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Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br />Minutes of April 10, 2012 <br />Members Present: Patsy Barbee, Diane Beecham, Katherine Doom, Anna McDonald Dobbs, <br />Rashii Purefoy, James Stroud <br />Members Absent: Lynda Baker, Jonzella Bailey- Pridham, Martha Hoylman, Arthur Sprinczeles <br />Staff Present: Tara L. Fikes, Roxanne W. Reynolds <br />Welcome /Introduction <br />Patsy Barbee welcomed everyone to the meeting <br />Public Comments <br />None <br />Approval of Minutes - February 14, 2012 and March 13, 2012 <br />James Stroud made a motion to approve the minutes of February 14, 2012 meeting and Diane <br />Beecham seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. James Stroud also <br />made a motion to approve the March 13, 2012 meeting and Diane Beecham seconded the <br />motion. The motion was approved unanimously. <br />Outside Agency Funding Application — EmPOWERment, Inc. <br />Tara Fikes briefly discussed the incomplete pages in the Outside Agency Funding Application <br />for EmPOWERment, Inc. Fikes stated that the budget office checked their files and the <br />application reviewed was the same as the one received by that office. Thus, the previous rating <br />will remain the same. <br />Communitywide Media Strategy <br />Anna McDonald Dobbs stated that the UNC- Chapel Hill School of Journalism class working on <br />this strategy will present their final campaigns on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 9 -11 a.m. <br />Advisory board members were urged to attend the presentations. Reserve parking spaces would <br />be available at the Morehead Planetarium. Anna will meet members at the Southern Human <br />Services Building to carpool to these reserve spaces. She also stated that she would follow -up <br />with an email to get a head count of members planning to attend. . <br />Fikes distributed the following copies of the PR Campaign mid -term final proposals to the <br />Advisory Board. This information is incorporated as an attachment to the minutes. <br />Board Member Re- appointments <br />Fikes reminded members that the election of officers will take place at the June meeting. The <br />Orange County Clerk's Office has dropped Alex Babbitt from the board roster because of his <br />lack of attendance. Rashii Purefoy's term expires on June 30, 2012 and since she has served her <br />two terms she cannot be reappointed. <br />James Stroud made a motion to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) the <br />reappointment of Anna McDonald Dobbs and Martha Hoylman. Katherine Doom seconded the <br />motion. The motion was approved unanimously. Presently, there are four (4) vacancies available. <br />Board members were encouraged to continue to recruit new members. <br />