GEPENC Meeting Wednesday in Echo Park

Looks like GEPENC is back!

Last Tuesday (May 25), GEPENC board members were sworn in during a last minute meeting. The next Board of Governors meeting will be tomorrow, Wednesday, June 2 at 6:30 pm at its new community center on Echo Park Avenue (behind the Bank of America).

Here’s the agenda for the meeting:

  1. Administrative Items:
    1. Call to Order
    2. Roll Call – GEPENC Board of Governors
    3. Flag Salute
    4. Adoption of Minutes
  2. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
    1. Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s jurisdiction.  Two minutes per speaker.
  3. Motions & Resolutions (Discussion/Possible Action Items):
    1. Regular Calendar Items:
      1. [2010-06-01] Discussion and/or Possible Action on request from the Board President for the GEPENC Board of Governors to approve recommendations of the Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 2010 – 2102 Standing and Ad Hoc Committees.
      2. [2010-06-02] Presentation and Discussion on the Proposed Fiscal Year 2010 – 2011 Neighborhood Council Budget.
  4. Announcements
  5. Adjournment
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  1. Jose Sigala says:

    Hello Kelly,

    I just wanted to clarify something that you keep noting about the neighborhood council that is factually incorrect.

    The Tuesday, May 25th meeting of the Board was not held at the last minute. The meeting was posted according to the Brown Act requirements that we are bound by. We are the only neighborhood group that is required to post our meeting agendas 72 hours before the meeting and have them in a public forum.

    When we have a Special Meetings the notification becomes 24 hours. However we work to give as much advance notice about the meeting as possible beyond the 24 hours.

    Your comments give your readers the impression that we are having quickly put together meetings when we have to post at least three days in advance. The Brown Act only requires posting in one location that is accessible 24 hours a day.

    Neighborhood Councils as part of their certification went beyond the one location and have committed to posting in at least five (5) locations. GEPENC does that.

    The Brown Act does not require the agenda be sent out electronically or that it be posted on any blog or website. We do this as part of our outreach efforts.

    We had to wait 62 days since the Official Results of our March 20, 2010 election to seat our new Board and we had to go through the mechanics of having three meetings with no quorum to get were we are now.

    The new Board is eager to move forward and work together to pass our Budget by June 10th, begin the process of hearing important planning items, reaching out to our stakeholders, organizing community service projects and support important programs in the community.

    I hope this information is helpful to you in clarifying the process of noticing our meetings and how we notify the community about GEPENC meetings.

    Please let me know if you need any other information about how we function.

    Sincerely,

    JOSE SIGALA
    President
    Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council
    Leadership in Action

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