July 18, 2023 Minutes – North Tabor Neighborhood Association

July 18, 2023 | 6:30 PM

Community of Christ Church (4837 NE Couch St)

6:30 Welcome & Introductions.
6:35 Call to Order – Board Meeting

BOARD MEMBER ATTENDANCE:

Kim Bandy	Present
Kimbra Kasch	Present
Lars Kasch	Present
Lisa Maddocks	Absent
Patty Lackaff	Present
Robert Jordan	Present
Ross Hiner	Present
Sarah Mongue	Present
Suzanne Gardner	Absent

Also in attendance were Tim and Clarene Bottler from Father’s House. Kim Bandy logged in late and was not present for some of the voting. This was a hybrid meeting, with Robert, Ross and the Bottlers physically present at the Community of Christ Church, and the others joining electronically, thus we had a quorum. There was a scheduling conflict for the use of our normal room, but we were able to meet in the church’s conference room. In the future, we must make sure to deconflict the schedule.

6:40 Review Agenda – Call for new business
6:45 Approval of May & June Minutes

Motions to approve for each month were made separately by Robert, seconded by Patty. Votes to approve passed 5 ayes, no opposed, one abstention.

6:55 Board Membership Review

Status of Board member Suzanne, who has missed 3+ consecutive meetings, was discussed. The issue is that with absent members we have not made quorum on several occasions. Robert will contact Suzanne and ask if she still plans to be active on the Board.
Patty has stepped down as Treasurer and passed the ownership of the account to Sarah, temporarily, until a new Treasurer is selected.
Robert moved, and Kimbra seconded, to add Gail Morris to the Board. Vote was 6 ayes, no opposed, to do so. Gail was not present, but indicated that she was willing to become the new Treasurer.
Robert moved and Kimbra seconded appointing Gail the new Treasurer. Vote was unanimously in favor. Sarah and Gail will coordinate to add Gail as an owner of the account to complete the transfer from Patty.

7:05 Committee Reports

Treasurer’s Update (Patty) – only transactions were $50 to Oregon DOS for our annual fee, and a $1498.83 check sent to Mount Tabor NA for their half of the proceeds from the clean-up event.
Land Use & Transportation (Lars) – no current issues reported
Communications Update (Kimbra) – Adding of information to the newsletter about Danish Festival was discussed. Kim B mentioned the HONK PDX Music Fest (https://honkpdx.org/) that will be taking place this coming weekend (too late to include in the Newsletter, but taking place in adjacent neighborhood to us.)
SE Uplift Update (Kim B) – SEUL has obtained additional grant money ($10-12K) and might add topics of Civic Engagement and Climate Justice to the types of applications that could be considered. SEUL committees have expanded and NTNA residents could consider joining them – the committees are open to anyone in the SEUL area, not specific to Neighborhood Associations.

7:25 New Business

September 19 NTNA meeting – Emergency Preparedness Summit – It was suggested that the August Board meeting be cut down to the minimum required, with most of the time spent for planning the September meeting, devoted to Emergency Preparedness. Robert and Ross will contact possible presenters. Outreach will take place at the two upcoming Block Parties – a private one open to the community taking place July 22 on Flanders between 56th and 57th from 2–8 PM, and the Father’s House event on August 19 (10-3PM). NTNA will have a table at the Father’s House event. See https://www.northtabor.org/calendar-month-view/ for further announcements

7:35 Meeting Adjourns

Robert moved and Sarah seconded the adjournment of the meeting. Vote was unanimous.