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Stories from the NFCCA Newsletter, the “North Four Corners News” |
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Stories from the NFCCA Newsletter, the “North Four Corners News” |
North Four Corners News ♦ June 2026
At our April meeting, the vote to change the NFCCA name was 32 to keep the name as Northwood-Four Corners Civic Association and 18 to change the name to North Four Corners Civic Association. So to paraphrase the Big Lebowski, the current name abides!
On Wednesday, 10 June, at the next NFCCA General Meeting, our speakers will be Maryland District 19 Delegates Charlotte Crutchfield and Stewart Vaughn. They were unable to attend the Candidate Forum that NFCCA hosted in April since the Maryland Legislature was in its busy last week of the Session, but at our June meeting they will provide a wrap-up review of the legislature’s activities.
Once again, our thanks go out to Julie Whitcomb and Karen Donnelly for their stupendous work planning the Fifth Annual NFCCA Yard Sale with 54 participating households. What a fantastic way to cruise the neighborhood, chat with neighbors, find new owners for stuff you no longer use, and keep items out of the landfill!
The NFCCA 2025–2026 membership has dropped down to 195. Last year we hit 267 paid-up households so we are potentially facing a big drop off in dues revenue. It’s not too late to pay your $15 annual dues for this cycle!
Your dues, paid advertising in the newsletter, and our fundraiser cover the social activities that the civic association hosts, the escalating cost of printing this newsletter, and administrative expenses. Over the summertime, the Board will develop the projected budget and plan activities for the 2026–2027 cycle. We’d hate to scale back our popular social events or limit the length of the newsletter to keep under budget.
Long-time newsletter editor Jacquie Bokow is working with Rise Goldstein to transition into the editor role. The Board will also be discussing which Board members are willing to serve again and potential new Board nominees.
Another transition NFCCA has to plan for is management of our newsletter distribution process. John and Bette Hill, who have long shouldered the job of counting up the batches of newsletters and delivering them to our 51 distributors, have decided that the June newsletter will be their last. Many thanks to them for their work doing this over the years. We need to find volunteer(s) to take on all or a portion of the distribution task before the October issue.
This year NFCCA has operated one Board member short; we’ve been stretched thin. We still need to fill this “hole” and are looking particularly for someone with technology skills, who can maintain and update the nfcca.org website once Jacquie completes her move out of the neighborhood.
Everyone is busy with work and family, but serving on the NFCCA Board doesn’t have to be a heavy lift. You can choose to concentrate on an area or on an issue that is of particular interest to you. Please contact me [contact details redacted online] if you have any questions about serving or suggestions for a nominee.
If you are interested in serving on the NFCCA Board or becoming a volunteer to help manage our newsletter operation, neighborhood communications, or plan our social activities, please drop me an email at [contact details redacted] and we can set up a time to discuss what is involved and your area(s) of interest. Nominations for Officers and Board members will be considered and voted upon at our October NFCCA meeting. ■
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