Steering Committee Meeting Minutes from March 17, 2008

Call to order: 6:40 PM

Members Present: Bob Fay, Jen Golden, Cyndi Hofacre, Marcy Mertes, Sandy Zorn, Darryl Paden, Pat Silagy-Wesson, Marty Hurley, Rachel Korzan, Emil Alecusan, Rosemary Norton, Jim Reinhard, and Ezra Malernee

Secretary's Report: given by Jen Golden

Motion was made by Bob Fay to approve November 19, 2007 minutes

1st Vice President’s Report: given by Darryl Paden

January & February Memberships Total: 7

2nd Vice President’s Report: Crime Report given by Pat Silagy Wesson

Total calls for February=23; same as January with a few Breaking and Entering

Treasurer’s Report: given by Darryl Paden

Total Membership and Revenue=$205.08
Expenses for 2008=$860.00
Revenue over expense=$654.92

New Business:

Spring Newsletter will be mailed in May 2008 to all paid and non paid members
Gene Kraus was one of two guest speakers; Gene is the new Minister for New Vision, which is the church at the corner of Market and 32nd St.; this is a church for any and all faiths; reaching out to drug and alcohol recovery, single parents and anyone that is coming back to faith; twice a month a Buddius group meets at the church; also twice a week there is a spiritual restoration group that meets at the church; they specialize in Yoga and Natural Healing(anyone is welcome); currently New Vision has 41 members and 5 year goal is to have 200-250 members
Gene Kraus can be contacted by phone:330-491-1462 or email: www.newvisionucc.org
Garage Sale will be May 2nd and 3rd from 9-3pm
Rob Hankins with Arts in Stark was our second guest speaker; He focused on all that is and will be going on in Downtown Canton to promote the arts in the community; February 29-April 26th Komono is coming to Canton; this will the second time that Komono has been in the states and it will be in only 2 states this year, one of which is Canton and the other being San Diego;

Adjournment: 8:15pm

*Next Meeting: July 21, 2008 @ 6:30pm