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Minutes of the General Membership Meeting of the Westmoreland Association Inc.
March 20, 2006
The meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m. by President Walter Mugdan. A
motion was made and seconded to waive the reading of the minutes from the
November meeting. Treasurer Frank Keenan gave the Treasurer�s Report, indicating
a balance on hand of $16,620.12 as of March 20th. A motion was made to accept
the Treasurer�s Report, the motion was seconded, and the report was unanimously
approved.
The first order of business was the election of Officers and Directors for the
upcoming year. Mr. Mugdan announced that Frank and Susan Keenan would be unable
to complete a full term of service because they are relocating to a home on the
East End of Long Island which will become their principal residence. They agreed
to continue in their positions until after the May meeting at which time other
members will take over their roles. Mr Mugdan then proceeded to report that the
present Board of Directors had agreed to extend their tenure and asked if there
were any nominations from the floor. There were none, and motions were made and
seconded to accept the Board of Directors who then moved to accept the present
slate of Officers.
The meeting agenda continued with the introduction by Mr. Mugdan of Deputy
Inspector Scott Hanover, the new Commanding Officer of the 111th Precinct, and
Gary Pajolly, Community Affairs Officer, to the attendees. Both stressed the
importance of �neighbors looking out for neighbors� as an effective crime
prevention tactic. Inspector Hanover announced that there were six arrests for
burglary thus far this year with all of the burglars from outside of the
neighborhood. He noted that one observant neighbor was instrumental in
apprehending some of the criminals by noting the license plate of their car and
calling 911 to report suspicious activity. Any suspected drug sale transactions
should also be reported to 911. Officer Pajolly explained that there is a Block
Watcher program in effect, and urged interested members to see him at the end of
the meeting for details and enrollment information. He also left brochures
relative to alerts on terrorist activity for distribution among the members.
Inspector Hanover stressed the importance of protecting against Identity Theft
and suggested some basic safeguards, namely: protecting one�s Social Security
number; using a shredder when discarding financial and personal information;
destroying the hard drive on discarded computers; and being wary of cell phones
with cameras capable of recording credit card information. He stated that car
registration and insurance identification cards should always be carried on
one�s person and not left in the car; valets should never be given a set of keys
that include a house key; and information requested on warranty cards should be
called in rather than mailed in. Phone calls that attempt to verify jury duty
data and emails that purport to be from one�s bank should be dismissed. Checks
should be deposited electronically rather than sent via the mail wherever
possible since there have been several stolen check episodes in the
neighborhood, and the ever-present problem of commuter cars being stored and
blocking driveways should be reported to �311� so that an electronic trail of
the incidents can be established. Children should be warned to be alert to the
possibility of cell phones and IPODs being stolen from them. In closing, he
noted that the precinct�s crime prevention officer is Faith Carter who can be
reached at telephone number 718 279 � 5215 in order to arrange for a survey of
the home along with individualized crime prevention advice.
Mr. Mugdan thanked the two officers for their attendance and their advice and
briefly outlined to them the procedure in place with respect to the neighborhood
lock-up of Admiral Park and requested continued police support for it.
With respect to ongoing construction in the area, there have not been any
changes to report since the last meeting. It was noted that the City Planning
Department has not worked as quickly as was originally anticipated on the R2A
rezoning issue probably because of the vocal opposition from some quarters. It
is expected that there will be a Community Board 11 public meeting on the
subject and a strong show of support from our members will be needed at such a
hearing.
Mr Mugdan reminded those present that dead household batteries are ineligible
for regular trash collection and can be brought to the Westmoreland meetings for
delivery to Community Board 11 for disposal. He noted that the Aurora Pond
restoration project was going well and praised those involved with it for doing
such a good job.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Keenan
Secretary
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