FOKP Jan 08 meeting minutes

Friends of Kennedy Playground
January 14, 20008


Members / Attendees

Min. Borden*
Phyllis Eaddy*
Peter Easley*
Harold Valentine*
Pricilla Francis* (from 7:40 pm)
Mrs. Borden
Mary Sutherland
Mark Thomas, Site Manager (new)

* Voting Member of the Board

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm

Meeting minutes – The FOKP holiday party was held in lieu of a December 2007 meeting, so no minutes were taken nor reviewed at the meeting.

Mark Thomas introduced himself as the new KP Site Manager. He has been with DPR for 15 years. Today is his first official day at Kennedy Playground. He has met with Fred and other staff. Its basketball season and Kennedy has teams in each of the age ranges and is hosting most of the games at Kennedy. Kennedy has top teen club in the ward. Mark wants to get the homework program re-started. On January 2nd, DPR made changes and moved over 100 DPR staff around. John Borges moved to Kalorama. Barbara Jones moved to Ward 8. Mark can be reached by email at: Mark.Thomas@Dc.gov The current staff at Kennedy include:
Oscar Taylor
Fred Brown
Ms. Bradshaw

Pricilla reported that the Pom Pom group that FOKP supported them in the amount of $320 for the purchase of uniforms, won first place in a competition at Cardozo.

Report of the Fundraising and Finance Committee. The Fundraising and Finance Committee did not meet over the holidays. The next meeting will be scheduled before the end of January and the Board will be notified. Since the Treasurer was not in attendance, no Finance report was given.

Report of the Programming Committee: Mary Sutherland, Chair, indicated that she did not have a report.

The Board discussed objectives for 2008:

Table Tennis Team (Harold)
Planting flowers / outdoor beautification / clean-up with the kids (Phyllis)
Create a subcommittee to discuss planning a water play area at KP
After school programs at KP
Get more parents involved (Peter)
Summer school program (Mary)
More board follow-thru (Pricilla and Mary)
Better promotion of our programs and of FOKP (Pricilla)
Getting T-Shirts and Caps for the Board (Pricilla)
Recognition Plaque (Pricilla)

The next FOKP meeting will be the second Monday in February (February 11, 2008). Please come dressed for a group picture to put on the FOKP website.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm by a motion of Harold and seconded by Pricilla.