OPNC News

The monthly Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, March 1, 2010 – 6:30 PM (NOTE EARLIER START TIME) at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90019. This meeting will be a DONE coordinated NC RETREAT with training sessions in Planning and Goal Setting, Funding, Board Member Roles and Responsibilities and Outreach. We will also have a RE-VOTE on stakeholders Kelly McConnell and Peter Schulberg’s applications to fill the open EAST REP board seat. STAKEHOLDERS will participate in re-vote and are ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE in the RETREAT and learn about the NC system in advance of the upcoming board ELECTIONS (Candidate Filing Packet). Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:  OPNC AGENDA-RETREAT 030110Contact admin@theopnc.org for further information.

The Olympic Park Neighborhood Council ELECTION COMMITTEE will meet this Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:30pm at I LOVE BOBA located at 1144 Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006 (Western Ave., south of Country Club Drive). The Committee will cover topics including election OUTREACH, CANDIDATE FILING and ELECTION PROCEDURES. All are invited to attend.

Download the AGENDA here: Election Committee AGENDA 021810

Stakeholders interested in participating in the election as a candidate may download a filing packet here: Complete Candidate Filing Packet

From the Mayor’s office:
Attached is a flyer for the “Make the Homeless Count Sock Drive” taking place from February 14th to March 14th.  Many of the homeless in our communities lack basic necessities including socks.  The City of Los Angeles will organize events on Tuesday, March 30th to support the U.S. Census Bureau’s Homeless Enumeration program in order to boost the homeless count and deliver socks, food, and other much-needed items.

Download the flyer here: Sock Drive Flyer

Please pass this information on to your family, friends, colleagues, and contacts within the community so that we can ensure that EVERYONE gets counted in the 2010 Census!  Thanks!

The City of Los Angeles and LA Unified are sponsoring a Day of Service event to be held on March 20, benefitting LA High and Wilshire Crest Elementary. Contact Fabiola.Vilchez@lacity.org (213/ 978-0812) for more info. We invite you to post the attached flyers at appropriate locations in your neighborhood and to be a part of this event.

Day Of Service flyer (english)

Dia de Servicio (en espanol)

The monthly Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, February 1, 2010 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:  OPNC Agenda020110dnl

Contact admin@theopnc.org for further information.

The  OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OUTREACH COMMITTEE will meet on Thursday, January 14, 2010 – 6:00 PM at Starbucks Coffee 4700 W Pico Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90019. Restricted parking, NC Elections and neighborhood Outreach to be discussed. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: Outreach AGENDA 011410

Councilman Wesson’s office via our friends at Mid-City NC shared the following information with us…

Not just for low income. Not unhealthy.  You can order a box for you and  your family or if you are not struggling, you can also donate a box.  It  was on the news - watch the clip on their home page.

Treasure Box is a company that helps families/individuals stretch their  money during these tough economic times by offering a prepackaged box of  groceries.  You pay $30 for approximately $100 worth of food!

Each box contains 21-25 pounds of high quality, frozen foods including  chicken, pork, beef or seafood, in addition to vegetables, fruit, a side  dish and a dessert. From my understanding, the menu items change monthly.

While some of you may not be struggling or interested in this option,  there are tons of families that are, so please pass the information on,  as you never know someone else’s circumstances.

ORDER VIA WEBLINK HERE:

http://www.thetreasurebox.org/food-menu.php

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, January 4, 2010 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:  OPNC Agenda 010410dnl  Contact admin@theopnc.org for further information.

We invite all stakeholders to learn more about the Neighborhood Council system and participate in the upcoming elections to be held in our area May 13, 2010. Join EMPOWER LA for an open dialogue on how you can make an impact with your local Neighborhood Council. EMPOWER LA will be holding an Open Dialogue presentation on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at a location tbd. Engage your Government and Community - Collaborate with  your City Council Member and City Agencies on Issues of Concern - Become a Voter and/or a Candidate in the 2010 Neighborhood Council Election. For further info, click  2010 ELECTION FLYER . OPNC will be hosting a presentation at their January 2010 meeting and we invite you to attend and/or contact us for more information at info@theopnc.org. You may call EMPOWER LA at (213) 485 1360 or access their website www.empowerla.org

The  OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL’s EXECUTIVE Board will meet this Wednesday, December 2, 2009 – 7:00 PM at the Los Angeles High School COMMUNITY ROOM, 4650 W Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:OPNC EXEC AGENDA 120209dnl

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, November 2, 2009 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC Agenda for 110209

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, October 5, 2009 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC Agenda 100509dnl

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2009 – 7:15 PM at the Los Angeles High School, Community Room, 4650 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC AGENDA 091409dnl

From KNX News…

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― Los Angeles County Thursday released a new EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Residents and businesses can now go online to register cell phones and e-mail addresses with the county so officials can send critical information instantly in the event of an emergency.

Land line phones are already being plugged in to the system.

LA County has implemented a system to notify people about emergencies in their neighborhood, or that effect the county generally. It will call your home telephone to provide information. It is already loaded with listed and unlisted numbers for normal telephone company phone lines (”land lines”).

But - if you want to be notified on your cell phone, or VOIP (voice over IP) telephone (for example, if you use Vonage, or your cable company’s telephone service), and, in particular, if you use these INSTEAD of a “land line,” then you need to register these alternative numbers. The web site to do this is:

http://www.alert.lacounty.gov/

Interestingly, the LA Times article about this says “The *city* of Los Angeles already has an emergency notification system for residents living in fire-prone, red-flag areas, but city officials will be able to access the county-wide system too.”