Braddock Dogs Meeting, 7:30pm on Thurs, June 26th @ City of Fairfax Library, Rm 214

Hello Braddock Dogs Supporters,

 

The next meeting will be held on June 26th at the City of Fairfax Library, Conference Room 214 (left at the top of the stairs and follow the balcony bannister to the end)

 

Agenda:

 

- Sign up to sell water, soda, and ice cream at Braddock Nights (every Friday starting June 27th)

- Sign up to MC at Braddock Nights

- Hold elections to the Board of Directors (all positions)

- Revisit meeting frequency, date, and time

 

Elections. All positions are open and we need your help! Here's a run down on what each role requires:

• President: create the agenda for Braddock Dogs meetings and represent Braddock Dogs at FCPA meetings as needed ( maybe once or twice a year)
• Vice President: attend Braddock Dogs meetings,vote on association decisions, assist the President if needed, and coordinate a meeting room at the library
• Treasurer: attend Braddock Dogs meetings, vote on association decisions, and periodically communicate with the Fairfax County Park Foundation to report on funds raised
• Secretary: attend Braddock Dogs meetings, vote on association decisions, and prepare meeting notes for dissemination
• Member at Large: attend Braddock Dogs meetings and vote on association decisions, prepare a regular short e-mail newsletter of upcoming dog and family friendly events in the community

We need volunteers to run who give less than two of your time a month to support this effort. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,

 

Erin Mays

Braddock Dogs Association, President

New Braddock Dogs Meeting this Thursday!

Hello Braddock Dogs Supporters,

 

Spring is just around the corner! We will meet this Thursday at 5340 Gainsborough Dr, Fairfax, VA at 7:30pm to discuss the following:

 

Agenda:

- Summer fundraising activities, to include Braddock Nights 2014: we need an event coordinator

- Elections for the Braddock Dogs Association Board of Directors: these are coming up in June, so if you're not already, please consider getting involved by running for a position

 

We hope you can make it!

Update on the Monticello Park Off-Leash Dog Area (OLDA) and Events

Hello Braddock Dogs Members,

 

I want to thank you all for your diligent support! Braddock Dogs has now collected $10,115.98 in donations! We will be submitting an application for the Mastenbrook Grant shortly, which will match up to $10,000 of our donations. Now that we have reached this milestone, we can request the full matching amount.

 

What happens next:

 

We hope that Braddock Dogs will receive the full amount requested from the grant. Once we hear back about the grant, we will request to speak in front of the Park Authority Board of Directors. Monticello Park is not scheduled to recieve bond money for development of the park until 2016. We plan to request an interim use permit that would allow us to put up a fence so the off-leash dog area is usable before 2016. There is precedent for allowing interim use, but it will still help to have a show of numbers present, to demonstrate support for the permit. In the meantime, we will need to raise another $5,000 to meet the rest of our sponsor obligation by 2016.

 

Please stay tuned for details about the grant and the date we hope to brief the Park Authority Board. We appreciate everything you have done.

 

I would also like to take this opportunity to inform you of a sad event. Our neighbor Russ Rosen passed away in late December. For those of you who did not know him, Russ was the initial driving force behind the Monticello OLDA back in 2007. It was Russ who first got a group of neighbors together to approach the Park Authority about this project, and he worked diligently with several other members to get it approved for development. His effort on this project is greatly appreciated by all of us and he will be missed. Please keep the Rosen family in your thoughts.

 

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Sincerely,

 

Erin Mays

Braddock Dogs Association, President