New officers were voted in at the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park Annual Meeting held on May 11th. The elected offficers and directors are: President: Joanne Hayes-Rines Vice President: Trish Baumer Treasurer: Virginia Kimball Clerk: Liz Green Directors At Large: Joe Bono & Meghan Denenberg Fundraising Chair: Anne Devlin Tagliaferro Horticulture Chair: Mary Ann Esparo Read More…
Election of FOCCP Officers and Directors
The election for Officers and Directors at Large will be held on Tuesday May 11, 2010. FOCCP is accepting nominations for Officers and Directors. The specific positions up for election are:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Clerk
Director At Large (2)
Deadline for nominations is Tuesday, April 27th. As stated in the By-laws of the organization, “there shall be no nominating committee.” This means that members in good standing (members who have paid their annual membership dues of $15.00) who wish to run for election, nominate themselves.
If you wish to nominate yourself to run for any of the Officer or Director positions, please submit a nomination statement to the Clerk, Liz Greene, by emailing her at: info@foccp.org. Your nomination statement must include your name and address, the position you would like to run for and we encourage you to submit a statement in support of your candidacy. This information will be posted on the FOCCP website before the May 11th meeting so all members will have an opportunity to see who the nominations are for each position.
We are accepting self-nominations through Tuesday, April 27th.
The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park have designed, funded and coordinated the installation of a new informational bulletin board at the waterfront park. See the “before” picture to the left and the finished product below. (Click the photos to enlarge.) The FOCCP members who comprised the Bulletin Board Committee were Frankie Boyer, chair, Ford Cavallari, Read More…
April FOCCP Monthly meeting! We hope you can join us! Tuesday, April 13th – 6:30pm Mariners House 11 North Square, North End, Boston (Two doors up from the Paul Revere House) Meeting Agenda: Working Membership Stuffing Meeting (Please come prepared to help stuff envelopes for our Annual Membership Drive) FOCCP Sign/Bulletin Board Update Tot Lot Read More…
Latest news from the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park: At our March monthly meeting, Tom Powers, President of Boston Harbor Alliance, will be talking about the Pavilion that will be on the Greenway located between Quincy Market and the Christopher Columbus Park. The Alliance’s mission is to promote public awareness and use of the Boston Harbor Read More…
News from the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park: We invite you to join us at our February monthly meeting where Tot Lot clean up will be the main topic of discussion. Everyone who is interested in helping to plan the cleanup or to discuss other Tot Lot issues are welcome and encouraged to attend. There are many plans for the park Read More…
I attended this month’s meeting of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park where a large group discussed the organization’s efforts toward the waterfront park. President Joanne Hayes-Rines reviewed some of FOCCP’s recent accomplishments. For the first time, the park was integrated into the neighborhood’s Columbus Day activities. The Parade stopped at the park where a Read More…
Update from FOCCP about their next meeting and new bulletin board: We invite you to join us at our first monthly meeting in 2010 to learn more about the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. During this first meeting, committee chairs will review their objectives for the year. We will also have a lively discussion about events in the Read More…
Next Tuesday, December 15th at 11:00 am, there is a State hearing to protect certain public parks from the shadows of excessively tall buildings. Christopher Columbus Park and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway are specifically mentioned in the proposed legislation. Representatives Marty Walz, Byron Rushing, and Senator Anthony Petruccelli sponsored a bill to prevent additional Read More…
The soggy weather did not dampen the festive mood at the seventh annual holiday lighting of Christopher Columbus Park’s signature trellises on Monday night. An enthusiastic and surprisingly large crowd showed up to enjoy the festivities. The annual holiday lighting display, sponsored by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and the Boston Parks and Recreation Read More…