February 8, 2013

There were 3 posts published on February 8, 2013 (this is page 1 of 1).

Highlights of 2012: Parks board fun

The year 2012 was the start of my second year as chair of Raleigh’s Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board (PRGAB). It’s been a busy year, too, I might add.

I continued to speak on behalf of the board at a number of park dedications and groundbreakings, among them the House Creek Greenway Dedication, Carolina Pines Community Center, Jaycees Community Center Dedication, Five Points Center for Active Adults Dedication, Buffalo Road Aquatic Center Dedication, Anne Gordon Center for Active Adults Dedication, Historic Chavis Carousel Groundbreaking, Method Road Playground Dedication, the “Function at the Junction” where Wake Forest’s greenway meets Raleigh’s, and probably a few other events I’m forgetting. It seems that these have become so routine that I don’t even blog about every one!
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Highlights of 2012: Volunteering fun

As if serving on my city boards weren’t enough last year, I embarked on even more volunteer opportunities!

Around the start of the year I came across Little Raleigh Radio and soon got heavily involved, becoming its first board chair. I’ve continued to help organize the station and we’re in pretty good shape to be granted an FCC license this coming October.

I’ve also long been a fan of world music. After missing the AfroCubism show at the N.C. Museum of Art, I called up the show sponsor, Friends of World Music, and soon wound up volunteering for the organization. The highlight of this volunteer effort to date was the Tinariwen show at Carrboro’s ArtsCenter.

I look forward to continuing more of my volunteering in 2013 and helping make great things happen in Raleigh!

Highlights of 2012: RCAC adventures

I spent 2012 chairing two boards for the city: one the Parks board and the other the Raleigh CAC (RCAC) board. The RCAC is a board made up by the officers of the city’s various CACs. It is a rather large board with 19 members: so many that there was often not enough chairs to seat everyone.

I had been a member of the RCAC during my time as chair of the East CAC but I never felt comfortable taking on another leadership role until I had stepped down as East chair. With the handover of the East CAC I could focus on leading the RCAC.

I held monthly RCAC meetings, not of all of which were televised as they usually are. Some of these took place at retreats where we discussed important topics in-depth. I made sure the members helped decide the agendas and gave each some time to discuss what was happening in their neighborhoods. It was quite flattering to have Dwayne Patterson remark about how well the meetings were going.
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