May 25, 2007

The May 25th meeting was held at the PCSO District Center on Avenue G at 7:00 PM. The meeting was called to order by Secretary Thea Crosier. Thea announced that President Charles Tucker was unexpectedly unable to attend this meeting. The March minutes were read and accepted with no changes.

New Business

Sheriff’s Office detectives Icolt and Weiss gave a presentation on identity theft. There are many new scams and internet scams that they made residents aware of. The presentation presented many ways in which individuals can protect themselves from becoming identity theft victims. This presentation was a real “eye opener” as to what’s going on in the world today ~ and very much appreciated by JPVRA attendees. The detectives passed out a detailed information packet to attendees.

Some important tips the detectives gave residents were:

- Don’t carry your Social Security card in your wallet

- Don’t put outgoing mail in your mailbox – take it to a Post

Office or drop box

- Most common purse thefts occur at day care centers

- Never leave your wallet or purse in plain view in shopping cart

- DON’T renew your drivers license on line and have it mailed to

you. It’s much safer to go to Drivers License bureau and do

this in person.

- For any type of on-line ordering, detectives said do NOT use a

debit (bank) card as others can then access your bank account

information. ALWAYS use a credit card for on-line purchases.

JPV resident Larry Cleary asked what JPVRA officers were doing to bring more awareness about our efforts and increase attendance. This was discussed. Several attendees stated that we all have made an effort to pass out flyers for meetings, as well as speak to neighbors “one on one” about JPVRA and to encourage attendance. Thea “challenged” each attendee to bring one guest to the next meeting ~ which would double our attendance.

Several code enforcement officials were on hand and residents gave details on several JPV locations that they felt were in violation. These will be researched by code officials.

Old Business

The idea of street scaping at some of the main corners in JPV was again brought up ~ as well as trying to make local businesses on Recker Highway and Spirit Lake Road become aware of the groups efforts. Thea will send out letters to local businesses ~ encouraging them to attend our meetings and also to GET INVOLVED in helping to beautify the JPV area. Local businesses should share our commitment and take on some of the responsibility of bringing JPV back to life.

One of the code officers mentioned that Secretary Thea Crosier had implemented bringing refreshments several months ago and had been doing this on her own and out of pocket and that it was very much appreciated. He said that he thought it made the meetings much nicer and that perhaps others could begin to help in this regard. Two attendees volunteered to help with refreshments for the June meeting. Thea mentioned that Tim McSwain had also helped by bringing coffee service to several of our meetings.

Three new guests in attendance.

Number in attendance was 19.

The meeting was adjourned @ 8:05.

Next meeting, Thursday, June 29th.