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SunnyvaleNeighborhoods

SunnyvaleNeighborhoods is the umbrella organization for the officers of Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations. SunnyvaleNeighborhoods meets quarterly. The organization enables neighborhood association leaders to meet, exchange ideas, and hear about what is going on in Sunnyvale. It provides opportunities to meet with city officials and greatly enhances local neighborhood activities.

Membership

Membership in Sunnyvale Neighborhoods is open to:

• Chairpersons and key officers of Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations
• Any Sunnyvale resident actively interested in forming a neighborhood association where there is none
• Sunnyvale City Council Members
• Third parties having a close association with Sunnyvale Neighborhoods and approved by the Sunnyvale Neighborhoods leadership

If you meet these requirements and wish to join us please click the button below:

When you join you will be added to the Sunnyvale Neighborhoods Yahoo Group, Sunnyvale Neighborhoods Yahoo Group, which is our major means of communication among our members.

This site and the associated Yahoo Group are meant to be apolitical and friendly. The intent of the Sunnyvale Neighborhoods is to share information and build community. We are about having fun in our neighborhoods and promoting the general welfare. Our main objective is for everyone to get to know their neighbors. Posting notices about Sunnyvale events of general interest is encouraged. Highly politicized and anti-city messages will be removed at the discretion of the moderators. Post your political messages on Sunnyvale Politics. Membership in this Group implies acceptance of these conditions.

Newsletter

The latest newsletter - May 2012 is hot off the press and has been published here: Newsletter - May 2012

April 2012 Quarterly Meeting

The April quarterly has been held. A report will be published shortly. Watch for it! The meeting featured:

• Public Safety Chief Frank Grgurina
• Solid Waste Division Manager, Mark Bowers
• Recycling Manager, Karen Gissibl
• Update on Sunnyvale Centennial Celebration

Previous 2012 Quarterly Meeting

The first quarterly meeting of 2012 was held 23 January 2012. The Meeting Report is at 2012-01-Meeting Report

Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations

There are 26 Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations. Neighborhood associations encourage their neighborhood residents to meet each other, improve neighborhood safety, and enhance neighborhood pride. Many individual neighborhood associations maintain their own Yahoo Group, mailing List, and web page. Sunnyvale maintains a web page for all neighborhood associations, Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations . There you can link to a list of neighborhood associations and a map.

Many local associations, e.g. Cherryhill, require that you live within their association boundaries to join. Other associations may accept you if you live nearby. Association contact information is under the Contacts menu at the top of this page. In order to receive Sunnyvale neighborhoods information while you are an outsider, it is suggested that you join Sunnyvale Cafe for similar information. It is suggested that leaders of existing Sunnyvale neighborhood associations cross-post information of general interest to Sunnyvale Café.

New Neighborhood Associations

If you live in Sunnyvale but do not live in an existing neighborhood association, you should consider forming a new neighborhood association. You can look at the neighborhood association map . It will show if you already live in a neighborhood association or will show you that you need to form one. Smaller Neighborhood Associations can be formed within the boundaries of the Sunnyvale West Associaton which is very large. Talk to your neighbors and we are sure you will quickly find someone who is chomping at the bit to help form a neighborhood association. The formation of new neighborhood associations is encouraged. It's easy. It's very rewarding.

Organization

At the present time Michelle Philips, Reid Myers, and Wayne Amacher are coordinating Sunnyvale Neighborhoods as a trio. Send email to all three of us at Troika. Michelle Philips has agreed to coordinate and chair future meetings. Reid Myers is moderating the Yahoo Group with Wayne and Michelle as co-moderators. Wayne is tracking membership and maintaining the web site. Basically, we three are working together to improve and grow the organization. Nathan Truitt of the Sunnyvale City Manager's office is our city liasion person.

Scheduled Meetings — 2012

• 23 January - Chair - Michelle Philips, see the meeting notice above
• Gary Luebbers, Sunnyvale City Manager
• Neighborhood discussion


• 30 April, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
• Public Safety Chief Frank Grgurina
• Solid Waste Division Manager, Mark Bowers
• Recycling Manager, Karen Gissibl


• August - Exact date and topics TBD


• October - Exact date and topics TBD

Some of the meeting dates remain TBD. To maximize attendance the actual dates of the meetings will be determined by:

• Avoiding busy months such as November and December
• Consideration of Spring Breaks for the two school districts in Sunnyvale so that those weeks can be avoided
• Timing of holidays and events such as Chinese New Year’s and Monday Night Football will be considered
• June and July will be avoided because they are popular months for vacations

You are welcome to contact Michelle Philips with your inputs on the best dates and with suggestions for future meeting topics.