C.O.G.S. Meeting September 9th 2008

Meeting called to order 7:15
Treasure's report: Inland Empire Credit union account is now established.
Address: 2004 N.Hamilton Spokane, Washington 99207 telephone number (509) 328-5213
signatories must have a photo ID.
current balance: $143.37
Motion was made by Susan Latin to request $550 dollars from the Horizon account to pay: Wendell Samoan $200 dollars for 501c3 preparation
I.R.S. application fee $350 dollars.
motion seconded by Terry Waters Motion passed
New business- October 2. 3:30 at The Community Depot, A meeting will be held with W.S.U. senior students in interior design with their advisers to design the interior of The Depot. 15 members from the community are needed for input.
Mike Pamlier reported: Radio equitpment has been aquired by Mary Walker School District, program development is pending.
Discussion followed.
Commitees asignments were made:
Program development-Sue , Raqueebah
Grant writing-Claudia
Calendar of Events-Georgie
Physical plant operations Frank, Bud
Blog- Needs help
PR- Colleen, Jerry
Town laison- Mike Pammler
Phone tree- Susan Latin
Old Business-Bylaws reviewed, read alound, corrected, ammended. Claudia King to review further.
Metting adjorned 8:15pm
Attending Colleen Dodge, Claudia King, Jerry Dodge, Raqueebah, Terry Waters Mike Pammler, Susan Lattin, Sue Cox

Springdale Strategic Plan

Each Community's journey through the Horizons Program focused on Community Leadership to Reduce Poverty. To view your Community's Stratecic Plan, visit Horizons II Community Information page. Once there, click on your community's link and then on the link for a copy of the Community Strategic Plan.

What is Horizons?

What Is Horizons?


You ask, and why should my opinion be important? Well guess what, we all belong to a community. Communities are only as strong as the people who inhabit them. If our people are in need of help, due to economic down turns, health problems, social isolation, lack of appropriate shelter, education, etc. we, as a community, have within us the power to change these situations.

Horizons is a program whose goals are to give communities like ours, the tools to develop leadership, improve the local economy, and reduce poverty. Now you can’t beat that!

Horizons is not a government program, not a hand out or a top down program. Horizons is a grass roots endeavor to create prosperity in small rural areas like ours. Horizons was founded by The Northwest Foundation, associated with The Pew Endowment for social change, and W.S.U. Extension, Colville, as the local sponsor.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever does.” Margaret Mead

Our democracy is only as strong as our middle class.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity
(Springdale version)
Overview
Nov 07 through Feb 08

In the beginning of the Horizon Program, the following people signed up for Habitat for Humanity:
Lela Taylor
Uriah Berg
Raqeebah Dawud
Justyn Turner
Sonny Clemmer
Dennis McGuire
Carrie Scorel

The original sign ups have changed and presently we have:
Lead: Sue Cox
Raqeebah Dawud
Jackie Franks
Janet Jensen

On Nov. 13, 2007, our new members had a meeting. We discussed non-traditional designs for housing, such as silos, shipping containers, etc. Our training will consist of field trips to architectural college and other means to study building plans. We will start with an outlet for sales of recycled home fixtures ie. sinks, stoves, cabinets,… (donation)

On Dec. 21, 2007, we had our next meeting and viewed a DVD about building silo homes and other non-traditional construction. This meeting was held at Sue Cox’s home.

January 2008: We have discussed how many recycled home fixtures would be donated and where to store them. Lack of a building is our main concern.

February 2008: Our discussion is to concentrate on acquiring a community center building to further the Habitat actions. The community center would involve several activities benefiting not only Habitat.