Any person may participate as a Member of the Davis Square Neighborhood Council who:
Resides within ½ mile of the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Receives support services within the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Is employed at a business located within the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Operates a business located within the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Owns real estate within the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Regularly volunteers at an organization/agency located within the Neighborhood Boundaries; or
Is determined to have a genuine local interest by a majority vote of the Board.
To participate in DSNC meetings or votes, participants need to become official members by completing a form (below) with their name, address, email address, and qualifying Member criteria. Alternatively it is possible to participate as a non-member. Non-members may still join and participate on the DSNC mailing list and attend and participate fully in DSNC meetings, with the exception of voting.
Members shall not be charged dues or any other membership fees.
To apply for membership, fill out this application form, and show one of the verification documents to a board member or authorized representative (listed below) at a meeting, the after-meeting socializing, or at an arranged time and date. To set up a verification meeting with a board member, email the board.
Current verification opportunities:
Ongoing, EVERY DAY at Boston Tattoo Company from 12:00pm - 8:00pm Monday through Saturday and Sundays 12:00pm to 5:00pm with Jason Zube's team.
Board members (Elaine F. Almquist, Chris Beland, PJ Kim-Santos, Zev Pogrebin, Carmen Phillips, Jack Connolly, Jason Zube, Louisa Bissett, and Paul Christie) and Election Committee members (Michèle Hansen, Emily B, Emily Lacika, Sara Oaklander, Hala Jadallah, Rebecca Rogers, and Ed Woll) are authorized to verify prospective new members' eligibility.
Most of our meeting notices, notes, announcements, and discussion happens in our Google Group. Join it now.
Our community is lively! You may want to set your membership settings to "Digest" when you join to get one email per day.
Check your email for a message from elaine.almquist@gmail.com. It either has a subject line of:
"Your DSNC voting membership has been verified"
"DSNC Voting Membership: Need additional information", or
starts with "DSNC Voting Membership:" and includes information about not qualifying for membership with the information given.
If you are still unsure if you are a voting member, please email dsnc-board-2025@googlegroups.com and we will reply with your status.