MEETING
MINUTES
May 20, 2002
I.
PRESENT: Elisabeth Beaird (The LAB), Ruach Graffis (UTW,
203), David McGuire (Mission Agenda, 204), Patrick McFadden
(October 22 Coalition), Betty Traynor (RTA Organizer,
314)
II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/SHORT ITEMS:
-
Ruach asked us to write a letter by Thursday on a transportation
issue for the UTW.
III.
TREASURER'S REPORT: $290.84 to be transferred to Fiscal
Agent: S.F. Foundation Community Initiative Funds.
IV.
RTA COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A.
FINANCE: RTA received the $12,000 grant from The S.F.
Foundation for our continued work to preserve the Redstone.
We will be receiving the contract soon and grant to
begin in June 2002 through May 2003. See Priorities
under New Business.
B. FUNDRAISING: Discussed having a fundraiser in early
July to celebrate the installation of the new chair
lift making an accessible Redstone Building. Elisabeth
said she would contact Ron Jones and Ruach will contact
the Paratransit Coordinating Council to let them know.
Laura Brun will help with line-up. Ruach suggested asking
Wesley Whitfield to perform-she and/or Betty will try
to contact her. Elisabeth had a concern that The LAB
does not have a piano to accompany Ms. Whitfield. (NOTE:
This benefit may be postponed to August or September.
C. STRUCTURE: David, Ruach and Betty still working on
Bylaws. See report under Old Business.
D. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMITTEE: Work in progress.
E. SAFETY COMMITTEE: Next Neighborhood Watch meeting
is Monday, June 3, 7:00 p.m. in Room 305.
V.
OLD BUSINESS:
- BYLAWS: Our attorney Amy Toro gave us a complete draft
of the bylaws-to be reviewed by the committee and presented
to the RTA soon. The committee will discuss the process
to present the final draft of bylaws to RTA for approval
at their next meeting. Contact Betty for time and place.
VI.
NEW BUSINESS:
-
PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR: We brainstormed about our
priorities for the next year in light of new funding
from the S.F. Foundation:
1)
Continue work on landmark status for the Redstone.
2) Continue work on 501 ©(3) for the RTA
3) Become more visible, identifiable, "out there"
at public events, etc. Do more PR about the Redstone
and RTA. Wear T-shirts (need to order more), banner
presence at events such as Gay Pride Day, Castro St.
Fair. Table with other tenant groups in building who
may have a presence at one of the street fairs, etc.
during the summer/fall.
4) Update Brochure and make more copies to distribute.
5) Website for RTA - To contact Colleen Nagle and SDO.net.
6) Do annual fundraiser (see above).
7) Others - To be continued at future meetings and in
between: Tenants feel free to e-mail ideaa.
NEXT
MEETING: TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 4:00 PM - Suite 4.
Contact:
Betty Traynor, RTA Organizer, Room 314, 558-8133, btraynor@energy-net.org
or rta@onebox.com
MEETING
MINUTES
April 16, 2002
I.
PRESENT: Elisabeth Beaird (The LAB), Ruach Graffis (UTW,
203), Gary Gregerson (Bands, B-7), David McGuire (Mission
Agenda, 204), Betty Traynor (RTA Organizer, 314)
II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/SHORT ITEMS:
-
CHAIR LIFT: Elisabeth Beaird of The LAB said the installation
of chair lift for the disabled is completed! It now
needs to be inspected by the City and State which may
take another month. She is in touch with Chuck Sperry,
the muralist who painted the mural affected by the chair
lift. He will be coming by to make suggestions as to
how best to replace the mural panels removed.
- RTA T-SHIRTS: 1- Small, 5 - X-Lge, 2- XXL, 2- 3XL,
and 1- 4XL are left. We are out of Large and Medium
sizes but will be ordering more. Please send in your
order to Betty, $10 per shirt. . T-shirts are red with
black RTA design. Thanks again to Jim Winters for doing
the design.
- RTA BANNER: We now have an RTA banner, based on the
T-shirt design, thanks to Ruach Graffis. Ruach spent
many late night hours getting it done. Thank you Ruach!
We would like to hang it in the building. Any suggestions?
- TREE TRIMMERS AND AWNING WORKERS NEEDED: We would
like to get the two trees trimmed in front of the building
entrances near Capp and the awning replaced or structure
removed asap. Any RTA members with these skills or who
know people with these skills, please contact Betty.
As David McGuire stated, the exterior of the building
is how we relate to the community. Roger has told us
that the owner refuses to have this work done so the
RTA may do it ourselves. Betty will contact him about
partial payment for the work.
III.
TREASURER'S REPORT: $261.84 as of 3-31-02 (minus complimentary
T-Shirts)
IV.
RTA COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A.
FUNDRAISING: Discussed having a fundraiser in early
July to celebrate the installation of the new chair
lift making an accessible Redstone Building and possible
other "facelifts" to the front of the building.
We discussed tying the fundraiser in with LaborFest
again. Will look into this. Anyone interested in working
on the fundraiser, please contact Betty.
B. STRUCTURE: Working on Bylaws. See report under Old
Business.
C. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMITTEE: Work in progress. Ruach
has heard back from some of her labor contacts who gave
her positive feed-back on the history of the building
she is writing for the report we must submit.
D. SAFETY COMMITTEE: Next Neighborhood Watch meeting
is Monday, May 6, 7:00 p.m. in Room 305.
IV.
REPORT FROM RTA ORGANIZER: Betty reported that Kirsten
Boyd, Assemblywoman Carole Migden's aide is back working
in her office. Betty contacted her about a meeting to
discuss our situation and the proposal we submitted
last October. It was also suggested we talk with Sup.
Mark Leno who will most likely be the next Assemblyperson
after the November election. We have ties to him in
the building through Paula Tejeda and Mission Agenda
and he definitely supports preserving the building.
Betty is awaiting word from Laurie Pantell of the MOCD
regarding getting an appraisal done of the building.
V.
OLD BUSINESS:
- BYLAWS: David McGuire, Ruach Graffis and Betty Traynor
met with attorney Amy Toro on April 11 to continue work
on the bylaws. Draft 7, based on that meeting, was presented
at today's meeting. In addition to the Bylaws, the committee
suggested having an RTA "manual" or "guidelines"
that will specify certain procedures not included in
the bylaws. Elisabeth expressed concern about the number
of board members as specified in the current draft at
"not less than 11 nor more than 15." She felt
this was too narrowly defined, especially since as an
organization evolves, it may want to alter the number
of Board members. She also felt that a minimum of 11
may be too many to begin with. She suggested wording
such as "not less than 7" with no maximum
number specified in the Bylaws. Gary said his concern
would be if the maximum number on the Board, say 15,
were lowered. Also, the definition of quorum was discussed
and it was suggested that a minimum number, eg. 5, be
stated rather than as it is now "a majority plus
one of the total number of directors then in office
shall constitute a quorum for decisions on the Board."
People were concerned that if we had vacancies on the
board and thus fewer than 7, the majority plus one could
be a very small number of people making decisions for
the RTA. Finally, under Term of Office, as the bylaws
read now it states that "Board members may serve
unlimited terms." Elisabeth said this is a "red
flag"-need to have a specificed term of office.
Bylaws committee members present will take these concerns
into account for the next draft and discussion with
Amy Toro. At their next meeting they will also discuss
the process for RTA approval of "final" draft.
Any RTA member is invited to participate. Please contact
Betty if you would like to see the current draft.
NEXT
MEETING: TUESDAY, MAY 21, 4:00 PM - Suite 4.
Contact:
Betty Traynor, RTA Organizer, Room 314, 558-8133, btraynor@energy-net.org
or rta@onebox.com
MEETING
MINUTES
March 19, 2002
I.
PRESENT: Don Eichelberger (Abalone Alliance, 309), Ruach
Graffis (UTW, 203), Gary Gregerson (Bands,
B-7), Betty Traynor (RTA Organizer, 314), Benji Whalen
(Artist, RTA Treasurer)
II.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/SHORT ITEMS:
- Cesar Chavez March: Sunday, March 24, Noon, Begins
at foot of Market. RTA to participate - Join with United
Taxi Workers, white van, driven by Ruach. Not sure of
location of van yet. Will e-mail info. RTA T-shirts
will be ready by then (see below).
- S.F. Cab Drivers Need Help: Ruach of the United Taxi
Workers (UTW) announced the need to contact the Board
of Supervisors regarding reducing the gate that cab
drivers must pay to the cab company. Because of the
severe drop in taxi business since 9/11, Sup. Tom Ammiano
has proposed a $25-a-shift reduction in the taxi gate
cap for the time being. To go to Sups for vote. Contact
UTW (864-TAXI) for more info and Sups' e-mail and phone
numbers.
- Chair Lift: Betty reported that the structure to support
the chair lift and the electrical work have been completed
and we are now waiting on the lift to be installed.
Ruach suggested people to invite to the celebration
of the completion of the chair lift-she will get the
names to Elisabeth and Laura of The LAB.
III.
TREASURER'S REPORT: There is approximately $385 in the
RTA account as of this date. Six more tenants have paid
dues. If you haven't-please do asap. Contact Betty for
information if needed.
IV.
RTA COMMITTEE REPORTS:
D.
FUNDRAISING: Will call a meeting soon as RTA needs to
plan a fundraiser. Anyone wishing to be on the committee,
please contact Betty.
E. STRUCTURE: Working on Bylaws. See report under Old
Business.
F. FINANCE COMMITTEE: Betty will speak with Mayor's
office regarding the possibility of getting names of
licensed appraisers to appraise the bldg. pursuant to
agreement with owner.
G. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMITTEE: Work in progress.
E. SAFETY COMMITTEE: Next Neighborhood Watch meeting
is Monday, April 1, 7:00 p.m. in Room 305. Capt. Corrales
will be present. Everyone welcome to come and give him
your feed-back.
V.
OLD BUSINESS:
- RTA T-Shirts And Banner: Tenant Jim Winters did a
great design (Thanks Jim!) and red union-made t-shirts
with black design ordered in all sizes from small to
4xL. They are available at cost ($10). Ruach volunteered
to work on an RTA banner based on the t-shirt design.
Any help is appreciated.
- Rebuilding Together/Xmas In April: As was announced
earlier, the Rebuilding Together program notified us
that they do not have sufficient sponsors this year
to do our project. We discussed at this meeting finding
a corporate sponsor ourselves. MicroMedia company was
suggested. Any other suggestions welcome-send to Betty.
We also discussed the possibility of RTA members doing
some of the tasks ourselves, for example, removal of
hazardous waste and stored junk-any tenant have a pick-up
truck (stipend provided for work)? Also suggested we
contact the Building Trades Council for member with
truck to donate time to do this? Tree trimming (one
of our tenants may have a contact for this work), awning
replacement. Benji said that some tenants think the
owner should be charged if there are any expenses to
doing these tasks. Need to pressure David Luchessi more
on getting some of this done. Betty will look into possibility
of hazardous waste pick-up by City. Will talk to Roger
about this also.
- Bylaws: Some members of the Structure Committee (Ruach
G., David McGuire, Betty Traynor) met with our attorney,
Amy Toro, on March 6 and went over the draft bylaws.
She made some good recommendations and said she would
look into a few things (including wording for qualifications
of Board members) and provide us with the necessary
language for all sections of the bylaws that we do not
think we need special wording. A fifth version of the
bylaws was presented at this meeting and a few suggestions
made-Officers of the corporation be RTA members; conduct
of board meetings by consensus process and/or Roberts'
Rules of Order or an alternate method. A final draft
should be ready by the end of March. Any RTA member
is invited to participate. Please contact Betty if you
would like to see the current draft.
NEXT
MEETING: TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 4:00 PM - Suite 4.
Contact:
Betty Traynor, RTA Organizer, Room 314, 558-8133, btraynor@energy-net.org
or rta@onebox.com
MEETING
MINUTES
February 26, 2002
I.
PRESENT: Don Eichelberger (Abalone Alliance, 309), Ruach
Graffis (UTW, 203), David McGuire (SRO Project, 205),
Betty Traynor (RTA Organizer, 314)
II.
FACILITATOR: Betty Traynor
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/SHORT ITEMS:
-
Phone-banking with the S.F. Labor Council: Ruach announced
that the Labor Council is phone-banking from their offices
for the March 5 primary election and urged us to participate.
- Neighborhood Safety Meeting: The 2900 Block of 16th
Street Neighborhood Watch meeting is Monday, March 4
at 7:00 p.m. at the Redstone, Room 305. All RTA members
are invited to attend.
IV.
TREASURER'S REPORT: There is $155 in the RTA account
as of this date. Betty delivered RTA dues reminders
on Feb. 22.
V.
RTA COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A. FUNDRAISING: Need to revitalize the fundraising committee
as there may be possibilities for events in the future
such as a celebration of the completion of the chair
lift for disabled (in the Spring) and participation
in LaborFest again in July. Don also brought up the
possibility of outside groups renting theater spaces
in the building for events, conferences as a way to
bring in money for the RTA and the theater group (split
50:50?).
B. STRUCTURE: Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 6, 4:00
pm in Suite 205 to continue working on the RTA Bylaws.
Attorney Amy Toro may be in attendance. See under Old
Business for Bylaws update.
C. FINANCE COMMITTEE: S.F. Foundation rep Katharine
Gale visited the building and met with Betty T. and
Jose Amaya on Feb. 20 to discuss our proposal (for $12,000
for operating expenses). She asked a number of questions
and seemed very positive about the building and our
proposal. One thing she pointed out was that the S.F.
Foundation definitely looks at diversity on an organization's
board, including representing the group's clients. We
told her that we had those qualifications for board
members in our draft bylaws. She will be calling a few
tenants and people in the community about us. The final
decision will be made in May by the Foundation's trustees.
D. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMITTEE: Ruach Graffis is working
on the history of the building and has sent a draft
of her write-up to several Bay Area labor historians.
She is awaiting their responses. Betty is working on
other aspects of the report we must submit to the Landmark
Board. Hope to have a draft ready soon.
E. SAFETY COMMITTEE: We all agreed that the problems
on our block seemed to have improved over the last month
with "fewer gangsters in front" of the building.
We are still hosting the block Neighborhood Watch (see
above) and will continue to monitor the situation.
VI.
OLD BUSINESS:
- BYLAWS: The Structure Committee (Ruach G., David McGuire,
Jose Amaya, Betty Traynor) met twice since our last
general meeting and worked on a draft of the bylaws
which was presented at today's meeting. We reviewed
them and made a few more changes. They will be meeting
next Wednesday (see above) to continue the process.
Any RTA member is invited to participate. Please contact
Betty if you would like to see the current draft (still
a ways from completion). Hopefully, the final draft
will be ready before our next general meeting and sent
out to all to review.
- REBUILDING TOGETHER/XMAS IN APRIL: Betty gave a copy
of the Renovation Agreement that must be signed to attorney
Gerald Pearlman at MAFCU and he found nothing to be
concerned about in its language. Roger H. is also looking
it over and we should have it signed soon. Mark you
calendars for the last week-end in April, 27th-28th,
to help with this project to improve the Redstone for
all tenants and visitors. More details later. Don E.
asked if we were considering doing any work on energy
efficient lighting with Rebuilding Together. He has
a contact with the City's energy program that now is
doing outreach to building owners/managers to make such
improvements. Betty said would discuss with Roger asap.
- APPRAISAL OF REDSTONE: We discussed the issue that
was brought up at the last meeting regarding getting
a formal appraisal of the building done. David pointed
out that for us to get loans or grants, the purchase
price must be at the assessed value, not higher, and
we should let the owner know this. Ruach and others
said we should pursue making a purchase offer based
on the assessed value once it is done. Betty said she
would look into grants to do the appraisal and also
wants to find a real estate agent to work with us, particularly
in negotiations with the owner. Ruach suggested an agent
she knows. David said that in talking with the owner
he should know that the neighborhood is undergoing a
new zoning process based on the People's Plan that includes
affordable space for community-serving businesses, non-profits
and the arts.
NEXT
MEETING: TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 4:00 PM - Suite 4.
Contact:
Betty Traynor, RTA Organizer, Room 314, 558-8133, btraynor@energy-net.org
or rta@onebox.com
MEETING
MINUTES
January 31, 2002
I.
PRESENT: Jose Amaya, (YCUP, 305), Elisabeth Beaird (The
LAB), Don Eichelberger (Abalone Alliance, 309), Ruach
Graffis (UTW, 203), Gary Gregerson (Band, B-7), David
McGuire (SRO Project, 205), Betty Traynor (RTA Organizer,
314), Benji Whalen (315)
II.
FACILITATOR: Betty Traynor
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/SHORT ITEMS:
- Neighborhood Watch Meeting: Monday, February 4, 7
- 8 pm @ YCUP office, Room 305. Capt. Corrales of Mission
Station to be present. Also, will discuss phone tree
at meeting. David McGuire reported that a police officer
from Mission Station picked up one of Mission Agenda's
clients, a homeless man, on 17th Street and beat him.
- Community Planning Workshop for the Mission - Tuesday,
Feb. 12, 6:00 to 8:30 pm @ ODC Theater 17th & Shotwell.
This is an important meeting sponsored by the S. F.
Planning Department and needs lots of community input.
- Cesar Chavez Parade - Sunday, March 24, from foot
of Market/Harry Bridges Plaza (Don't Call it Justin
Herman*). Ruach will be driving cab #1106 in the parade
and offered a seat(s) for part of march to RTA members.
Call her at 864-8294. We discussed later in the meeting
having an RTA contingent in the parade (see below).
- People's Earth Day in the Bayview/Hunters Point -
April 20. Contact: Don Eichelberger
- Chair Lift: Elisabeth Beaird reported that the work
on the chair lift is proceeding and should be completed
by the end of February. She suggested having an event/celebration
for the completion sometime in the spring. The LAB is
already talking to some people, such as Ron Jones of
the Berkeley Disability Center, about plans for an event.
IV.
TREASURER'S REPORT: There is $365 in the RTA account
as of this date. The RTA has taken in $695 in dues so
far with 15 tenants paying. Betty will send out a "second
notice" in February. Benji was authorized to pay
$250 to the RTA Organizer for December. We have a new
Free Voicemail through Onebox. We have discontinued
the Pac Bell account. Our public/voicemail number is
430-2160, x 2201. You can still reach the RTA/RTA organizer
through 558-8133.
V.
UPDATES: Since we haven't met for awhile, instead of
committee reports and New/Old Business, we decided to
have updates plus discussion of the future plans of
the RTA resulting from Update information.
-
Rebuilding Together/Christmas in April: The RTA applied
to this program which does renovations/tasks at the
homes and buildings of low income persons and organizations
that serve low income people on the last week-end in
April. We just received the letter on 1/31/02 that we
have been accepted for the April 2002 program. Other
individual agencies within the Redstone may have also
been approved. The RTA members agreed that as long as
building manager Roger Herried is involved in the project
and meets with the organizers, we would go forward with
the plans. In our application we submitted a wish list
of tasks to do at the Redstone. Roger, David McGuire
and Betty will go over the list with them and prioritize
it. Must also sign a Renovation Agreement-to run by
our attorney(s).
-
Landmark Status for the Redstone: Ruach, Roger and Betty
are working on the report that must be filed. Ruach
has several people working with her on the labor history
portion which is the major part of the report, including
Daniel Bacon, Labor Archives librarians, Bay Area Labor
Historical Society, and others. Also, a Context Statement
written for the Landmark Preservation Board entitled
"The 1934 San Francisco Waterfront & General
Strikes" recommends as a first priority the completion
of landmark nominations for the Labor Temple as well
as two other important sites related to the General
Strike. This Statement will be included in our application.
Betty and Roger are working on other aspects of the
report including alterations made to the building over
time and technical stuff. We are really moving on this
now.
-
Non-Profit/Tax-exempt Status for RTA: Betty reported
that we have a new pro bono attorney who will be working
with us on our 501(c)(3) status, Amy Toro. Our previous
attorney, Ravi Batista, moved away. Amy will be meeting
with us soon to go over the application. The 2002 Structure
Committee, Jose Amaya, Ruach Graffis, David McGuire,
and Betty Traynor will meet Thursday, Feb. 7, 4 pm to
go over the RTA Bylaws and work on a draft to present
to the RTA asap. Any RTA members are welcome to attend
this meeting and help us with this important task.
-
Safety and other Building Issues:
Safety - RTA members are represented at the 2900 16th
St. block Neighborhood Watch meetings and attended the
North Mission Public Meeting on Health and Safety in
January and expressed their concerns. Roger H. in particular
spoke out at the meeting with concerns and suggestions
for improvement. The new police captain at Mission Station,
Cpt. Corrales, said he would make drug dealing in the
16th Street area a primary focus. So watch for improvements
so we can give him feed-back.
Other: The issue of additional janitorial service and
security at night for the building were discussed at
a previous meeting and today. We are concerned that
asking the owner for this would result in an immediate
rent increase for everyone. In the area of janitorial,
we discussed cleaning and buffing the hallway and stairway
floors as a priority. We had various ideas: putting
this on the Rebuilding Together/Xmas in April task list,
getting ARC Project people to help (need to pay at least
minimum wage), Project 20 (those working off parking
tickets) to help, RTA members volunteer time to do it
one week-end. It would cost about $100 for rental of
the buffer and supplies for 24 hours. It was suggested
as one way to use our RTA dues money. David McGuire
and Roger have experience in using the machine-a very
big piece of equipment so need to be trained in its
use. The job would need to be done bimonthly or quarterly.
Any volunteers from the RTA membership?
-
Potential Non-Profit Development Partners:
1) Artspace Projects, Inc.: Betty reported that we received
a letter from Tom Nordyde, VP of Development for Artspace
Projects who said that the $7 million asking price from
building owner David Luchessi is too high and indicates
that he is "not highly motivated to sell at this
time." Artspace agrees with the price given in
the Feasibility Study by Nancy Conover of $3.7 million
and stated in a separate report on the Redstone that
any asking price not within a small percentage of that
figure makes it inadvisable to proceed on the project
to purchase. They state in the letter that "the
level of financial subsidy required to purchase the
building would take considerable time to accumulate
and the building could be sold before adequate funds
are raised." They conclude that the owner's actions
since purchasing the building suggest he is not in a
hurry to sell the building for a reduced price.
2) Mission Housing Development Corp.: Betty met with
Carlos Romero, Executive Director of MHDC, on Jan. 30
to seek his advice on our current situation in light
of the high purchase price. Carlos agreed it was an
inflated price in today's market, and even at a lower
asking price of about $5 million would not be an affordable
building for our tenants. We would need either higher
rents than those suggested in the feasibility study
to qualify for a loan or more funding through a capital
campaign from foundations, etc. that would be very difficult
to obtain. Carlos made a few suggestions: Get a formal
appraisal of the building (the Feasibility Study was
not an appraisal) so we would have figures to talk with
owner. Problems with this: Unless Luchessi agrees to
this and cooperates, appraiser may not have all the
information to do full appraisal, eg., net operating
income, gross receipts; appraisal is expensive, could
cost up to $8,000 and thus we would need to get a grant
to have it done; owner may not accept the appraised
value and still want the $7 million unless we have an
agreement ahead of time with him that he will accept
it as the purchase price. To negotiate with owner, should
get a commercial real estate agent. Also, with today's
market, the Redstone tenants may be safe for another
economic cycle of 4 to 8 years. Carlos said he would
talk with others at Mission Housing about our situation
and get back to us.
VI.
DISCUSSION
All
present at the meeting had opinions regarding the information
above and our direction. We agreed that the owner's
asking price for the building is beyond our reach and
it really does not look like he is planning to sell
the building any time soon. With the low wages he pays
and minimal upkeep, he is making some profit and is
not necessarily motivated to sell. Elisabeth and others
pointed out that the RTA is doing a lot to improve the
building on our own-including the murals and chair lift
which The LAB with support from other arts groups in
the building received funding to do, Rebuilding Together
project in April, janitorial work (mainly floors), landmark
status. Gary pointed out that we need long-term leases
and need to talk to Luchessi about this in light of
all the property improvements we are doing to make the
building a better environment for all the tenants and
visitors. Jose said we need to develop a long-term (three
to four years) fund raising strategy now that it looks
like we have some time. Continue talks with MHDC and
once our non-profit Board of Directors is chosen by
the RTA, they can work on a plan. Benji said now that
we have additional goals beyond the sole goal of purchase
of the building, we can make the RTA stronger, develop
a commonality/group morale. David McGuire agreed with
this, stating it is important we pursue the landmark
status and develop a real building morale, "espirit
d' corps," with the RTA taking charge of the building.
Elisabeth also pointed out the importance of attending
the 2/12 planning meeting (see under announcements)
to speak for permanent land use controls, especially
the condition that if a non-profit is evicted from a
building, only another non-profit can replace it. Betty
said that since our funding for the RTA organizer/coordinator
has ended, she will continue on in a voluntary role
(depending on her work situation) to help accomplish
our new goals.
VII.
SUMMARY OF RTA GOALS:
-
Obtain landmark status for Redstone Building
- Write bylaws and obtain tax-exempt status for RTA
- Facilitate building improvements through help from
other organizations and our own efforts
- Plan at least one fundraiser per year for the RTA
- Keep profile of the RTA in community (suggested we
walk together in the Cesar Chavez march, carrying a
banner and wearing RTA T-shirts-to be made-suggestions?)
- Continue to work with the Labor community-marching
in solidarity, participate in LaborFest again, make
individual union contacts.
- Continue to respond to the needs of the neighborhood
- Establish a long-range strategy for fundraising to
eventually purchase building.
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, July 23, 5:00 PM-Location to
be announced (either SUITE 4 on the first floor or 305
on the 3rd Floor)
Contact:
Betty Traynor, RTA Organizer, Room 314, 558-8133, btraynor@energy-net.org
or rta@onebox.com
Contact
Betty Traynor for meeting minutes prior to January 2001.
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