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Southeast Quality of Life <br />Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan <br />It is important at this early stage of SEQL's development that the organization <br />of the Board and its operations remain simple while recognizing the legal trust <br />and responsibility placed in Board members. Membership on the Board should <br />be balanced. When considering the issue of balance consider characteristics <br />such as the following: geography, race, ethnicity, sex, special skills (legal, <br />accounting, fund development, leadership), time, and individual commitment. <br />It is not necessary for all members of the Board to be neighborhood residents. <br />This is a matter of preference. The Board may choose to have non-resident <br />advisory members. Owners and managers of businesses in the neighborhood <br />may or may not be considered residents for voting purposes. However, it is <br />important to include businesses on your Board. <br />An initial organizational chart might look like the following. SEQL has eleven <br />Board members. The Chairman, two Vice -Chairmen, the Treasurer, and <br />Secretary make up the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is <br />empowered to act in the absence of the full Board and between meetings of the <br />full Board. Standing committees might include: finance, chaired by the <br />Treasurer; administration, personnel, and the Partnership Center, chaired by one <br />Vice Chairman; membership and communication, chaired by the Secretary; and <br />special projects, chaired by the other Vice Chairman. Standing committees <br />generally do not include members from outside the Board but SEQL may choose <br />to have the Block Captains sit on the membership and communication <br />committee to formalize and strengthen the link between the Captains and the <br />Board. Four additional Board members might chair the four subject area (ad hoc) <br />implementation committees of this strategic plan ---security, housing, land use, <br />and capacity building. There would be two at -large members of the Board. <br />Partnership Center personnel are employees and do not sit on the <br />administration, personnel, and Partnership Center committee. <br />Elements to be Developed Immediately <br />Neighborhood Skills Inventory "Neighborhood Directory" <br />Goal: 8ring neighborhood closer together by building a base of information <br />for emphasis on personal assets to prepare the way for future <br />projects ie. Block Captains Telephone Chains <br />71 <br />