Meeting Minutes Jan. 2020
Meeting Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Swanson Library, 9101 W Dodge Rd
Type of Meeting: Executive Committee Meeting
Meeting Facilitator: Jim, Treasurer
Invitees: ODPA Executive Committee, General Pub
I. Call to order
II. Present – Bob Denney, Jim Kee, Eliza Burr, Marijo Malesa
III. Approval of minutes from last meeting
IV. Old Business
a. By-Laws
b. Elections (Carried over from November) – will push to February
i. President
ii. Secretary
iii. Members at large
c. Fundraising Opportunities
i. Leashes at Lauritzen – sign up usually happens in February
ii. Dog Daze of Summer August 2020 – would like to get publicity
literature earlier this year if possible
iii. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
iv. Benson Days
v. Omaha Gives
vi. General – Marijo suggested we publish and work toward a
goal for something in our fundraising efforts.
d. Communications Received
i. Facebook
ii. Website – none
e. Park Updates
i. Dewey Park – Park is open!
1. Have had some issues with kids climbing on the dog
equipment. Perhaps need to hang up petiquette signs.
ii. Hefflinger
1. Jim to email Bill to take down dispenser
iii. Hanscom
1. David needs to pick up his signs (from both parks)
2. Would like to get rid of the center fence
f. Parks Meeting – items for agenda
i. Find out how many benches needed and how much they will
cost (possible fundraising goal for ODPA)
ii. Ask about ability to rent parks for events
iii. Petiquette signs
V. New Business
a. Jim has contact that can do a survey to gather park use data for
use in future decision making. We should start thinking about
questions we’d like to include in a survey.
VI. Adjourn