendees from the previously held ARNC meeting (except that which was indicated by Andrea Flores-Shelton in email stating that she felt the boundaries to be too large) he saw no problem with the boundary description as provided in the minutes of the 12/19/06 meeting. Elizabeth cited that the boundaries do not preclude nor mandate participation or projects in areas lying outside or in the proposed definition of the ARNC boundaries. Steve added that they are to simply provide a rough guideline to focus resident participation in the Alum Rock area.

5. Nominations for new officers
   Steve stated that we now need to issue a solicitation for nominations with bio's and statements for candidacy for the board positions within the next two weeks.

6. Announcements: There were no other announcements made.

7. Adjournment : The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 PM.