Committees

Executive Committee – Meet 2nd Monday of the Month – 4:00pm

Charge: Promote “strategic doing” culture and approach within SLACO to advance organization goals and building of supportive collaboration networks. Monitoring of The Strategic Plan. To create and implement a Communications Strategy for SLACO, Stories and outcomes. Review and update By-Laws as needed. Participate in organization capacity building. (Report due at December board meeting):

Active

Catherine Smith-Morgan, President

Sherri Bailey, Vice President, Co-Chair – Membership Support

Angela Drake, Secretary

Michael J. von Gebel, Treasurer/Interim Executive Director – Membership Support

Mark Dowdy, Sargent of Arms/Parliamentarian

Advocacy Issue Selection: was Established in 2015

Charge: This ad hoc committee prepares a recommendation for the Board meeting regarding the major issue to be the focus of SLACO’s advocacy efforts for the next three years.   The recommendation should describe the topic, the rationale for why it is important, potential allies in the advocacy push, and any specific focus and limitations on the topic that would be wise choices for SLACO.  After the issue is adopted, committee members may choose to become part of a standing committee that continues through implementation, but with the understanding that committee members may opt out at that point.

Membership Support Committee

Charge: Assist member neighborhoods to develop new leaders and increase effective networking on key neighborhood issues and assisting with a Neighborhood Association Toolkit. To strengthen member organizations through targeted programs and monitoring of programs. Recruit new members to SLACO. 

Town and Gown – Charge: To bring about collaboration between the Universities and Colleges in St. Louis and Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Roundtable – Charge: Develop and implement plans for additional information sharing events, a member benefit to SLACO organizations.

SLACO Regional Neighborhoods Conference – Charge:  The ad hoc conference committee joins other community members and professionals in planning the details of the SLACO Regional Neighborhood Conference. The committee will plan the program, invite the presenters, coach the presenters in preparing session descriptions, answer questions from presenters, plan the logistics of the day, and plan and execute marketing and advertising efforts, all with support from the Executive Director. Sub Committees are Logistics, Program, Marketing and Advertising

Sub Committees Co-chairs to be selected by the committee.

Sherri Bailey and Leah Sweetman– Co-Chairpersons

Mark Dowdy, Leah Sweetman, Greg Meyer, and Abbie Leonard

Other community experts: Craig Schmid – Co Chair Program

Community Development Committee – housing committee

Charge: To promote urban renewal, neighborhood stabilization and community initiatives to alleviate poverty through advocacy and home improvement.

Home Improvement Summit – Charge: To develop a Conference style event around Home Improvement. Local CDC’s, Businesses, Contractors, Service Providers, City of St. Louis Services, Funders, Legal Services, wrap around services.

STL Vacancy Collaborative, Prop NS, Traffic control and crime reduction initiatives are the responsibility of this Committee. Sub Committees Co-chairs to be selected by the committee.

Angela Drake, Co-Chair – Active

Pam McLucas

Michael J. von Gebel