THE UCO REPORTER—A SEPARATE ADVERTISING SECTION?

In his VP column in the September issue of the Reporter, Fausto Fabbro says "Our UCO bylaws require a paper with news of UCO and Century Village, not a PennySaver." He asks for feedback on his suggestion that the paper be divided into two parts, with "CV news and UCO business" in the first section and ads being in the second section. This would save the reader, he says, from "looking at all those ads." In Fausto's follow-up in the October Reporter, he says he received some feedback agreeing with his suggestions.

Here's my feedback. With the paper being about half articles and news and half ads, I don't think it has reached the point of being a "Pennysaver," but if Fausto's plan were implemented, we would of course HAVE a Pennysaver in section two of the paper. I'm sure we would also have a newspaper far less appealing to our advertisers, who count on their ads being seen in the normal course of reading, not relegated to the back, all in one bunch with other ads. Not even the Advocate is ALL ads. Ask yourself—why do you think the ads in almost all newspapers are sprinkled throughout the pages? It's because they generate more business spread throughout a publication, which means in turn that advertisers will pay more for ads.

But there are two further pluses to having ads dispersed throughout a newspaper. Some people PREFER this. They like "running across" ads. They are reminded of things they need or could use. A second plus concerns the readability of a publication: Good graphics, breaking up otherwise monotonous line upon line of type, help to hold reader interest. Ads therefore serve a purpose in breaking up the type.

I can pretty well predict two results of placing all ads in a separate section of the Reporter: We would not be able to charge as much as we do now for ads, and we would lose advertisers. The newspaper might well then fail to be self-supporting as it is now. Either the number of notices and articles would have to be cut way back, or your UCO dues would have to help support the paper.

Take a look at the Reporter and then the Palm Beach Post. At least the first several pages of the Reporter have no ads. In the FRONT SECTION of the Post you now have often only two or three pages of news and then several full pages of ads. I think we stack up pretty well against the Post.

I commend and thank Fausto for giving serious thought to UCO's official monthly newspaper when many people simply take it for granted. I just don't think his separate section for ads is the way to go.

REFLECTION BAY DEVELOPER PROPOSES CHAIN LINK FENCE AND LANDSCAPING ALONG PROPERTY LINE

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Your Comments appreciated

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OPERATIONS COMMITTEE - SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE - REC FACILITY BUDGET 2016/2017 PASSED

VIDEOGRAPHY AND VIDEO PROCESSING JOHN AND KITTY GRAGG
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UCO REPORTER - OCTOBER 2016 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

UCO Reporter, October 2016 by ucopresident on Scribd

TOWN HALL MEETING - VISTA CENTER - SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Paulette Burdick	11:44 AM (25 minutes ago)
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Dear Friends,

 

You are invited to an upcoming Town Hall meeting 

on

Tuesday, 9/27 at the Vista Center 7-8:30 p.m.

County Commissioner Paulette Burdick,

City Commissioner Shannon Materio

and  School Board Members Erica Whitfield and Chuck Shaw

will attend.

 Topics for discussion:

The One Penny Sales Tax

 Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4 on the November Ballot

Judges on the November Ballot

Update Information on the Zika Virus

League of Women Voter’s Guide

The Heroin Epidemic

 

Vista Center – 2300 N Jog Rd., West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach  33411 

Please invite your friends and neighbors.

Regards,

Paulette Burdick

County Commissioner

District Two

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Dave Israel
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING - BUDGET - 16 SEPTEMBER 2016

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PART 1

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WPRF Budget meeting p1 from David B. Israel on Vimeo.

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WPRF Budget p2 from David B. Israel on Vimeo.
 

Thanks to:

John & Kitty Gragg..........Videography

Ed Black..........Video Rendering

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PBCWUD - RECLAIMED WATER ADVISORY - SEPTEMBER 2016

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U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - DRUG AWARENESS TOWN HALL - SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE - NOTICE OF MEETING

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The Advisory Committee will meet on:

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

at

9:00 AM

In the

UCO Conference room

All Members and Guests are encouraged to attend

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Dave Israel



ADVISORY COMMITTEE - MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Minutes

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Advisory Board Meeting

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September 13, 2016

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Members: Arlynn Abramson, Chair; Ed Black; David Israel; Howard O’Brien; George Pittell; Ruth Dreiss; Joyce Reiss; Stewart Richland; Joy Vestal; Barbara Cornish; David Saxon; David Israel; and Anita Buchanan.

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Guests: David Boas, Toni Salometo

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Arlynn convened the meeting at 9am. August 23 minutes were corrected to properly spell “Pittell” and to add David Boas to the attendees list. The committee agreed that, in the interests of transparency, David would email draft edits from each meeting via Information Forward so delegates have a chance to be aware of proposed changes before they are published in the UCO Reporter in advance of the Delegate vote.

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The following proposed changes to Amendments to the Bylaws of United Civic Organization, Inc. were approved unanimously by the members at this meeting. (The complete bylaw is not stated below, just the changed language within as highlighted in red or strikethrough. Some small typos are corrected in Bylaws but not reflected here.) The edits:

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Article III F.      Alternate Delegates of the Board of Directors.  “…No Alternate Delegate shall have the  right  to  participate vote  on  any  matter  before  the  Delegates,  unless  the  Alternate Delegate is acting in place of an absent Delegate.  A Delegate is considered absent if he or she is not present during sign-in roll call.”

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Article III G. Postponement of Vote. “… A motion to postpone a vote on any matter before the Delegates, if seconded and voted by a majority of the Delegates, shall result in postponement to the next Delegate Meeting. A postponement, as outlined by this Section G, must be taken up by the Delegate Assembly as Old Business at the next regular meeting.  No further postponements of a vote on the same matter are permitted.” [Review of III G at next meeting]

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Article III H.  Delegate Voting; Abstention. “The A vote or abstention by each Delegate or Alternate Delegate present shall be recorded in the minutes.”

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Article III I.   Conduct of the Meeting. “All Board meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures under the guidelines set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order...”

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Article III I 1.  “With respect to any topic or issues raised at the meeting, each member of the Delegate Assembly is entitled to a reasonable period of time, as determined by Delegate Assembly rules… A Delegate’s discussion shall be without interruption from any member of the Delegate Assembly and the Delegate may speak once before any other Delegate shall be heard for a second time.”

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Article III I 2. “After all each members of the Board has have had an opportunity to present their his views, the President may recognize any Delegate who desires to speak further…”

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Article III K.                      Minutes. All meetings of the Board of Directors shall be audio recorded by the Recording Secretary or other authorized officer. 

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Article IV L.  Delegate, Executive Board and Officer Criminal Offenses. “A Delegate or Alternate Delegate, Officer or member of the Executive Board convicted charged by information or indictment with of a felony theft or embezzlement offense involving UCO funds or Property or a Member’s funds or pProperty…” [Section to be reviewed at next meeting and potentially moved to Article 7]

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Article V A.  Powers. [Section to be reviewed to distinguish between powers of delegates vs. officers/executive board]  

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Article V B 5. To cause all Officers, Volunteers and Employees having fiscal responsibilities to be covered by appropriate insurance.

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Article V I B.      3. Term. Should any vacancy which occurs during the first year of the two-year term… said vacancy shall be filled… shall fill the vacancy or vacancies for the remainder of the unexpired term, subject to ratification by the Delegate Assembly. [Review at next meeting]

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Article VI C.  Eligibility.  “A candidate or appointee, in order to be eligible to serve as a member of

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the Executive Board, must… declare his or her readiness to serve on at least two (2) committees if invited by the Chair; and…”

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Article VI D.   Powers. “The Executive Board shall constitute the “Executive Committee” as defined by Statute 617- Corporation Law the Act and have and and may exercise the power of the Delegate Assembly when…”

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At next meeting review will continue with latest edition of Roberts Rules. Review will begin with more attention to Articles III G, III L, IV L and V A.

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Arlynn set the next meeting for Tuesday, October 11 at 9 am in the UCO conference room. The meeting was adjourned at 10:45am.

Dave Israel

 

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