Dear HPNW Steering Committee Members – The following is a summary of our Feb. 17 Meeting at Lakeside at 6:30 PM.
> Attending were – Bob E., Bob G., Diana C. and Tony P. Bart L. called during the meeting to let us know he got tied up with another priorirty and that he could not join us.
> We scheduled our next Steering Committee Meeting for Tuesday – March 3rd at Lakeside at 6:30 PM. Please add to your calendar and attend. Please email or call me if you can not make the meeting.
> Tony wants to have a District Meeting at Holmes Civic Center where the local residents are invited to join us. Tony will work on dates and securing the Holmes Civic Center.
> Bob E emphasized that we should continue to work ahead and build our infrastructure (website, website content, network within our Voting Districts etc.) and not keep scheduling HP Community Wide Meetings. All attending were in agreement. The community will probably not get more involved until there are more specific problems/crimes which, of course, we all hope there are not.
We hope that as we build our infrastructure especially the website, we can become an important local information source that will also attract volunteers. We think this website for local Holmes – Pawling information is even more important since the closure of the Pawling Chronicle.
> Bart and Louis please confirm back to me that you can start working on the website. The most important thing is we need to confirm the url address. www.hpneighborhoodwatch.com is available so hopefully you can secure that. I know you guys talked and already knew what hosting company you wanted to use. Please let us know any costs so we can share the expense if that is OK with everyone. I know it is pretty cheap today thankfully.
> We are looking to have the website serve as an information point for crime and crime prevention in Holmes-Pawling. We are looking into the old “Police Blotter” info feed (Bob G. is doing), attending Pawling Court to see what info they keep recorded that we could post and we will moniter Poughkeepsie Journal too. Diana, Tony and Bob E will try to attend Thursday Night Pawling Court to see what is happening. Hopefuly, TJ can also help us with best information sources on crime in Town of Pawling. The website will also serve as a download source for the PDF’s from DC Sheriff office; provide links to relevant sites & subjects and be a continuous source of education on crime & crime prevention.
> Diana asked me to edit our 1 page flyer so it can be used as general handout. A revised copy is attached for all of you.
> Diana gave all of us a copy of the 6 volunteer forms we collected at our Feb 4th general meeting. Each District Captain will contact their volunteers. *** Louis please give me your mailing address so I can mail you Loretta Eastwood who is in your District #5.
> We also discussed what information media (flyers, business cards, signs to use to attract volunteers. We will decide and take action once we know our website url address.
> I also filled out an application with Town of Pawling Rec Dept so we do not burden TJ with always attending and getting us a key for Lakeside Building use.
> Last, I goofed up and left out the J in TJHanlon@me.com in my last few emails. SORRY TJ. I have caught my mistake via Tony P’s sharp eyes.
Thank you all for your continued support.
Bob Eichinger
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