WEEK AHEAD: Three neighborhood-group meetings – Admiral (with a coat drive), Alki, Fauntleroy

Neighborhood-group meetings in West Seattleare usually scattered throughout the month but due to two reschedulings, this week has three:

FAUNTLEROY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Monthly meeting, postponed one week because of the presidential debate last Tuesday. 6 pm Tuesday (September 17), conference room at Fauntleroy Schoolhouse (9131 California SW). The agenda is in our calendar listing.

ADMIRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Every-other-month meeting, postponed one week to give participants more time to “settle in” with the back-to-school routine. 7 pm Tuesday, Admiral Church (4320 SW Hill). Agenda highlights:

We will have reps from the SW Precinct, Department of Neighborhoods and the Seattle Emergency Communications Hub. We will also be recapping an amazing Summer as well as previewing upcoming Fall and Holiday events.

And ANA will be collecting gently used winter coats for the West Seattle Food Bank Clothesline – bring one (or more) to the meeting if you can!

ALKI COMMUNITY COUNCIL: Usual meeting night, third Thursday (September 19), 7 pm. This time it’ll be online, with a short general meeting followed by a work session for executive-board members. The general meeting will include updates from SPD and CARE. Full details and the attendance link are in our calendar listing.

FCA Watcher September 16, 2024 (10:58 am)

Fauntleroy Community Association is getting quite lax in their governance. In the past they’d post meeting minutes after the following meeting (February minutes posted after approval at March meeting, etc.). Until a few weeks ago, only the January notes had been posted. I reached out over several months asking about subsequent minutes and was told they’d post “ASAP.” Finally the June minutes went up at the end of August. Still no February, March, April, May, July… They are struggling to retain members, and this lack of adherence to basic standards isn’t helping.

WSB September 16, 2024 (11:17 am)

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The not-yet-approved meeting minutes are attached to this month’s agenda.
https://westseattleblog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/fcasept17.pdf
In our experience covering local community groups for the past 17 years, FCA is actually rather meticulous with detailed agendas and minutes; many other groups aren’t, often because that takes yet another dedicated volunteer they don’t have.