HARBOR GATEWAY NORTH NC ELECTIONS – OCTOBER 20, 2012

FINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES


Chairperson	DELORES ALLMOND
Vice-Chairperson	PAMELA THORNTON
Recording Secretary	ROSALIE PRESTON
Corresonding Secretary	NEODROS BRIDGEFORTH
Treasurer	JOAN JACOBS
Community Organization Representative	DEBORAH LEE
Youth Representative	RICHARD LEE
Outreach Representative	DONALD COOK
District 1 Representative	RAMON MONTOYA
District 2 Representative	ADRIAN VALENZUELA
District 3 Representative	REYNALDO PADUANI
District 4 Representative	BETTY HAWKINS
District 5 Representative	LLEWYN FOWLKES
District 6 Representative	MARVIN BELL
District 7 Representative	NO CANDIDATE
District 8 Representative	MARY HINTON

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Open Board Seats 2012 – Harbor Gateway North NC

BOARD POSITION	# OF SEATS	ELECTED OR APPOINTED?	QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN FOR THE SEAT	QUALIFICATIONS TO VOTE FOR THE SEAT
Chairperson	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Delores Allmond My residency in District Four goes back to 1986. When the Los Angeles City Charter was changed to include newly formed Neighborhood Councils, I was elected the first Recording Secretary in 2001. I came back on the Board as Vice Chair, the office I currently hold. I have many years of leadership experience and have worked successfully with the NC’s community projects. I believe my various volunteer, managerial skills and experience will enable me to meet the challenges of Chairperson of the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council.
Vice Chairperson	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Pamela Thornton
Recording Secretary	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Rosalie Preston For the past two and a half years, I have served as the Chairperson of our Neighborhood Council. Previously, I was the Recording Secretary for more than three years. In both positions, I have helped raise awareness of our Council by coordinating flyer delivery and reminder robo-calls to stakeholders. I have been a key organizer of our 2007, 2009, and 2011 Health Fairs and many speakers for our meetings, including those on earthquake preparedness and the proposed Project RENEW overlay districts. I have also helped coordinate our response to key planning and land use issues. I look forward to working with our new Chairperson on continuing such work and developing new initiatives, such as a farmers’ market in District 8, Movies in the Park next summer, and lots of community input into the upcoming revisions of our three Community Plans.
Corresponding Secretary	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Neodros Bridgeforth
Treasurer	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Joan Jacobs I have served as Treasurer since 2010 and wish to continue to help my neighborhood.
District 1 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 1 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 1 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Ramon Montoya I have served as the District 1 Representative for the past year and a half. I helped organize the opposition to the zone change proposal in the Merit Tract area, which the Planning Commission upheld. For my next term I plan to focus on Gardena Blvd. improvements and Vermont Avenue clean up.
Arthur Cramer
District 2 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 2 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 2 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Adrian Valenzuela I have been a representative for six years. I have been helping other representatives around the community. I hope this time i’m going to try to spend a lit bit more then i did before in my community.
Angela Perry
District 3 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 3 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 3 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Reynaldo Paduani I have been the District 3 Representative since our Neighborhood Council was certified. I am bi-lingual (English and Spanish) and plan to continue to support the needs of the Rosecrans Park area (District 3) for the next two years. I am also a member of the Southeast Division Community Police Advisory Board and also a Southeast Division volunteer. Over the next two years I will re-activate our HAM radio team so we are prepared for any emergency.
District 4 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 4 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 4 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Betty Hawkins I Betty Hawkins will run for Dist 4 Rep. I have lived in the Community for forty one (41) years. I first got involved in the neighborhood 135th street Neighborhood Watch not long after I moved there. This was before the council started up. I am still active in the watch. When the Neighborhood Council began I was one of the first to be there in the beginning to help it start up in the community. I started out as treasurer for several years with the Harbor gateway North Neighborhood Council. I am now Dist 4 Rep. I have had many hours of training on different items and feel I qualify to continue in this position Betty Hawkins
District 5 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 5 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 5 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Llewyn Fowlkes I have been a resident of the Athens on the Hill (District 5) community for thirty-two years. I have served as a Block Captain for three years and as the President of the Athens on the Hill Community Association for two years. I have now served on the Board of the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council since 2007 as the District 5 Representative. I would like to continue to represent District 5 as we work to bring about positive changes to our neighborhood.
District 6 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 6 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 6 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Marvin Bell
District 7 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 7 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 7 of the HGNNC.
District 8 Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives within District 8 of the HGNNC.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and live within District 8 of the HGNNC.
CANDIDATES FILED:
Gloria Christmas
Mary Hinton I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mary Hinton. I have lived in this area for 41 years. I am a retired teacher who taught at Saint Frances Cabrini school. I also attend the Parish there. I am interested in becoming involved in the activities that concern our neighborhood. My husband and I raised our two children here.
Community Organization Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood and is also a member of a HGNNC community-based organization.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC
CANDIDATES FILED:
Deborah Lee My vision is to lead residents to a greater awareness of city government issues. At present, I am president of L.A.P.D. Southeast Volunteers, a Community Police Advisory Board Member and L.A.P.D Seniors Club, Treasurer. In addition, as watch captain, I coordinate quarterly neighborhood watch meetings. Throughout the community, I co-chair events such as, L.A.P.D. Natl. Night Out, Community Pancake Breakfast, and Officer Appreciation Day. Also a community street fair sponsored by HGNNC
Youth Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood and is also a member of a HGNNC youth organization or an advocate for youth.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC
CANDIDATES FILED:
~~Kandee Lewis~~ WITHDREW
Richard Lee To involve youth in HGNNC and help develop neighborhood leaders, I have proposed that the council sponsor a Youth Leadership group during 2012-13. To do so, HGNNC will partner with Toastmasters International, a nonprofit educational organization. Youth Leadership is presented in eight sessions during or after school, or on weekends. Each session lasts one to two hours. A workshop-style design enables youth to develop their potential through practical experience, delivering short impromptu and prepared speeches and learning to apply listening, thinking and speaking principles. An announced agenda is included and they learn and practice parliamentary procedure. Youth Leadership does not compete with school programs or courses, or other youth projects, rather it supplements these programs with emphasis on specialized skills, and individual needs training. Successful leaders all must communicate effectively. Every young person has the potential to become a good communicator and leader.
Allen Morgan As a Youth Representative my goal will be to improve community standards, to give young individuals healthy and constructive alternatives opposed to the status qua forced upon them today by subpar living conditions. The harbor north community is deficient of parks, recreation facilities, and community centers it is also over run by drugs, gang units, and other various criminal elements. This is unacceptable and if elected I will fight strongly to change this sad reality. I have a vision of a better tomorrow but the work for that vision needs to start today. If elected I will always be open to new ideas for further improvements as well as dedicated to achieving success. The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves. Our weakness, errors, deficiencies, and sins, So that by divine grace we may overcome and turn from them all.
Outreach Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood and who will perform outreach activities.	Stakeholders who are 18 years of age at the time of the election and who live, work, or own property in the HGNNC
CANDIDATES FILED:
Donald Cook I am a member of The Rhema Church in the Eighth Dist. I am also the Ministry Leader of the Community and Economic Ministry for the past 10yrs. The Ministry has served the community for the past 12yrs in the same location. I have the passion and the leadership skills to serve the community.
At Large Representative	1	Elected	Stakeholder who is 18 years of age or older and who lives, works, or owns property or those who declare a stake in the neighborhood and affirm the factual basis for it.	Stakeholder who lives, works, or owns property in the neighborhood and also those who declare a stake in the neighborhood and affirm the factual basis for it.