Maricopa NAACP Meeting

I attended the Maricopa County Branch of the NAACP on Saturday, September 25 at 10am. The meeting was located at the South Mountain Boys and Girls Club Center on Alta Vista and Central. The meeting was structured. You could definitely tell who was in charge and running the meeting. The President, Rev Oscar Tillman and the Secretary, Lynnette Campbell was sitting at the front of the room at a table facing the audience or members and visitors who attended the meeting. This particular meeting they were accepting nominations for the new executive board for the 2010-2011 year. They also discussed having a local walk to duplicate what the national organization was doing in Washington, DC or New York on October 2^nd. I felt that was a lost cause. You can’t expect something to be great and well organized if you are bringing it up to the genera l body a week in advanced. I don’t think that it even took place. FYI at least bring it up a month in advance. I thought it was cool that they had two meetings. The 10am meeting lasted an hour and was the executive board meeting. At the 11am meeting was for general members. Overall I think the meeting was ok. It wasn’t as informative as I would have liked. There was also a great amount of officers missing so we didn’t get to hear the officer’s report. Which I think is irresponsible on the absent officer part. If you know in advance that you will be missing then send in a report so that the organization isn’t held back because a report is missing. They also encouraged recruiting because they are in need of funds. I understand the recruitment is needed but there aren’t any tangible or direct benefits from joining.

The Maricopa County NAACP meetings usually take place on every 4th Saturday at the South Mountain Boys and Girls Club at 10am for executive board meeting which is open to the public and 11am for general members meeting.