July 8, 2005 MLPA eBlast: BeltLine Walking Tour, Presidents message, Improved website

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BeltLine Walking Tour  (from NPU-F)
The NE Atlanta BeltLine development group will conduct a walking tour of proposed BeltLine development sites tomorrow Saturday, July 9, from 8:00-11:00 am.  They ask that we meet in front of Ansley Golf Club to begin the tour and have obtained permission for us to park in the Ansley lot. We will walk south from Ansley, through Piedmont Park, and along the BeltLine route in Virginia-Highland and Midtown, stopping at Ponce de Leon for anyone who wants to be shuttled back to Ansley at that point.  For those interested, the tour will continue to the Stoveworks in Inman Park with a return shuttle arranged there as well.

Development overview presentations are scheduled on July 12 from 6pm to 8pm at the Park Tavern for NPU-F and July 13 from 6pm to 8pm at the Trolley Barn for NPUs M & N.

President's Message

He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose.
   William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

The following is a "President’s Message" that will be revised at least every 4 months during the undersigned’s tenure.  (See www.mlpa.org)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Those two words constitute the overriding message I have for the Morningside-Lenox Park neighborhood.  Having lived here (or just across the Amsterdam boundary) since 1981, I have certainly heard and seen what this neighborhood can do when it is challenged.  Having served on the MLPA Board of Directors for several years, I know of the countless volunteer hours that past and present Board members have contributed to this neighborhood. But those contributions are not enough. Your neighborhood needs more…won’t you pause and consider whether your schedule will allow you to give back to the neighborhood in some way that is enjoyable and consistent with your own personal interests?

Identified below are the areas of most immediate and pressing concern, from my individual perspective and speaking only for myself, not on behalf of the MLPA Board:

* Security Patrol: this group of dedicated veteran APD officers patrols our neighborhood as a supplement to police coverage and provides a great benefit to the entire neighborhood. Security Patrol members receive, among other things, daily security checks of their homes while they are on vacation. We are fortunate to have new leadership of MSP in William Lindsey. The security patrols can only take place, however, to the extent that MSP can afford to pay for them. MSP membership has declined over the last 3 years. We need you to join the Security Patrol today!

* Tour of Homes: through a lack of volunteers, MLPA has lost its only major source of income for the last 2 years with the absence of the Tour. Now, through the new and energetic leadership of our Special Events Chairs, we have begun planning for the 2006 Tour. If you have helped with the Tour in the past, contact Daniel or Chip and let them know how you’re willing to help out again. If you have not helped with the Tour in the past, talk to a neighbor who has or call or email Daniel or Chip and figure out how you can help!

* Communications and Membership: certainly 2 of our most important groups and, until recently, they have lacked for leadership at the top. Now we have that energetic and innovative leadership these groups needed—but these leaders need your help! Whether your interest is with a newsletter, eBlasts, the website, block parties, corporate sponsorships, member-discount programs, member-only parties…or something else, these 2 groups can use your help. Call or email Liz for Communications and Alex or Dayna for Membership.

Being quite far removed from any study of Shakespeare, I have no idea whether the Bard was describing a prince, a knave or a fool with the quotation noted above. Actually, for the good of MLPA and your neighborhood, you can call me whatever you want - as long as you call!

Alan Perry
MLPA President

PS: MLPA needs a Secretary.  The Secretary's primary function is the taking of minutes of the monthly Board meetings.  Anyone willing to try on the position for size, please email MLPAmember@aol.com.

MLPA Website Changes
MLPA members should stay tuned for upcoming changes to the website, www.mlpa.org.  We hope that you will see a more user-friendly website, one that is easier to navigate and to locate the information you’re looking for.  In addition, we expect to institute, before the fall renewal season, a method by which you can join and/or renew your MLPA and MSP memberships with any major credit card using PayPal online!

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