Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Hope I find everyone doing well!
Our meeting on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 was well attended! Thank you for all that were able to attend.
We were unable to have a formal meeting as our Treasurer-Secretary was ill and could not attend. Our vice president was
also absent. We did not have a quorum to conduct any business or take any votes. We did have an informal discussion on
a few topics, but of course no action was taken.
Starting out was a superb presentation by Marivel on the LULAC Council Website. The Website is going to be great!
Its taken a lot of time, work and effort from Marivel and Javi not to forget Mariam McDonad who has guided both
Marivel and Javi. It has color, history, pictures, applications, contact information, a calendar system for events occurring or
will occur. There is much more and its coming out soon after some tweaking and fixing a few bugs.
We thoroughly enjoyed a presentation from Holley Nonen and Joseph Kennedy from the Crooked Forest Institute.
Their presentation centered on the need for housing nationally as well as locally. They presented a very sequential
method of getting the information out to the public on how housing can be made more affordable and attainable. It also
spoke on the sizes of houses as well as better and more environmentally friendly materials can be used.
We had some very good questions from our members. I invited them to come back and give us any update. There was
quite a bit of information to take in.
We did cut the presentation down some, as many members wanted to attend the National Presidential Debates starting
at 7:00 pm. We were our of the building early as to allow members to attend the Debate which was televised.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, 2024. The meeting will start promptly at 5:30 pm with a presentation
Mr. Norm Wheeler who will speak on his platform as he is running for our District Attorney position in this coming election.
Presentation will be approximately 15-20 minutes.
Mr. Renteria, who is the present District Attorney in office has said he will come and discuss his platform as he is running again for the position. He has agreed to make his presentation at 7:00 pm. Mr. Renteria will be given the same amount of time.
Both were invited. As you know, we are a nonpartisan organization and will not endorse any candidate in any office as an
organization.
Members attending the last meeting: Fred Baca, Manuela Baca Jenkins, Lisa Vasquez, Della Acosta, Mikki Jemin, Marivel Medel, Javi Marrufo, Ted Pressler, our guests, Holley N. and Joseph Kennedy,our newest member Fermin Lopez, Sr., Bea McKinney, Renee Provencio and Lynn Baca. I am positive I forgot someone.
Hope to see you on October 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm.
Sincerely,
Fred Baca, President
LULAC Council 8003