Dear Bryn Mawr Neighbor,

We cordially invite you to join, or renew your membership in, the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association! Membership is the most important step toward having a voice in your neighborhood. Joining the Association is free but contributions are encouraged since it does cost money to run the organization. Membership runs from January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed each year to keep the roster current. Your membership, contributions and volunteer activities support the following:

Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association (BMNA) consists of the following elected volunteer board members: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, secretary, NRP Chair, and Representatives from the seven areas of Bryn Mawr. We encourage you to join BMNA, to attend monthly meetings, to volunteer to serve on the board, or to become a block club leader.

Please note that you must be a member of the Association in order to vote for board members and area representatives at the annual meeting in May.

The information you provide is used to assemble voting eligibility records & volunteer lists. If you wish, please add your email address from our homepage in the box "Neighbor Notice" and we will notify you of time sensitive issues affecting you & the neighborhood.

Marlin Possehl
President

• Achieved Record Membership
• New BMNA Fundraising and Community Activities
• BMNA Festival of Garage Sales – over 101 participants
• Ice Cream Scoop Off 
• BMNA Annual Neighbor Out Reach BBQ
• Self Funded 91% of Our $4,000 First Capital Project (Upton Garden)
• Implemented Our New Accounting & Membership System saving us $2,400 a year. 
• Deployed Our New Email Distribution System & 49,000 Emails Sent. 
•  Stayed Within Our 2007 Budget
• Reduced Our Reliance on NRP Funding for Routine Operations
• Developed New Signage in Support of BMNA Events
• Purchased New Event Tables
• Added $4,000 to the BMNA Reserve & Reduced Many Expenses
  And much more…
  

Our Future Plans

• Adopted a Healthy 2008 Budget
• Increase Our Neighborhood Coordinator Budget by 30% 
• Fund an Equivalent 2008 Capital Project (Actual Project Selection To Be Determined)  
• Establish a New Long Term BMNA Trust for Perpetual BMNA Support
• Fund a New BMNA Website ~ Completed!
• Establish a Budget Line Item to Maintain Our Completed Capital Projects
• Continue Our Support for the Bugle and Harvest Dinner
• Continue Our Phase Two NRP Program Support
  And more to come over the year…
   
  As your President I hope you will join us for another successful year with even more growth through 2008.  2007 was a year of action and change, 2008 will bring even more. 
  
  Best regards,
  Marlin Possehl,  President
   

Dear Bryn Mawr Neighbor,

We cordially invite you to join, or renew your membership in, the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association (BMNA)! Membership is the most important step toward having a voice in your neighborhood. Joining the BMNA is free but contributions are encouraged since it does cost money to run the organization. Membership runs from January 1st through December 31st and must be renewed each year to keep the roster current. Your membership, contributions and volunteer activities help to support the Bryn Mawr Bugle newspaper, the bmna.org website, the neighborhood resident directory, the neighborhood organizer, and several annual events.

Also, please consider volunteering some of your time. Volunteers make Bryn Mawr better! The BMNA is recognized as one of the strongest neighborhood groups in the Twin Cities. What makes it strong and makes Bryn Mawr such a great place to live is the corps of volunteers who give time and energy toward the benefit of their neighbors.

Service on the BMNA board or one of its committees is one option. Participation in intermittent activities such as buckthorn removal, Basset's Creek improvement projects, trash pick up along the freeway ramps, public garden tending, or helping with social events are some other options.

Volunteering is fun, a good way to meet neighbors and make new friends, and the most grass roots level way of participating in a social/political process that improves the quality of life for all.

Please consider involving yourself! The Neighborhood thanks you!

Sincerely,
Marlin Possehl

BMNA President