Meeting Minutes
Board Members
Christine Laliberte, Brooks Barth, Nikki Ricks, Allan Whiting
Neighbors
n/a
Speakers or Guests
n/a
Action Items
CL - Emailing NECN to help with election next month. Sending out the elections e-newsletter. Creating a board elections flyer in Canva.
BB - Applying for PPF $2k grant
NR - Updating website with some pictures
AGENDA
Review PP&R feedback about competing food item email we got from Jed Arkley
Review our budget (from Charlotte)
Taking Ownership volunteering/organizing for Vernon house
Review Website
Board election discussion for Oct 19th meeting
Engage Jona from NECN to join?
Do we want to renew Zoom in Dec?
Explain how we have to help KNA sign in, should we pay for our own account or keep splitting, or meet in person, etc?
Long message thread at vnaboard@gmail.com with Subject:"Emergency Calls for Combined Efforts of Neighborhoods NOW"
E-newsletter for Oct 2022 elections
Include movie in the park & thank our sponsors
Include recap of historical walking tours
Highlight donation possibilities
Highlight new website design
MEETING SUMMARY
Allan - NECN
Review on the report. The board is shifting to cochairs, a couple of new board members. Allan shared the status of VNA with NECN. Allan not knowing how long he would be a liaison to NECN but unsure since our bylaws are now more casual.
Christine suggested adding it to the elections to chat about if anyone is interested in taking over the liaison position.
Review PP&R feedback about competing food item email we got from Jed Arkley
There was some feedback that we had free popsicles that were competing with the ice cream vendor but the vendor didn’t end up having an issue with it. We will try and be more aware of that in the future.
Wanted PP&R to highlight the funding needs in the future and it sounds like they will be doing that
Review our budget (from Charlotte)
Going over grants received over the years.
We have ~$600 in surplus currently in profit
We have ~$50 money to spend at Collage if we need it and leftover supplies from the movie in the park.
Taking Ownership volunteering/organizing for Vernon house
Bob was needing some work done and it seems that Taking Ownership may or may not be able to. Angie could maybe have more of an update next month.
Review Website
Talking about updating the website. Some feedback on events, donation edits and changes
Do we want to renew Zoom in Dec?
Explain how we have to help KNA sign in, should we pay for our own account or keep splitting, or meet in person, etc?
Zoom deadline is coming up in December. We could apply for the communications website again that’s $500 which would offset those costs
Trying to figure out how to do hybrid effectively. We’ll still think about options
Board election discussion for Oct 19th meeting
Christine emailing NECN to help oversee the election process
Christine is planning on stepping down, is happy to be available for answering questions and passing the torch
Chatted about next month and having more flexibility with roles and duties
Allan is also considering his board position as well. He’s impressed with NECN and feels he’s been able to see some interesting changes happening there.
Brooks is happy to stay on the board - but doesn’t know if he could be relied upon to maintain the email and newsletter
What do we need to do to ensure the group moves forward? Figuring out a change in structure.
Long message thread at vnaboard@gmail.com with Subject:"Emergency Calls for Combined Efforts of Neighborhoods NOW"
If someone wants to read through and respond to be involved with other neighborhood association
E-newsletter for Oct 2022 elections
Include movie in the park & thank our sponsors
Include recap of historical walking tours
Highlight donation possibilities
Highlight new website design
Portland Parks Foundation - $2k Grant
Deadline is October 15th
Brooks will submit an application for PPF grant
Free bystander training
Email about what to do if you see someone being harassed. Maybe this could be a cool board activity
