Marina Del Rey Middle School Presents Grease!

Of interest to Del Rey:

Marina del Rey Middle School & Performing Arts Magnet Proudly Presents ...

Grease, a new 50's Rock & Roll Musical

Director & Choreographer, Lindsey Farris Producer, Nancy Pierandozzi Technical Director, Eric Thomas Choral Director, Suzanne JonesBook, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:00pm
Saturday, Matinee April 4, 2009, 2:00pm
Evening April 4, 2009, 7:00pm
Ticket Prices: $10.00 Adults $ 5.00 Students
Marina del Rey Middle School * 12500 Braddock Dr. * Los Angeles, Ca 90066 *(310) 578-2728

Notes from 3.19.09 Budget Committee Meeting

Team, the Budget and Finance Committee completed a productive and useful meeting tonight. We focused on creating an accessible process to fund projects from the community. Check out the minutes to see what our brainstorming produced.

There is another Budget and Finance Committee meeting next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Mar Vista Family Center.

Budget Committee Notes
Present: Brett Flater, Francine, Mike Stafford, Marlene Savage, Bo Bigley, Eric DeSobe
1. Other NC funding procedures
a. Central San Pedro - Technical documents for sure, but let’s make it cool; Not very much scaffolding for project detail
b. Canoga Park - One pager, simple version
c. Venice - Very organized; “what can be applied for?” is a good thing; Matching funds are a worthwhile product
2. Brainstorm
a. DeSobe – scaffolded, checklists; percentage on matching funds/labor; include example of finished/best example of project
b. Francine – labor issue
c. Mike – refering to a person is not as good as process or document; once a quarter run ads in The Argonaut to announce dates, deadlines; electronic copies (via web? Send .pdf?); train your stakeholders
d. Marlene – volunteer organization; no labor requirement/funds, etc. Should we have funds for feeding labor/volunteers; simplistic form yet thorough; English and Spanish
e. Bo – word out to the schools; have money that needs to be spent
f. Brett – finding out how they plan on partnering with DRNC in the future; build that into checklist; sponsorship on websites of schools
3. Timeline brainstorm
a. Roll-out is wo/ timeline; re-evaluate how it went in October; then do two windows to create urgency and contest vibe and by March 2010 evalute both processes
b. 2-month prior to funding timeline
c. Decision-making process timeline; Budget chair creates form letter citing receipt of proposal and rejection form letter
d. Timelines to assure money is distributed in a trackable way;
4. Level of funding brainstorm
a. $2,000 cap to see what happens?
b. Discretion of board to decide if matching funds are needed?
c. Could we set up a table of matching funds?

Budget Committee Meeting - relates to education

Many of our projects and priorities depend on our knowledge of DRNC budget processes. Please consider attending one of the four meetings in the next several weeks to suggest the best procedure for allocating money to the Del Rey community.

-Eric DeSobe
DRNC Education Committee Chair

Budget Committee Meeting, Del Rey Neighborhood Council, Thursday, March 16, 2009,Mar Vista Family Center, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Agenda
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Welcome and Introductions
III. Establishment of Goals and Mission Statement
IV. Overview of DRNC FY 09 Budget
V. Review of Other Neighborhood Council Funding Process
VI. Brainstorm of DRNC Funding Process
VII. Questions/Next Steps

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 7:00 PM

The Budget Committee will be meeting four (4) times over the next month to obtain feedback from Del Rey stakeholders on the most appropriate procedure through which individuals and organizations may solicit resources from the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. The Budget Committee will especially focus on developing ways that engage local constituents in the work and vision of the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. All stakeholders are encouraged to attend at least one meeting over the next month to provide feedback and guidance to the Committee. The meetings will be held on the following dates:

Thursday, March 19th
Wednesday, March 25th
Monday, March 30th
Tuesday, April 7th – All Committee members must be in attendance on this date for the official vote

The official vote on the rules and procedures that will be submitted to the Del Rey Neighborhood Council will be held on Tuesday, April 7th. If you would like to attend a meeting or are interested in being an official voting member of the Budget Committee, please contact Brett Flater, Del Rey Neighborhood Council Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman, at flaterb@yahoo.com. Locations and times are being finalized.

Notes from 3.11.09 Education Committee Meeting

DRNC Education Sub-Committee Meeting
7:30 pm – 8:30 p.m. March 11, 2009, Mar Vista Family Center, 5075 S. Slausen Ave, Del Rey, California, 90230

In attendance:

• Eric DeSobe, DRNC Secretary, committee chair; Brett Flater, DRNC Treasurer; Marlene Savage, DRNC VP; Theresa Luo, DRNC 2nd VP; Mike Stafford, DRNC Communications Officer; Will Nicholas, DRNC Area Director; Liz Layne, stakeholder; Joey Bravo, stakeholder; Joel Vanderkloot, stakeholder

Outcomes:

• Created mission statement. It shall read: “The DRNC Education Committee aspires to raise awareness of and connect community members to our neighborhood schools. The Education Committee will commit its resources, time, and energy to promote excellence in our schools.”
• Brainstormed priority list, but tabled choosing three priorities until needs assessment survey created and distributed to Del Rey school sites.
• Brainstormed network/contact list to reach out to over coming month.

Next steps and next meeting date:

• Chair will send out a needs survey draft by Friday 3.13.09; committee members may respond by Monday 3.16.09; Needs survey then distributed electronically or in hard copy to schools by chair or volunteers from committee.
• Chair will follow up about contact/network emails

Reminder: First Meeting this Wednesday, March 11th

I look forward to seeing everyone at our first Education Sub-committee meeting, which will run from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Mar Vista Family Center.

See you there.

-Eric DeSobe
DRNC Secretary; Education Committee Chair