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NON • PROF I T DEVE L OPER S TRUSTEES 940 M cDANIEL CHAI RMAN OF B O AR D STR EET, S. W . ATLAN T A, GEORGIA 3 0310 Joe Stallings VI CE - CH A I RMAN T E L E P HONE : 523 -51 66•7 J oel l . Marshall S ECRETARY ME M B E RS AVERY SHIE LDS NAT H ANIE L PROT HRO S AMUEL COCHR A N REV, AUSilrl F ORD P R I NCE MAR T I N . SR . H AROLD OW!;:NS C L A UD E BARN ES REV , JOE L W. MARS H AL L T E CH N I CA L A DV IS O RS C . B RO N CL EVELAND C L ARK MAR T I N PAUL. MULDAWER EL I ZA PAS C HAL TREASURER C . G . Ezz A R D August 5,1969 Mayor Ivan Al l e n, Cha irman Model Citie s Exe cu ti v e Board City Hall Atlanta , Georgia De ar Sir:: In a Model Cit i e s Steering Co mm itt ee mee tin g on Jul y 3 1 , 19 69, a moti on was carried to appr o ve the Model Neighborhood, Inc. economic development program, pending writte n co mmu nicatio n s of information conveyed by a con sul tant at the mee t ing on the following t wo co ncerns; (1) expansion of MNI Board and (2 ) MNI Directorship. The following action was t aken at a special Board meeting on July 30, 19 69 o f Mode l Neighborhood Inc. (1) MNI Board agreed to expand its Board to includ e mor e members wit h the stipu l ati on that they be residents of the Mode l Citi es area. Although the Board agrees in principle that the addition of professiona l businessmen on their Boa rd would benefit the corporation, it disagre e d with adding , specifically (5 ) "Bl ack" businessme n b eca u s e o f the racial overtones of such an action. The Board also felt that sophisticated "out-side" business interest ( on the Boa rd ) would not enhance the basic conc e pt of self-help. The Boa rd h owever, did ag ree that th e Advisory Boa r d would mee t month l y in ord e r to revi e w the program progr ess and financial e x p en ditures . This acti o n was agr e ed �Mayor Iva n Allen l\ugust 5, 1 969 to by the Advisory Board. At an earlier Board meeting , th ere was re-e lection o f of fi c ers. Mr. Jo e Stallings was el ected chairman and Rev. Joe l Marshall vice- chai rman. The Board a l so ruled t hat no member of the staff could hold a po s ition on the Board . All staff members h ave resigned f r om the Board. (2 ) The Board hired Mr. Samuel Cochran as Ex ecutive Director. Mr . Moody, to benefit the c orporat ion·, ag re ed to work in a line position. He is to receive a contract with specific duties as ou t l i ned in a scope o f services. The Model Cities Steering Committee voted to approve MNI ' s pr ogram upon rec ei ving the above informati o n in writing. The committee instructed .MNI to fo rward this in f o r mation on to the Executi ve Board via letter for your consideration. cc Executive Board Steering Commi ttee J. Joh nson J. Cu lp J. Hicks R. Lyle D. Sweat �