NSCNA Blog Archive

  • Upcoming Candidate Forum Input

    Chris Jones

    We need your input for a City Council and Mayoral Candidate Forum.

    Our neighborhood is partnering with Allandale, Crestview, Brentwood, Highland, and Wooten to sponsor a City Council Candidate Forum on Monday, April 13th. Our six neighborhoods are joining together to address the pressing issues that will impact all of north central Austin as our city undergoes rapid growth and development.

    We need your help to formulate good questions to ask the candidates. We’ve divided our neighborhood concerns into the following possible topic areas.

    • Code enforcement
    • Open space
    • Neighborhood plan follow-through (or in our case, the lack of a neighborhood plan)
    • Land use and zoning
    • Creek-side trails, greenbelts
    • Traffic and transportation
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    • Miscellaneous

    Please visit our online survey to submit your suggestions or concerns so that we can ask the candidates questions that are most relevant to you. Please submit your questions by March 10th.

  • Next General Meeting, Tuesday March 3rd 2009

    Chris Jones

    Don’t forget about next Tuesday’s General meeting. The guest speaker will explain the City’s 3-1-1 system. See you there.

    MEETING AGENDA
    General Meeting
    North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association (NSCNA)

    LOCATION:
    Tuesday, March 3, 2009; 6:30pm-8:00pm
    Pillow Elementary School Cafeteria

    PURPOSE:
    Guest speaker on 3-1-1 and committee updates.
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  • Winter 2009 newsletter now online

    Chris Jones

    The NSCNA Winter 2009 newsletter is now available online. The newsletter was given to our printer this Friday and will be printed and mailed out next week. Until then, you can read the new issue here. Some of the topics found inside: details on the Grand Opening of the new library, How to make your own wine, upcoming social events, committee volunteer opportunities, Real Estate statistics for the past year and much more. Thank you to all of the authors and advertisers. We encourage everyone to let the companies who advertise in our newsletter know that you appreciate their support of our neighborhood.

  • Newsletter Archive update

    Chris Jones

    At the last Board meeting, Alyssa Hedge passed on a stack of old newsletter related documents. In that stack, we found three of the old newsletters we have been missing. Thank you Alyssa! We now have 41 of the 44 published newsletters and only lack 3 issues from 1996: Issue 1, Issue 3 and a few missing pages from Issue 4. If you happen to run across these old issues, or know someone who might have them, please let Chris Jones know by emailing cejones1@gmail.com or by phone at 587-5193. You can view the archive by clicking here.

  • January 26, 2009 Board Meeting Summary

    Chris Jones

    The first board meeting for the 2009 Board of Directors was held on January 26. After reviewing photos taken by Ross Hise, everyone decided to publish a group picture for the newsletter.

    Paperwork
    Minutes from the Jan 4 meeting were approved. Copies of the October 2008 Bylaws and the January 2009 amendment were circulated for signatures. Signatures from former board members need to be tracked down. Board procedures were reviewed, including a brief overview of Roberts Rules and its modification for small meetings. Standing rules were adopted to:
    • Require a second to motions
    • Allow friendly amendments to motions
    • Draft minutes may be placed on the website.
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