1/26/2022
Agenda
- All – Assessment of virtual membership meeting on January 8 and speaker Wei Cai of the Seattle Public Library (5 mins)
- We enjoyed the speaker. We were sorry to learn that she is retiring as she is a very dedicated librarian
- All – 2022 Board – Are job descriptions / work instructions complete for non-trustee positions? The new board positions will officially begin with the February Monthly Membership Meeting on February 9 (5 mins)
- President – Keegan Kathie
- VP – Alan Gerd
- Treasurer – Gerd Alan.
- Corresponding Sec – Anne Danielle.
- Recording Sec – Joan Anne
- Trustees – Danielle, Brett, Dorothy Erin, Jessica, Joan
- Everyone should be encouraged current bi-laws currently on rainierbeachcovmmunityclub.org website
- Kathie will send RCW guide lines protecting board members duties and legal responsibilities.
- we are required to sign a document that we do not have a conflict of interest
- Danielle will be sending emails for meetings reminders beginning 2/1
- Kathie asked if all board member would send their current email and phone numbers to Danielle
- All – Committee chairs (10 mins)
- committee chair need to be active members or trustees
- membership committee important in rebuilding membership and attendance at meetings
- Alan will continue to chair technology committee for an additional year
- membership chairs will reviewed at next board meeting
- Brett volunteered to support tech committee and be responsible for running zoom meetings
- All – Expectations for committees (10 mins)
- Committee chairs should be discussed at next board meeting with Prez nominating slate in March Member Meeting
- Kathie – Brainstorm 2022 planning: civic, community, social activities. What, when, lead person. (30 min)
- food truck event
- game night
- ping pong night
- community garage sale (swap meet)
- bridge to beach (grant?)
- garden tour
- harvest social
- arts and crafts market
- outdoor wine tasting
- continued participation in community events such as back pack distribution, HUB, CHAMPS, and boo bash
- self defense course
- seed swap and/or plant swap
- pet costume event
- themed movie night for fund raiser
- Keegan – Survey Status (5 min)
- survey designed to get feedback what type of events members would like to participate in
- Keegan updated survey to reflect feedback from previous version
- Keegan will send survey to Anne and Danielle before meeting and there will be a reminder in the meeting announcements
- Gerd – Financial status Gerd (5 min)
- We have another contract for a dance class
- Gerd posted detailed info
- Gerd received 2 additional rental requests
- Taxes are filed without an accountant
- Kathie – Board obligations (5 min)
- All – Other community groups RBCC participate in eg HUB, Emerson PTA, Kubota Garden (5 min)
- Tilth dinners
- CHAMPS
- Boo Bash
- West Hill Community Club
- Anne – Board approval of letter from RBCC to oppose building a service road through that park. See attached. (5 mins)
- letter was reviewed with membership
- SPU is seriously reconsidering creating road due to community pressure
- Friends of Dead Horse Canyon will be part of planning for future of canyon
- Danielle – Garden Tour 2022 (5 mins)
- garden tour date hasn’t been determined but will occur this spring
- committee on board to repeat last years effort
- Alan – Google Drive Updates (5 mins)
- Added Harvest Social planning doc under Social Chair in Google Drive
- Added Nominating Committee doc under Board and Committee chair in Google Drive
- Added Tom’s RBCC website menu writeup to Technology Chair in Google Drive
- Perhaps the new Corresponding Chair (Danielle) can update Mailchimp doc with updated screenshots?
- Alan – Brendan Works Waters planting project update (5 mins)
- Brendan had someone from city that he does not need permit to plant flowers or shrubs. We can help be a fiscal sponsor and support if we get grant by purchasing shrubs and soil.
- Alan will forward email to Kathie to review info from Brendan
- Alan – Treasurer stuff completed prior to official handoff (5 mins)
- all done
- Alan – Perhaps next board meeting depending but possible Zoom hosts for 2022 besides Alan – Help start meetings and handle letting people in, watch chat (5 mins)
- Brett volunteered to assist.
- Agenda items for February member meeting (5 mins)
- intro new board
- survey and link
- solicit member participation in committees
- dead horse canyon update
Future speakers:
- February (confirmed) – Afua Kouyate, Founder and Executive Director, ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop, a non-profit organization that is central to youth and families within and surrounding Seattle communities. It provides year-round various interactive activities that engage serves and have available West African experiences, both academically and socially to all generations.
- March –
- Future ideas:
- New RV Food Bank location (Danielle) Brett will ask his wife for suggestions about who to reach out to as no one responded to Danielle
- Legislative Assistant for Teresa Mosqueda to talk on zoning policies and impact on RB (Anne)
- Adam Smith – Airport noise (Kathie)
- Clean Crew (Danielle / Dorothy)
- Jennie Frankl (Dorothy)
- Sharon Lee, tiny houses (Danielle) will contact Kathie for additional resources if needed
- Cody Nelson from SPU
Board Members in Attendance
Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure
Brett Boyton Kathie Weibel Anne Nolan
Joan Krueger
Standing Items
- Call to order
- Introduction of guests or new members
- Approve minutes from last month’s member meeting (Membership Meeting Minutes)
- Corresponding Secretary report (Anne) Letter to be approved for work in
- Reports of standing and special committees
- Membership (Brett) nothing to report
- Building (Gerd) nothing to report
- Finance (Gerd)
- Balances Jan 12 2022
- Savings account $27,265.16
- Checking account $ 7,194.96
- TOTAL $34,460.12
- RBCC has been paid by self defense class thru August
- $377 donated from Arts and Crafts Fair
- Following today’s election Su Harambe, Gerd Prewett, and Alan Ross will have authority to sign checks for RBCC
- Technology (Alan) nothing to report
- Social (Danielle) nothing to report
Old Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Shout-out to Alan for all of his work to make the Arts and Crafts event a success!
- Alan acknowledged artists donating money to help support
New Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- 2022 Board Election. Here are the open positions and candidates which were all elected by secret ballot:
- JoAnn thanked Danielle and Alan serving on committee and everyone for stepping up to run for and hold office
- President – Kathie Weibel
- Vice Pres – Gerd Prewett
- Treasurer – Alan Ross
- Corresponding Secretary – Danielle McClure
- Recording Secretary – Anne Nolan
- Trustees:
- Erin Rizzo Mich
- Jessica Reisman
- Joan Krueger
- 2022 Budget Update
Guest Speaker – Link to speaker presentation
Wei Cai, Regional Manager of the Seattle Public Library, updated members on recent changes in the library system including tutoring, the new metal boxes, copying policies and the cancellation of the book sale (and whether it has impacted revenue).
Announcements (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Champs Resource & Service Center is working with the City of Seattle and the community to develop the Rainier Beach Skatepark. They seek to create a state of the art, family and mixed-use, free public skatepark (non-electric wheels) that will bring community together to gather, learn, ride skateboards, scooters, inline skates, and BMX bikes. They need our support!
- Letter to SPU with Concerns about Taylor Creek project’s plan for a 12’ service road through Dead Horse Canyon’s park. See draft below
Adjourn
Next meeting is February 9 – Featured Speaker
Adefua Kouyate of Rainier Valley Creative District. Launched in 2021 and located in Columbia City, RVCD’s mission is to establish an active arts and culture coalition that advocates for Rainier Valley’s artistic and cultural community by fostering collaboration, boosting collective visibility and addressing economic inequity.
DEAD HORSE CANYON DRAFT
Date: January __, 2022
To: Michael Yadrick, Seattle Parks & Recreation
Cc: Cody Nelson (SPU), Tammy Morales
From: Rainier Beach Community Club
Re: Concerns about SPU Project in Dead Horse Canyon
Rainier Beach Community Club (RBCC) is a long-standing organization in and for our neighborhood. We have over 100 members and our mission is to enhance and maintain the quality of life for residents of the Rainier Beach community through civic, service and community building activities.
Dead Horse Canyon is a beloved urban forest sanctuary for our neighborhood. We live next to the park and are invested in its long-term health and preservation. Our members have taken a keen interest in SPU’s Taylor Creek Restoration Project and in July 2021, Cody Nelson of SPU provided RBCC members a progress report.
Since then, we have been advised of a couple of potential SPU actions that are of concern to us, most notably, the proposed 12’ wide road over the current footpath which we believe will result in the loss of mature trees and recently planted native shrubs. It will also disturb wildlife and further erode an already steep and hilly slope. In short we fear that it will permanently alter the character of Dead Horse Canyon and urge serious consideration of alternative methods of transporting material using the existing trail.
Further, we ask SPU to keep the park as open and accessible as possible throughout the project. We also request that the Taylor Creek restoration project allocate funds for repairing the Bangor access trail and the Rustic Hairpin work party access trail to make them safer.
As stakeholders of Dead Horse Canyon, RBCC would like to continue to get periodic updates from SPU (our member meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm) as well as ongoing opportunities to provide input.
We look forward to hearing back from you and a fruitful relationship. Please contact our Corresponding Secretary __________ at RainierBeachCommunityClub@gmail.com to set up a progress report to our members and answer any questions that you might have.
Board Members in Attendance
Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Gerd Prewett
Anne Nolan Danielle McClure Joan Krueger
Kathie Weibel Dorothy Driver
Agenda
- Assessment of virtual membership meeting on December 8 and speaker Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington.
- presentation was not recorded as per speakers request
- Nominees for 2022 Board
- President – Kathie
- VP – Gerd
- Treasurer – Alan.
- Corresponding Sec – Danielle.
- Recording Sec – Anne
- Trustees – Erin, Jessica and Joan
ELECTION DATE 1/12/2022
- Thank you to the committee for organizing slate
- Voting must be done in private. Need quorum (15) people to vote
- Huzzah to Alan for his work in the Arts and Crafts event!
We received $395 in donations from artists as per request
- Letter from RBCC (with text provided by Friends of Deadhorse Canyon) to oppose building a service road through that park. PDF of said letter is attached.
- Anne will edit letter and submit to board for review
- Reminder that “work instructions” for Treasurer, Secretaries and other Board roles need to be finalized and loaded to Google Drive by end of January.
- reviewed responsibility of each position to be included in google drive folder
- Gerd will show Alan how to access grant info for future use and include in google drive
- Alan will check with Ruth or Luz to confirm if list for harvest social exists.
- Keegan will add art work for all posters he’s made and will add them to drive folder
- Speakers for February and beyond.
- Alan will reach out to Afua Kouyati (RV Creative District) February
- Danielle will follow up with RV food bank tomorrow
- Danielle Jackson of Champs (Anne) Later in spring
- Adam Smith- (Kathie) Airport noise for March
- Jennie Frankel (Dorothy)
- Rainier Beach Merchants Association (Dorothy)
- (Danielle) will find email for person from someone from local tiny house community
- Agenda items for January member meeting:
- Vote for 2022 Board
- update on budget (Gerd)
- dead horse canyon letter of support
- skate park announcement
- present survey (Keegan) and include link in meeting announcement
Future speakers:
- Confirmed January – Wei Cai, Regional Manager of the Seattle Public Library, will update members on recent changes in the library system including tutoring, the new metal boxes, copying policies and the cancelation of the book sale (and whether it has impacted revenue).
- Future ideas:
- Erin – LA for Teresa Mosqueda to talk on zoning policies and impact on RB (Anne). This should be for 2Q22.
12/08/2021
Board members In Attendance
Keegan O’Connor Anne Nolan Kathie Weibel
Alan Ross Brett Boynton Gerd Prewett
Joan Krueger Danielle McClure
MEETING AGENDA
Standing Items
- Call to order
- Introduction of guests or new members
- Approve minutes from last month’s member meeting (Membership Meeting Minutes)
- October 2021 minutes approved
- November 2021 minutes approved
- Corresponding Secretary report (Anne) nothing to report
- Reports of standing and special committees
- Membership (Brett) nothing to report
- Building
- Finance – (Gerd) 2021 Year-End Budget Update
- balances as of 12/08/2021
- savings $ 27,264.74
- checking $ 6,795.77
- TOTAL $ 34,060.51
projected for 2022
- income $11,356
- expenses $14,761
- projected loss $ 3,405
budget is approved for 2021
- Technology (Alan) nothing to report
- SOcial (Danielle) nothing to report
Old Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Virtual Arts and Crafts Event Update
- https://rainierbeachcommunityclub.org/events/arts-and-crafts-market/
- Virtual Event: Wednesday, November 24 through Saturday, December 18
- Pop Up Sale: Saturday, December 4, 11am – 2pm
- 11 artists participated in pop up event
- it was successful in spite of weather
New Business (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- 2022 Board Candidate Update – Open positions include: President, VP, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary and Trustees. The nomination/election process for 2022 RBCC Board is as follows:
- December 8 – Slate of candidates identified (Alan) slate presented
President: Kathie Weibel
Vice President: Gerd Prewett
Treasurer: Alan Ross
Recording Secretary: Anne Nolan
Corresponding Secretary: Danielle Mcclure
2 year Trustee: Erin Rizzo
2 year Trustee: Jessica Reisman
1 year Trustee: OPEN (filling Danielle’s 2nd year)
2 year Trustee: (2nd year) Brett Boynton
- January 5- Vote
- February 9 – 2022 RBCC Board terms begin
- Seattle Department of Transportation is seeking immediate neighborhood feedback by its 12/15 City Council presentation on its pilot scooter share program. The city saw over 200,000 unique riders take over 1.4 million trips. While the Dept. advocates improvements going forward such as keeping scooters from blocking sidewalks, there’s been strong use in income-qualified plans and a successful partnership with Outdoors for All which offered adaptive cycling experiences.
Featured Speaker
Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington updated us on zero waste initiatives that have been passed in 2021 and on future policy issues in the areas of reducing plastic waste and plastic pollution, tackling food waste and addressing climate change. Zero Waste Washington is a statewide nonprofit organization that works to make trash obsolete. They work in partnership with numerous community groups, ngos and others to help get laws passed at the city, county and state level.
Announcements (Please Keep Comments to 1 Minute)
- Ed Gow updated us that Seattle Parks Department plans to put a road through Dead Horse Canyon to carry supplies to install and move materials. People can contact Cody Nelson at Seattle Parks Department and Public Utilities to identify other options rather than constructing a large road. The community should consider writing a letter to the parks department and public utilities asking that road not be installed. Ed Gow will provide information to the board. The details will be reviewed at the next board meeting and they will report back at the next general meeting.
Adjourn
Next meeting is January 12 – Featured Speaker
Wei Cai, Regional Manager of the Seattle Public Library, will update members on recent changes in the library system including tutoring, the new metal boxes, copying policies and the cancelation of the book sale (and whether it has impacted revenue).
11/24/2021
Board Members Present
Keegan O”Connor Alan Ross Anne Nolan
Gerd Prewett Kathie Weibel Brett Boyton
Dorothy Driver Danielle McClure
Joan Krueger
Agenda
- Assessment of virtual membership meeting on November 13.
- Kathie didn’t mail zoom info to speaker. She rescheduled
- Update from Alan on 2022 Board Nominating Committee.
- Danielle and JoAnn need more time to reach out to neighbors to join
- Nominating Committee will propose slate for December meeting
- Update from Alan on Arts and Crafts event?
- Thank you to Alan for all the work
- Art show is live on line
- Mail chimp will be sent
- Media set up with
- Alan will ask for artists to consider donating to RBCC if they are able.
- Status of RBCC membership survey. Next steps?
- Keegan will complete survey by next board meeting and prepare to have it sent out in January
- Reminder that “work instructions” for Treasurer, Secretaries and other Board roles need to be finalized and loaded to Google Drive by end of January.
- Alan and Keegan are available to help if anyone needs
- Review and approval by the Board of the proposed 2022 budget. The fiscal year is January 1 through December 31st so it makes sense to have membership approval of the 2022 budget at the December meeting.
- Gerd reviewed proposed budget plan
- Optimistically planning to be able rent again in April
- Budget approved pending presentation to membership
- Speakers for February and beyond
- Danielle will reach out to Rainier Beach Food Bank
- Reviewed policy of person to thank speaker
- Brett reached out to principal, Erin Rasmussen of Emerson school .
- Teresa Mosqueda assistant to discuss rezoning. Anne will follow up
- Kathie will try to reach out about new airport plans
- Agenda items for December member meeting
- budget
- arts and crafts review
- board slate presentation
Future speakers:
- Confirmed December – Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington will update us on zero waste initiatives that have been passed in 2021 and on future policy issues in the areas of reducing plastic waste and plastic pollution, tackling food waste and addressing climate change. Zero Waste Washington is Agenda