I agree with everything both Kristina and Julia say. It’s really important to
note that many people in the neighborhood are not on these communications
(email or Facebook). And most of those who are seem confused. We too thought
the map was for October 31st.
You can’t move Halloween folks… it’s October 31st and that’s when people plan
to trick-or-treat. fNow gathering the whole neighborhood to a street/block for
a Saturday block party… well that just sounds awesome!
On a personal note, last year was amazing because people brought the party to
their driveways (kudos to COVNA for encouraging and creating a map) and not the
traditional knocking. I’d still love to see this happen again on Halloween.
There weren’t more or less participating houses than we’ve seen in the past,
just more visible and engaging because people were out.
Kristina, if you need help re-polling the neighborhood, let me know. We are
very well versed in creating surveys that drive good data for better decision
making. That being said, this may be a bit late given the two week timeline.
But here to help if you need it.
-Soly
On Oct 16, 2021, 9:31 PM -0500, Kristina Libbey <libbey.kristina@xxxxxxxxx>,
wrote:
Hi everyone-
Just throwing this out there, is it possible to re-poll the neighborhood?
In short, if the neighborhood is wanting to explore Halloween as an
opportunity for community building and connection I think we need to keep the
holiday as inclusive as possible.
I know the initial email received a good amount of responses, but it seems
like the question limited options. It also didn’t include the many people in
our neighborhood not on the mailing list. We have a whole community that is
only on the FB page as well as many who do not participate in either forum…
they might be left feeling pretty excluded and confused when kids are running
around on the 30th.
I understand tricker-treating has historically been uneventful in the
neighborhood (for numerous reasons) and week night Halloweens are
challenging, but this whole scenario seems a little confusing. Last year was
great and maybe that was a turning point for our neighborhood regardless of
the day of the week.
On a personal note - I am left feeling a little unsure about creating a candy
map because I’m not totally sure which responses apply to which night
anymore. I plan to move forward with Rachel’s help and hope it is only fun
for the neighborhood!
That was a longer thought than anticipated :) love our neighborhood and
excited to see how it turns out no matter what is decided!
-Kristina
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:50 PM Allison Klein <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks Annie, this makes sense to me! Appreciate the explanation.
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On Oct 16, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Annie Chang <spac1977@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I echo Rachel's sentiments. I really enjoyed last year's COVNA
Halloween stroll, getting to meet all of our neighbors and enjoying
everyone's creative costumes in the light of day. I would love to keep
this annual tradition on a Saturday since most years, Halloween is on a
weekday anyway. I think it would be too difficult for working parents
(myself included) to rush home during the Halloween years that are on
weekdays to participate in a daytime Halloween stroll if we decide to
always line our stroll up with the 31st. As everyone who lives here is
well aware, our hood isn't known for being well lit at night and from
past experience, that has really hampered our Halloween tunrout because
families don't feel comfortable letting their kiddos traverse our
streets at night with our extremely poorly lit streets. In years past,
our family as well as others in the neighborhood end up sending our
kids over to Marsh because the houses are closer together and it's
frankly safer, as its more well lit. And since we don't get many kids
knocking on our door anyway (because of the aforementioned reasons), I
just leave a bucket of candy on my front landing for the few kids that
come by. I can't tell you how many years we were left with bags of
leftover candy because of the poor turnout.
If we keep the COVNA stroll on a Saturday, I intend to send my kids
over to Marsh on Sunday as well and let them go wild over there. Feel
free to join us!
Annie Chang-McCormack on Barkwood
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[covna] Re: Huge Thank You for National Night Out
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From: Rachel Martinez Eismeier <rmeismeier@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [covna] Re: Huge Thank You for National Night Out
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:47:07 -0500
We will go with whatever, but the decision to make it on a Saturday was
a huge selling point for our friends and family to join us from further
in north Austin as it gave our little kiddos a Sunday to recuperate
before school on Monday. We’ll do whatever the consensus is but I hear
concerns of families with older kiddos and younger kiddos concerns.
But wait, can we have the fun table with shots again this year ;-)
Rachel on Ramblewood
On Oct 16, 2021, at 4:19 PM, tina bazur <cmbazur@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just my opinion but I personally like the last saturday of the month.
That way kids, parents and neighbors can enjoy the day. whether the
official halloween day is a saturday sunday etc... next year it's on
a monday. Not fun for kids or adults....I vote to keep it on
saturday.
Christine
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From: karen mattison <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/16/21 3:34 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: covna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [covna] Re: Huge Thank You for National Night Out
We are good for Saturday or Sunday for our event with tables and bags
of candy. Anything left from our event will probably be used for
Sunday night.
Karen
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On Oct 16, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Denise Sample <sample.denise@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I agree with Sarah, Allison, and Taya. If I could have voted for
10/31, I would have, but from what I remember from the survey, it
was a yes/no vote for trick or treating on Saturday so I voted no
because I would rather go all out on Sunday night. Hoping maybe we
can change the date to Sunday and start early for littles.
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 2:25 PM Amanda Melancon--
<amandafred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There was a survey conducted that Michelle shared the results from
I believe.
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 2:17 PM Allison Klein
<hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest we do early Sunday
tables/candy for little kiddos and socialization and then let
Halloween run it’s course as normal with others who plan to visit
the neighborhood.
Allison Klein
Relationship Manager at Freedom Financial Funds, LLC
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On Oct 16, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Taya Olivas <tayaeubanks@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I tend to agree with Sarah. I'm not down for two nights of
Halloween. I wish the board would have gauged the neighborhood
interest in setting tables up, as we did last year, on Halloween
night. If we do a "COVNA" event the day before Halloween, we're
all stuck with handing out candy two nights in a row, or being
one of those houses that turns their lights off on Halloween
night. That's no fun.
Taya on Queenswood
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 9:18 AM Rebecca Klier
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My understanding is the littles are heading out on
Saturday-earlier like we did last year and people can set out
tables for them to grab candy. Sunday is the evening bigger kids
and whomever else. 💀🕷🤡👻😈🎃👽☠️
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On Oct 15, 2021, at 10:15 PM, sblaine.wwj@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Sean,
I was just thinking things over about Halloween…..so we’re
doing a neighborhood Halloween trick or treat event the night
before Halloween, and then again doing Halloween the night
after? Im not sure I’m down for 2 nights of Halloween and I
know my kid isn’t going to want to miss the real Halloween
night. Are we substituting Saturday for Sunday? Sorry, but upon
further thought, I’m now confused. Lol
Thanks for any clarity you can provide.
Sarah
Sarah Blaine, BSN, RN
Licensed Paramedic
sblaine.wwj@xxxxxxxxx
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On Oct 8, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Summer Woodman McKinnon
<summerly77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Sean!
We will have goodies out for Halloween. 2405 Castledale, as
you know. :)
Thank you for including us on the map.
Summer
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 2:37 PM Sean McCormack--
<sean@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Neighbors,
On behalf of the board, I'd like to sincerely thank everyone
who made it out to National Night Out and especially thank
Xan, Matt and Vivian for hosting and opening up their home.
The Austin Code Enforcement officers were awesome and the
fire truck at the end of the night made for a really great
evening. Both told me that we had one of the evening's best
turnouts. The residents of COVNA are truly the reason why
this is such a great neighborhood.
So on to the future. Halloween. The kids (and some adults) I
spoke to on Tuesday sounded pretty excited. REMINDER: We are
going to have our COVNA event on Saturday (time TBA) 10/30.
What we did last year was neighbors set up tables or
tailgates at their driveways to give treats away. Laying
treats out on a table minimizes touching and keeps things
moving along. I encourage you to get creative with your
decorations and set ups. If you are participating, please let
me know your name and address and we'll include you on a map
that we'll send out.
Have you paid your COVNA dues? I want to continue having
great events in the future and we can really use your
support. Please consider donating and/or volunteering. Click
HERE to learn how.
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Thank you again and please let me know if there is anything I
can help you out with.
Sean
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