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PNA Elections – Changing of the Guard

The PNA annual meeting in February brought some changes in personnel for the organization. Each officer serves for a two-year term, with two of the four offices being filled each year. Up for election this year were the posts of Vice President and Secretary. We’re pleased to have Melinda Toumi as the new PNA Vice President and Norma Pierce and Kim Heck as the Co-Secretaries and assistant media coordinators. These new officers join Pat Miller and Linda Bush who are, respectively, the current President and Treasurer for PNA, with two-year terms extending to February 2015.

We also want to send a special thanks to Jim Miller who stepped in mid-term last year to aptly serve as PNA’s Vice President and to Harry Miller who served as PNA’s Secretary for the past five years.

Please extend your congratulations to Melinda, Norma and Kim, as well as your thanks for a job well done by Jim and Harry.

 

March 18, 2014 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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• Changing our Neighborhood Name

  Our neighborhood name of “Pinckney” was recently changed to “Pinkney.” This change occurred because Pinckney with a ‘c’ was associated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War general who signed the Constitution and who also was a slaveholder who believed slavery was fundamental to the American way of life (he owned a large plantation in South Carolina). Given this problematic history, neighborhood residents voted to change our neighborhood name. To learn more about the year-long process, go to our dedicated webpage. The final round of voting ultimately landed on the name of “Pinkney” in honor of William Pinkney, who gave a famous anti-slavery speech in 1789.