Recap of 7-12-08 Annual Meeting from Janine’s perspective. 
Please forward and share your experiences to all board members for them to be incorporated into the minutes.

A thank you should be sent to all our state and local representatives who attended along with Costco and Stater Bros who each donated $25 for our event. I would like to also request that a special thank you should be placed in our web site as well.  A Special Thank you, to Tom and Cheryl for opening up their home to the neighborhood.

Total attendance 128
28 new to our group, 20 which joined and 8 who took the form and would mail in their membership fees, 87 members (50 who renewed and 27 who will mail in their renewals)

City Council Members – Bruce Broadway, May Dalton, Mark Rosen, Assemblyman Van Tran, Senator Lou Correa and approximately 8 representatives from Van Tran, Correa and Janet Nguyen’s office.  In addition, we had Rosie Avila in attendance who is a board member of the Santa Ana School Board.

Dues
$120 collected in checks,
$330 in cash
In a campaign to pre-register our members, we received $180 in member fees prior to the annual meeting (15 renewals, 2 new and an extra $10 donation from Carol Roland). The members who pre-registered also attended are included in the above attendance totals.  Robin deposited the $180 prior to the General meeting and gave the deposit slip to Cheryl.
---------------Total $630

Time Keeper- Ralph Laudenslayer
Registration Table- Russ, John, Elena and Janine 
Sign hanging and removal- Russ, Robin and Gianna

Thank you to:

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Free lance photographer Lou Delgado was present; he took multiple photos.
He will be happy to provide a copy of the photos on VCD for $25.
Please contact Misha Houser 714-317-8122 the board would like a copy.

Misha Houser is the delegate who represents our area and will be providing a web cast of the National Democratic Convention in Denver this year. She has asked, CGGNA place this information on our website and in our newsletter.  I advised I would put this before the board for discussion and determination. 714-317-8122, misha_houser@earthlink.net

Neighbor on Gilbert near GG Blvd had a home robbery invasion while she and her family were home.  This part of Gilbert is having a severe rise in burglaries due to the Boarding houses that are being built in this area and being easily accessible to the freeway.  They are going to start a neighborhood watch program. It was a shame that Sgt Fowler did not attend. With the economy as it is, more and more neighbors expressed several petty crimes taking place such as gas siphoning, bicycle thefts and vandalism.

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Meeting began promptly at 10am.  Chair Robin Marcario opened with a brief history of how our group began and the successes we have achieved with our city representatives to keep GG residents a part of the processes and informed.  Most of all for all of us to feel we can have an open dialogue with all of our representatives. She promoted our website which has a link to the city website for their convenience.

Charles Mitchell and Carol Rowland expressed interest in becoming interim Board members.

Majority Vote approved Interim Board members John Wildsmith and Ralph Laudenslayer to the Board 

Senator Lou Correa was introduced and spoke (Please fill in this area for me, as I was still checking people in and did not hear all of his speech)  State Budget, Continued work on the 22, SCIF, CIGA, Mass Transit.  The Senator asked for input on spending priorities.

Assemblyman Van Tran spoke  on AB32 (Environment), Prop 98, Bullet Train from Anaheim to San Francisco, Budget, His pledge to not raise taxes, removing the 3 solid lines from the HOV lane on the 55 Fwy, Police Memorial on the Fwy, State Land/Privatization, Traffic Study.  Assemblyman pledged he would not support any new taxes. Noting the Assembly in the Fat years spends every penny.

Recognition – Janine Fowler and Harry Pearce are termed out of the board. Certifications were presented to each by Chair Robin Marcario.

Recognition – Councilman, Mark Rosen for his 10 years to the City Council and 5 years to our organization. Certificate was presented by Robin Marcario

Mark Rosen spoke on the General Plan, Potential Plans for the Willowick Golf Course, PE right of way, Trolley, Stadium, Theme Park, Census and how it determines what companies was to be built and developed in GG, OCTA plans

Traffic – Bert Ashland
Census was taken of who wants a stop light at Gilbert/Lampson. Only 5 hands were raised in Favor of a stop light with the remaining raising their hands AGAISNT a light.

Last Guests left at 1pm.

MORE PICTURES to see a collage of the meeting click here

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