Attendance:
Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure,
Su Harambe Anne Nolan Brett Boyton
Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger Gerd Prewett
Assessment of 8/12 meeting and speaker Omar Akkari presentation on SSE
- One participant seemed to have control of meeting. In the future members will be muted until meeting begins
- Norfolk seems like a desirable community project to reclaim water access
- Su wrote to Omar to ask how we get permission to begin to create public access. There was no response. She will follow up
Assessment of online Ice Cream Social and ideas for future social events
- event was successful, 1 hour was a good amount of time, 1 new participant
- Next event “winetober” 10/17 Anne will provide a list of adjectives to help people describe their wine
Different publicity needed for September speaker? (Alan)
- board members will reach out to friends
- link will be set up on RBCC facebook page
- FB event page
- Tom will reach out on instagram
- separate email to announce speaker
- Danielle will follow up and confirm speaker
Update on tech needs for Arts and Crafts
- Tom and Alan will set up spiffy for event, need to clarify who is responsible for making sure buyer receives items
- page on RBCC website with all info for vendors and products
- youth participation encouraged
- event will be held 12/5
Kubota Garden book received (Alan)
- book is available for board members to share
- will be available to everyone when in person meetings resume
Worst case scenario from a financial perspective
- Worst case assumes we cannot have any activities (therefore no income) until our lease expires 7/31/2022. IF we have no income and our current monthly and annual expenses (and no surprises) our balance will be $26,133 when our lease expires. This is a few hundred dollars less than we inherited from the Women’s Club when the club was revived.
- We’ve had no income since March. Our expenses are rent, 50% of wifi, monthly zoom meeting fee, insurance, form 990 preparation for IRS, annual fees to the City of Seattle, State of Washington, and domain registration for website. Current insurance total cost per year is $1175.
- We discussed ideas for generating income
Future Speakers after October?
- Keegan will reach out to Kathie.
- Voter outreaches actions we can do in our neighborhood (must be non political)
Agenda items for September meeting
- Arts and Crafts Event
- Wintober 10/17
- Deadline to register to vote
Future Guest Speakers
- September 9- Omar Salisbury is an independent journalist and media professional with Seattle-based Coverage Media, a leading producer of culturally relevant content in the Pacific Northwest. Salisbury will be sharing his experience and perspective as a journalist in the mask of the Seattle BLM movement, downtown protests, and the rise and fall of the CHOP, as he continues to report daily on the quickly shifting event in the city
- October9- Kubota Garden Master Plan Update- In 2019, the Kubota Garden Foundation funded the Kubota Garden Master Plan Update, hiring consultants to lead a broad community and city outreach process to help assess the current garden and provide guidance tor its future design and development. KGF Board President Joy Okazaki and the consultant team will join us to present their finding and highlight some of the recommendations to guide improvements to the garden for the next 20-30 years.