Results From the January Link-up

Just this last Thursday, our members met at Coaches Bar & Grill for our January Link-up. There were three items on our agenda. The first was to elect our Executive Officers and the Board of Directors. The results of the Election are as follows:

Executive Officers
Chairman - Chaim Julian
Vice Chairman - Tom DeLuca
Treasurer - Eric Schmitz
Secretary - Kristen Thomas

Board Members
Geoff McKim
Andy Ruff
Angel Rivera
Michael Drescher

There are still four open seats on the Board, so if you are interested in serving please let me know.

The second item on our agenda was a visit from Scott Hutchinson of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Central Indiana. He talked to us about their signature fundraising event, Bowling For Kids' Sake. We have participated in this event for the past four years, and we will participate again this year. I will have more information about this in a future e-mail.

The third and probably the most important item on our agenda was a brainstorming session in which we talked about issues to discuss at our link-ups and actions to take in the community during the coming year. Here are some of the ideas that came up:

• Pressuring mis-Representative Todd Young to un-sign his pledge to oppose any tax increase.
• Overturning the infamous Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court
• Affordable housing inside and outside of Bloomington (Did you know that Monroe County Government has no equivalent of Bloomington's HAND?)
• Solid waste and recycling (moving to a net zero waste community)
• Convention Center expansion
• Satellite voting (not to be confused with Vote Centers) and other voting rights issues.

These ideas are surely not the only issues that deserve our attention, and I invite all of you, whether you're a member or not, to let us know what issue(s) you would like to hear about.