4H, Appointment of Arlene Mitchell

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List any Civic, Professional, and Community Activity involvement. Volunteer at City of Arden Hills (Communications Committee); Unity Christ Church (member of Board of Trustees 2006-2009, assistant treasurer 1 yr, treasurer 2 years; currently member of Finance Committee); Augsburg College (Masters student mentor). Why do you want to be on a committee? First, I think that I can make a useful contribution to the committee's work. Second, I see this as an opportunity for me to learn about the financial concerns and challenges of governmental organizations. And third, but not least, I care about my city and want to contribute to its continued strength. What skills, strengths, or abilities do you believe you will add to the committee? I believe that I bring useful, practical experience to this committee's work. My experience as church treasurer taught me a lot about budgeting and financial decision -making in a non-profit organization. One of my final accomplishments as a board member was to create the charter for a financial committee for the church. My successor has now used that charter to successfully recruit for and create the finance committee. My professional experience as a project manager taught me about making budgets and project plans. Because most of my projects created technology/human systems that had to be sustainable over many years, I learned how to organizing things for the long run. My measure of a job well done was that, when the initial project was completed and I was moved on to the next project, the system that remained operated like a well-oiled machine: procedures were clear, training was available as turnover occurred, checks and balances were in place to ensure system integrity, and documentation was available to support current activities and to assist in the future when things needed to be modified to meet changing marketplace needs. List any additional comments. I plan to continue my membership on the city's Communications Committee; this would supplement that, not replace it. References. 1. Rev. Pat Williamson Unity Christ Church, 4000 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley MN 763-521-4793 revpat@unitychristchurch.org 2. Dr. Norma Noonan Augsburg College, Minneapolis noonan@augsburg.edu Please return this form along with a letter of interest and your current resume to: City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 Attn: Becky Brazys, Deputy Clerk Phone: 651.792.7800 Fax: 651.634.5137 City Committee Application Form Page 2 of 2