2011 MARC-NAHRO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Sunday, May 1-Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Hilton and Resort Atlantic City, NJ

1. Called to Order: The President called the Meeting to order at 9:57a.m.  

2. Roll Call: Excused Absences. Introductions and Member announcements
Present:  Purnell, French, Brown, Paumen, Howard, Stone-Mitchell, Jackson, Rudder, Mahon, Hudman, Bibb,Gaffney, Bovelle, Carty-Daniel, Clarke, Osias, Hoffman, Marcum, Bender, Martin, Cobb, Centinaro, Pratt, Ferguson
Excused: Drnevich
Absent: Marquez, Afoun, Maier, DiVincent, deLuca, Horsley, McTiernan, Aggazio
Guests:  Cortney Watson (Retreat Facilitator)
Appointments:  Mike Kelly appointed as Board member at-large.  Paumen moved to approve appointment.  Seconded by Mahon.  Motion passed.  Others with interest in Board appointments are Tara Clifford and Tom Harkless.

3. Agenda: Bibb moved to approve the Agenda.  Mahon seconded.  Motion passed.

4. Approval of Minutes: March 29, 2011 Regular Board Meeting:  Bibb moved to approve the minutes.  Seconded by Clarke.  Motion passed. 

5. .Financial Report:  Pratt as Treasurer reported that financials are in order and MARC-NAHRO continues on a sound business basis.

6.  Retreat:  Purnell moved that the Board move into Committee of the Whole to conduct the Board Retreat.  Seconded by Rudder.  Motion passed at 10:15. (See appended Report.)
 
Purnell called the meeting back to order at 2:45 p.m. He presented a report on the Retreat and approved the following actions.

a)  Each Regional Board Vice President will recruit new MARC members to serve on their respective committees.

b)  MARC Board President will head an ad hoc group to deal with revenue, funding sources and income directly.

  • Fred Purnell
  • Larry Cobb
  • Mary Paumen
  • Ray Bender

c) An ad hoc committee was formed to explore ways to improve the MARC website.

  • Bryan Hoffman
  • Clif Martin
  • Kathy Marcum
  • Larry Cobb

d) Ray Bender will draft amendments to the MARC By-laws reflecting attendance rule changes.

7. Old Business:  None

8. New Business:  Hudman moved to co-sponsor the 2012 Annual Conference with MAHRA.  Seconded by Hoffman.  Motion passed.

Bender moved and Hudman seconded that the Board recommends that the Membership approve the Slate as reported from the nominating committee. Motion passed.

Cobb moved to adjourn until Tuesday noon.  Seconded by Clarke.  Motion passed.

President called the Board meeting back to order at 12 noon on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. 

Slate
a) Officers 2011-13
President

  • Andrew P. French, Executive Director

Redevelopment Authority of the County of Fayette, Uniontown, PA
Senior Vice President

  • Clifton C. Martin, SPHM, PHM, Executive Director, Housing Commission of

Anne Arundel County, Glen Burnie, MD
Secretary

  • David Allen Brown, PHM, SHM, Executive Director

Housing Authority of the Township, Irvington, Irvington, NJ
Treasurer

  • Regina Stone-Mitchell, Executive Director, College Park Housing Authority, College Park, MD

b) NAHRO Board of Governors 2011-15

  • Mary E. Paumen, Director, LISC, Washington, DC 20006

c) Board Members at-large 2011-14

  • Raymond J. Bender, Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority of County of Lebanon, Lebanon, PA
  • Tara B. Clifford, Consultant, Edgewater, MD
  • Matthew J. Heckles, Legislative & Policy Advisor, Delaware State Housing Authority, Dover, DE
  • John Mahon, Executive Director, Bayonne Housing Authority, Bayonne, NJ
  • Thomas Harkless, Executive Director, Fayette County Housing Authority, Uniontown, PA

Purnell thanked Gary Centinaro, chair, nominating committee and its members for fine work.

Jane Vincent, Region 3 HUD Administrator, and Nola Popoola, NAHRO President, addresses the Board and General Membership.

MARC presented awards of Outstanding Achievement to Agencies with excellence along the lines of the NAHRO Merit and Excellence Awards

Special thanks were extended to John Mahon and his conference committee for another successful conference. 

9. Adjournment:  Paumen moved to adjourn.  French seconded.  Motion passed with adjournment at 1:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Clif Martin, Secretary
(Prepared by Peggy Cobb, RSO)