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Old North Davis Neighborhood Association (ONDNA)

We, the ONDNA Board of Directors, welcome you to our association's website. In alphabetical order, we are Greg Franz, John Meyer, Gerrit Mulholland, Steve Tracy, Rain Watson, Lucas Welch and Angela Willson. Our Board positions, street addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are given in the “Officers, Organization, Bylaws” folder seen to the left. In the seven sections below, we seek to provide basic information on the ONDNA, to show how Old North people can participate in it, and to suggest ways in which we can improve our wonderful neighborhood.

1. Organized in 2002

Culminating months of planning, the afternoon of Sunday, June 23, 2002, Old North residents gathered at the Hattie Weber Museum of Davis to form the Old North Davis Neighborhood Association. Bylaws were reviewed and adopted. A seven-member Board of Directors was nominated and elected. Afterwards, they assembled for this celebratory snapshot.

2. Objectives

The objectives adopted in the ONDNA bylaws in June, 2002 continue to guide what we do today. These objectives include:

to promote the best interests of Old North Davis -- the City of Davis area bounded by B, 7th, 5th and the railroad.
to work for improvement in the area's public facilities and services and to encourage positive community spirit.
to foster civic communication, good will and friendship in the area and to cooperate with government and other officials for the general welfare.

3. Activities

On this website, we present details on ways we have been and are seeking to realize the above objectives.

The sidebar just to the left lists folders and files on each of the on-going projects that flow from our objectives. Metaphorically, each of those headings is the name on a drawer of a very tall filing cabinet. The headings are quite varied, but they are alike in being aspects of improving and of celebrating Old North Davis.

Our online and ongoing OLD NORTH NEWS is below this section on this page. It is composed of news stories posted as they become available rather than at calendar intervals.

4. Old North Residents, Landowners & Organizations Are Automatically ONDNA Members

Under City rules for recognized, democratic neighborhood groups, all Old North residents, landowners (residents or not), and established organizations are automatically members of the ONDNA with rights to vote in elections and otherwise to know about and to participate in ONDNA activities. See: http://cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-manager-s-office/neighborhood-services/neighborhood-associations

5. The ONDNA Board (Usually) Meets Second Thursdays 6 to 7 pm (was the third but now the second - this may change again so please check in to see if there are changes

One good way to act on your automatic membership is to attend ONDNA Board meetings, which are usually held the third Thursday of every month from 6 to 7 pm at the Hattie Weber Museum of Davis, 5th and C streets, Davis. Check the "upcoming events" list to the right to confirm a specific date. Every agenda is also posted for download in that same location at least three days in advance. Join us!

6. Subscribe to the ONDNA Listserv

Another way to act on your membership is to subscribe to the ONDNA Listserv, which insures notice of important Old North matters. Click on the url immediately below to go to the Listserv page. The third section on that page, "subscribing to old north," leads you through the process.

http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/oldnorth

When subscribed, you can send emails to the subscriber list by means of the live email address in the second section of that same page. Here is a screenshot of that section:

7. Old North Improvements Involving the ONDNA

Since our founding in 2002, we hope we have helped to make a reasonable number of improvements in Old North and the larger area. A brief list of some of these is here: Some Old North Improvements Involving the ONDNA

Old North News heading

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