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Ning

Yes, negligent I’ve been… greatest apologies.  As many of you know, there are a variety of efforts in play to get residents together and talking about the upcoming Board elections, growing quorum, touring the new lobby design proposals, pushing for bike racks on campus, resolving electric submeter concerns, etc etc etc.  In an attempt to reign them all in and yet continue them all by allowing for freedom of expression while leveraging social networking tools, I’d like to introduce you to Ning.

A small band of us created this online community, much like facebook but with some cool additional functionalities like private discussion threads, individual profiles, forums, event calendars, etc – all specific and limited to Clinton Hill residents.

Interested in checking this out? I’ll be slowly migrating the blog (including old posts) to Ning. If you live at Clinton Hill Co-Ops and are seeking an invitation, please let me know. If you are already a password-carrying chaocblog holder, I’ll drop you an invite anyway.

 

Last RC meeting for the ‘09 Summer

After this month’s meeting, Resident Council meetings go on hiatus for July and August and pick up again in September.

Please come out to hear the latest news and voice your questions and feedback. 

June RC Meeting

Thursday, June 25

7pm

Bldg 325 Community Room
(check back on Thursday to confirm location, may change to Bldg 210)

 

NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK SALE

This event is organized by a CHAOC resident.  You support of the sidewalk sale raises money that funds the Children’s Sidewalk Sale in September.  If you want to register for a space (bring your own table), contact Florence at 718-636-9263

Save the Date: Saturday, June 6th, 10am – 6pm
On Clinton Ave between Greene & DeKalb

 

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RC meeting – security update

Last night was the 5th Resident Council meeting led by the new CHAOC Board.  This also marked our annual security meeting, where representatives from both the NYPD’s 88th precinct and the CHAOC Command Security Corp provided updates and fielded questions from residents in attendance.

Our precinct’s commanding officer, Captain Anthony Tasso addressed residents and provided a “compstat” sheet highlighting neighborhood trends in a variety of crime categories.  Good news for all residents is that from last year to this year-to-date, overall incidents are down 16+%, however and maybe not so surprising in a downturned economy, burglaries are up almost 15%.  In a ten year comparison, incidents are down over 18% but grand larceny (car theft) is up over 120%!  If you are a resident with a vehicle, be sure hide or remove valuables and secure your vehicle. 

There was a notice a few weeks ago regarding a series of burglaries in the co-ops, specifically on the south campus.  These are still under investigation and the perpetrator has not been identified, and fortunately there have not been any recent cases.  Please keep in mind that at the time there was work being done on the exterior of the building, so although nothing has been formally correlated, I remind everyone to shut and lock their windows if there are contractors working on your building while you are not home.

John Chesney, owner of Command Security Corp, and Steve Barrett, the CHAOC account manager provided residents in attendance with a draft of an action plan to address concerns raised by shareholders.  Among these commitments, CSC has already retrained the security staff on duties and responsibilities here at the co-ops (ex. calling residents on the north campus when visitors arrive and addressing residents complaints as a priority over finishing routine building patrols).

One resident asked what she can and can not expect from on-campus security officers.  The room was reminded that the officers must maintain a log of all issues and resolutions, are responsible for calling 911 in appropriate situations, are not empowered to make arrests, when in uniform and are not to be smoking on campus, should have a visible name badge, conducting 2 to 3 building verticle security checks in each 8 hour shift, and have 1 person in the security booth at all times.  If you see any security officers violating these responsibilities, first call security and ask to speak with field supervisor Sebastion Worthy.  If Mr. Worthy is unavailable or unresponsive, please notify Steve Barrett at 212-943-0500.

Please check back tomorrow for additional notes from the RC meeting!

 

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RC Meeting THIS THURSDAY

This month’s Residents Council meeting is this Thurs (2/26) at 7pm.

Meeting place is 325 Clinton Avenue, community room.

Please attend! Also, please send your meeting notes, comments, feedback, etc. for future posts and information sharing.

 

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CHAOC website update?!

The Board has been working on a project to formally document key procedures that should be followed.  This information is making its way to the CHAOC website (see link at right).   No news on exactly what the procedures entail nor a date for them being posted, but keep an eye out and let us know if you see or hear anything!

Here is an example of the website from a Manhattan co-op http://www.naborsapts.org/.  It provides current residents and perspective buyers lots of easy-to-find information.