SERVING MY COMMUNITY

Our work before and during the pandemic  earned the WD Neighborhood Safety Committee the 2nd Place Award for the City's Best Social Program Improvement.

POSTPONED TO 2022 DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC

For the past 30 years, I have fulfilled my passion through serving the public before, during, and after a disaster. In my neighborhood, the greatest concern is hurricanes. As a volunteer, I serve as the coordinator of our neighborhood's SOUTHSIDE HURRICANE SAFETY  FEST. I'm appealing to you for your help.

When a disaster hits, one of the first  things people do is reach out to  those closest to them: neighbors and loved  ones. Knowing this, we want  to strengthen neighborhood bonds that are vital  before and after a hurricane hits.

Serving our neighbors in Apalachee  Ridge, Blairstone Forest, Indianhead-Lehigh, Myers Park, South City and Woodland  Drives 

• Give-a-ways  of hurricane-related items
• Hurricane safety-related speakers and exhibits from the public and private sectors
• Food and beverages 
• Games for kids 
• Music and entertainment

The CHARITABLE PORTION of  our event is to provide much needed hurricane supplies to low income  families who might otherwise be unable to afford them. We hope to  provide 300 sets of supplies.

Each set of supplies - as listed by the City of Tallahassee through their Neighborhood PREP Program - costs $100. Please help us reach our $30,000 goal which will provide 300 full sets of hurricane supplies. You can donate here: http://wooddrives.com/southside_hurricane_fest.html 

WELCOME AND AGENDA OVERVIEW 

Meeting ID 940 7211 9922 

Passcode WDNA

Kathy Regan Figley, Chair, WD Safety Committee and Board member

(my neighbors call me "Kat")

Tom Berger, Co-Chair & Zoom Master

Greg Youchock, Acting President & Neighborhood Advocate Extraordinaire

Kat & Tom

(Link to report will be posted)

Kat & Alex Casa - Southside Hurricane Safety Fest - 

• Overview (link to grant application will be posted)
• 2020 Awards (link to award nomination will be posted)

Set date for next meeting

Encoding functions which transition neighbors serving Board, Committee, and volunteer roles from daily life to a critical incident/disaster situation response - Kat 

Via Chat

Q. Are you trained in the Incident Command System?

Yes or No

Q. Have you participated in any of the following City programs? Which one(s)?

• Citizens Police Academy
• Neighborhood Leadership Academy
• Neighborhood PREP

Q. Which interests you more?

-1st VP Neighborhood Advocacy and Government Affairs -  Committees (e.g., Traffic Safety, Government Affairs, ATN/CONA), City Hall, Elected Officials)

- 2nd VP Neighbor Services and Volunteer Development (e.g., Safety Committee/Neighborhood PREP/Neighborhood Watch, Aging in Place, Beautification, Neighborhood Affairs, City Community Liaisons e.g., TPD, TFD)

-Have time and energy for both

Q. Which Committee/ad hoc WorkGroup might be fun for you?

• Aging in Place (VP2)
• Beautification (VP2)
• By-Laws (Pres)
• Communications (Secretary)
• Government Affairs (VP1)
• Hospitality/Social (VP2)
• Neighborhood Safety (VP2)
• Traffic Safety (VP1)
• Volunteer Recruitment (including Board nominations) (VP2)
• Website Workgroup

• WD Board of Directors and Committee Chairs
• Neighbors; WD, plus Indianhead, Myers Park & SCF/NLC Representatives
• City of Tallahassee Neighborhood Affairs - John Doherty
• Association of Tallahassee Neighborhoods (ATN) - Beth Hollister, Bill Wilson
• Hartsfield Elementary PTO Representative (Jessica Comas)

Open Forum 

Chat response report out

Facilitated discussion (Kat & Tom)

Safety Fest Meeting date

• after October 18 but before Nov 9

Safety Committee

• December 14 is the 2nd Tuesday - will that work?

Work Groups?