October 4th at 6:30 PM is our First Committee Meeting!!

I just got off the telephone with the Supervisor of Sunset Park Brooklyn Public Library.  We have been approved to hold our meetings, every other Tuesday, at 6:30PM, starting October 4th.  I was a bit hesitant on the dates to meet, whether to have the first meeting on October 4th, or on October 11th.

Since October 4th is 5 days from now, I think that's sufficient notice for the first meeting.  The meeting will take place at: 5108 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220 at 6:30PM sharp!


I would ask everyone to aim to get there by 6:15PM, since the meeting will start at 6:30PM, plus, as the library closes at 8:00PM, we must wrap up the meeting at exactly 7:30PM.

The agreement with this facility is determined every 3 months to have our meetings there.  I really would have preferred a Saturday, however, I've been on the phone all week and Saturdays are pretty much taken on most of locations.

I did meet a very nice woman, but she was the supervisor of the Walt Whitman branch, which is very far, also, they're not open on Saturdays.

I realize that this may be a hardship for volunteers to get there, which is why I'm not holding meetings every week, they are being held twice a month.  Here is the calendar of our first meetings:

• October 4th, 2011, 6:30PM 
• October 18th, 2011, 6:30PM
• November 1st, 2011, 6:30PM
• November 15th, 2011, 6:30PM
• November 29th, 2011, 6:30PM

Some of these future dates for meetings may coincide with a holiday, and when that happens, the meeting will be adjourned another two weeks, and you can get all of that info right here!

Please bring a friends with you to this first meeting, as the first meeting is very important, and will cover the basics of being a volunteer, and paperwork, and important information will be shared.

As luck would have it, we can start the 'Canister Campaign' very soon, since Lowes is generously making a donation of quart-sized paint cans on October 3rd, the day before our first meeting.  However, I don't want everyone to feel overwhelmed, so perhaps I will cover that the following meeting.

I don't believe that I can bring my coffee pot :-(, but, I can get the large box of brewed coffee from Dunkin Donuts for all who attend.

Please send me an email and let me know if you are attending this meeting, and if you are bringing any friends with you, so I can get an idea of how many people will be attending.

Thank you all so much, and I really hope to see you there!

Got a Location! But...

Ok, as the title says, I've finally got a location, however, Saturdays were full.  This is at the Brooklyn Public Library in Sunset Park on 51st & 4 ave.

They're open on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 8PM though.  Unfortunately, the latest time I could book was for 6:30PM (since we have to be cleared out by 7:30PM and this is a one hour meeting).

Will this be a hardship for you to get to?  Remember, this is only 2 days of the month, it's every other week.

I've been trying really hard to find a location at a church, with no luck.  One priest actually said "He's not interested, and doesn't have the room" to me in an email.  When he said that, all of my 'kindness' flew out of the window!  I replied "You're not interested?  Or you don't have the room?  You're not interested in a Catholic woman who is dying of liver disease with a 10 year old son to raise?  If you don't have the room, then do you know of a location that perhaps can help me?"  What a jerk!  And this is from a priest!

Anyways, please let me know ASAP if this time & location works for you (it's right off the N & R trains on 53rd Street & 4th Avenue).

Also, at the library, it's an 'open door' policy, so I'm pretty sure that there will be more volunteers, since the meetings will be posted on the library community board & cycled throughout the library.  I hope that this time & location works for everyone.  I will know before Friday if the day will be Tuesday or Thursday, but it will be at that date and location.  Thanks...

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!!

I have been looking for a venue to hold the bi-weekly (2 times per month) Committee Meetings for those who have signed up as Volunteers, in the Brooklyn area, and I'm hitting a little snag in that department.

If anyone knows of any venue's that would be willing to allow us use of a room for 1 hour, on a Saturday, between the hours of 4-6pm, then contact me immediately.

These meetings are vital in getting the Volunteers together on 'the same page'.  I was considering in holding a meeting in the park, but the weather is a bit too cold now for that.  However, if need be, then that's where our first meeting will be held, in Owls Head Park, in Bay Ridge Brooklyn.

I don't want to resort to that, and am making every effort to find a more suitable venue (even a classroom, if it's allowed), I will do that.  So, I am still sending out emails and making phone calls, however, if anyone knows of a place where we can gather (whether it's at your office, or of a local community center that you may know), please pass on that information to me.

Either way, the first meeting will be held on October 1, 2011, Saturday, at 5pm.  The location is to be determined.  But if we don't get our first meeting underway, then the Committee will fall apart.

I will post a new blog as soon as the venue is determined, but it will be in Brooklyn, and I'm looking at the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Boro Park areas.

This is also the site where recaps of the Committee meeting highlights will be posted.  However, at these meetings, flyers and other important items will be distributed.  So, if you can't make a meeting, and view this blog for information on key points to the meeting, there will be documents that you may not have that were distributed.  If that's the case, than we would either have to meet for me to give you these documents, or you can pay for a shipping label for me to mail them to you.  It's very important that these meetings are attended, to keep the unity & to keep everybody focused on what's going on in the Committee.  Thanks for your time!

PS-For those who have signed up as Volunteers already, please 'join this site' by clicking the blue button on the right that says "Join this Site" via google friend connect, so you can stay up to date on when blogs are posted that are Committee related.  Thanks!