The East Mountain Neighborhood Association

May 21, 2008

Total Attended 28

The president Patrick Norton started the meeting with the pledge of allegiance.

Nancy Ptak gave the secretary’s report. The minutes were available on the website as well.

Jean Guisto gave the Treasurer’s report. A copy is available for review.

Patrick Norton spoke to Jim Nemic relative to the park update. We are in the cotract stage of the process

Phase 2 will start in a couple of months.

A letter has been sent to Attorney Patrick Zailkas. We sent a check for $ 1,000.00 as a retainer for the Appeal process. The check was sent and cleared the bank in January. We have not yet heard from Attorney Zailkas.

Flags were installed on the poles in the neighborhood. Patrick shared with us how difficult it was to do. He recognized Bob Perigard, Ned Mencio, Bill Burnes, Mike Ptak and a Big shout out to Turner Langdon who finally made it this year.

Ned gave an update on the June recognition dinner. He said flyers have been made to post at Olivers, East Mountain Golf Course, Hamilton Liquors, City Hall, Big Dipper, Stop and Shop, Dairy Mart, and Peoples Bank. Patricia Mencio contacted Robyn Adams to do a piece in the paper. We requested a photographer to come that night. Ned said that if anyone wants to reserve a table they could call Ned or Bob Perigard. He also will take a paid ad out in the newspaper to run on June 5^th and June 12^th. Patricia Mencio gave a list of people who still have tickets out and remain unpaid. So far 40 tickets have been sold. We hope to have 100 sold before the event. There was discussion about when the funds needed to be in. Ned said he had hoped it would come in at tonight’s meeting. We would like to have as many tickets sold before June 1^st but we will not turn people away. Nancy Ptak will call Tom Chute to announce it on WATR since Bob McGovern was not at the meeting to follow up. June suggested we send a mailing out to everyone about the recognition dinner. She offered to stuff envelopes and also suggested if each family donate a book of stamps, we can cut down on our costs. That would be a total of 900 people to mail. Bob Perigard suggested we send them to only paid members. That would be only 200 people to send mailings for. Tom Conway offered to donate 100 stamps. The remaining cost would come out of the treasury. Mike Guisto made a motion to send mailings to our paid member population. Nezi seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion carried. John Gronski from Peoples Bank asked that Tony email him the flyer after he adds a cutoff date on it and he would make the copies needed to mail. June will then get the copies and mail them out.

Earth Day volunteers were thanked. They included Bob Perigard, Ned Mencio, Bill Burnes, Joe Padua, and Debbie Langdon, Erin Norton. Patrick Norton shared his story about initially not wearing gloves until he started cleaning and found things he would rather pick up with gloves on.

Nezi gave an update about the casino trip. He said we had a lot of fun and we made $25.00 after expenses.

June shared her story about the $1.00 machines were always lucky for her. She won over $1,000.00.

Bob Perigard received a call from Michael’s Greenhouse about picking up the flowers we have reserved there. Bob will pick them up on Tuesday. Ned will also contact the park department to have dirt dropped off. Tentative plans will be to plant flowers on June 7^th Saturday.

Nezi said the East End Community Club will be having a tag sale on June 7^th.

Ned made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bob Perigard seconded it.