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Next
Alliance Forum is Saturday, July 19, 2003
see your invite below
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Los Angeles stakeholders will gather from all corners of the
City for the next forum of the Alliance of Neighborhood Councils.
website address: http://www.allncs.org |
Representatives
from DONE, BONC and a variety of City Departments will meet with
Neighborhood Council stakeholders on Saturday, July 19, in the Faculty
Center at Los Angeles City College on Vermont.
These forums, held every two months, have become an important part
of the process of sharing current information about the emerging
Neighborhood Councils and their relationships with the City.
Stakeholders from Certified Neighborhood Councils, some with elected
Boards, mingle easily with those who represent groups still in the
process of being formed at these forums, which are quickly becoming
not-to-be-missed events.
The Alliance is a work in progress, as are the Neighborhood Councils
it is intended to facilitate and support. The group has grown out
of a partnership bringing the work of Richard MacMinn and Mark Seigel
together with the long standing efforts of Noah Modisett and Bill
Christopher, who serves as the President of the Board of Neighborhood
Commissioners (BONC).
The purpose of the Alliance is to:
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open
lines of communication between Neighborhood Councils all across
to the City to share information and experiences; |
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to
make available information regarding the legal framework, responsibilities,
and possibilities to each and every Neighborhood Council, either
in formation or Certified; |
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and
to interface with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
on common issues which impact the Citywide System of Neighborhood
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The invitation
looks like this:
Dear
Neighborhood Council Leader,
The next forum of the Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood
Councils will be held Saturday, July 19th, at 9:30 am
in the Faculty Lounge at LA City College, just off Vermont
Avenue, a block north of Melrose.
The agenda and directions to the site are posted at www.allncs.org,
but also are duplicated below. Parking is free.
This meeting will be a little different from recent meetings.
The morning session will first feature a review of the
progress of the overall Neighborhood Council program by
asking each NC to give a brief report on their biggest
accomplishment, as well as the toughest roadblock they've
encountered. With 74 certified NC's, now is the right
time to look at the progress of the system as a whole
to get an overview of the impact of neighborhood councils.
We will tally the results so that each NC can take away
a sense of the overall situation. Greg Nelson, DONE General
Manager and Bill Christopher, BONC President, will be
there to listen in and respond.
This is an opportunity to let everyone know what's
going right in your community and what isn't.
Next, the group will break into focus groups to explore
ideas related to some of the on-going concerns about NC's
in general, such as funding, elections, outreach and community
meeting dynamics. After the smaller scale discussion groups
are finished, each group will report to the general meeting.
Later in the morning, our keynote speaker will be Martin
Ludlow, newly elected Councilman of the 10th District.
He will be followed at lunchtime by a representative of
the Mayor's budget office, for a preview of Budget Day,
so NC's can have a sense of how the event is going to
work this year.
Given the critical need to get a sense of the progress
of system citywide, every certified or forming NC should
have one or more representatives attending this Alliance
meeting, and ready to report about their triumphs and
stumbling blocks. Please feel free to pass this information
along to other interested parties.
We also urge each NC's to participate in the IssuesActionNetwork
(IAN),
our sister group working on policy issues facing the city
as a whole.
Please check out the website at www.laissuesaction.org.
See you on the 19th,
The Steering Committee of the Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood
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Here's something new:
LA
ISSUES
ACTION
NETWORK
(IAN)
"EDUCATION,
INFORMATION AND
ADVOCACY"
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AGENDA
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Save the Date for Saturday morning, July 19th, 2003
for our next forum on the development of Neighborhood
Councils at Los Angeles City College, Faculty Center.
Our agenda, 9:30am to 1:30pm, looks like this:
Morning
Session
Welcome
Noah Modisett
Introductions Plus
Each Neighborhood Council will be asked to provide a
brief statement about their biggest accomplishment and
the toughest roadblock they've encountered so far. A
listing will be tallied at the meeting so each NC can
take back a sense of the state of the overall program.
Response
By Greg Nelson
DONE General Manager
Workshop Breakout - Focus Groups
Moderator
Tisha Bedrosian
The group will break out into issue oriented focus groups
to discuss specific NC concerns and practices, including
elections, outreach, and community group dynamics.
Followed by Reports
from each focus group to the general meeting.
Keynote Speaker
Martin Ludlow, newly elected Councilman of the 10th
District
Followed by a dialogue with the audience
Lunch
Session
A representative of the Mayor's Budget Office will discuss
the upcoming, revamped Budget Day on July 26th, to provide
insight as to what the Mayor will be expecting from
each NC, and what the NC's can expect from the City
Departments.
Save the Date, July 19th.
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The
Los Angeles Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood Councils
meets bi-monthly, on the third Saturday morning of the
month at Los Angeles City College (LACC). LACC is located
on Vermont Avenue, just north of Melrose (see
map below).
The location is easily accessible from the 101 Freeway
and free parking is available. We have chosen this location,
working from experience, so that people travel almost
equal distances from Chatsworth, Venice and San Pedro
to reach the site. The meetings are usually held in
the Faculty Lounge (Faculty & Staff Center).
Enter
the parking lot (Staff Lot #5) from Heliotrope, accessible
from either Melrose or Willowbrook. Signs will be posted
directing you from the parking lot to the Faculty Lounge.
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visit the website at:
http://www.allncs.org
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