Category: Board Meeting Minutes

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.

Attendance:  Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Danielle McClure

Su Harambe Anne Nolan Brett Boyton Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger

Assessment of 7/8 meeting and speaker John Stafford presentation

• meeting was a success, new neighbors participated
• John Stafford was an interesting speaker and non remained non-partisan
• Will consider limiting speaking time of community members

Assessment of on line 7/11 Balderdash event and ideas for future events:

• not well attended
• Continuity of community events is important even if not well attended.
• More widely advertise through social media
• Zoom ice cream social August 22 7:00-8:00
• Future trivia games will be scheduled

Replacement of generator (Gerd):

• SU will go to building to confirm building is completely cleaned for new generator and shred old papers
• Su will reach out to Ron Angeles and they will order new generator
• She will inform Keegan and Gerd when order is placed
• Concerns for access during an earthquake were discussed. Once installed n basement  we will look for alternate location

Calendar update  (Gerd)

• Calendar still lists membership and girl scout meetings at club.  Membership meetings will be changed to reflect zoom status.  Girl scout meetings were removed from calendar.  
• Alan will reach out to Richard so he can update VFW use of building on calendar

Old Bank Statements: (Gerd)

• Su found old bank statements in the storage area.  We only need to save 7 years.  Older ones can be discardedGerd will contact Richard to identify a safe location for storage. She will coordinate with Donovan and Ron

Future Speakers:

Omari Sailsbury,

• Danielle reached out to Omari Sailsbury, a journalist fro Converge Media, who extensively covered the BLM movement and protests in May-June. He is interested  in possibly speaking at an RBCC meeting.  His perspective on what’s been happening in Seattle and Cap Hill has been thought provoking.  He would likely  draw a larger and perhaps more diverse crowd of our neighbors to meeting.  Danielle will contact him and ask if he would be willing to speak at our September meeting.

Ellen/Kubota Gardens: (Alan)

• Jackie O’Ryan was the liaison between Kubota gardens and RBCC. She received a letter with the long term plan for the garden. Alan will reach out to Jackie.  We would like to have a guest speaker from Kubota to share the long term plan.
• Kubota will donate book once we can meet again in person

Speaker to discuss city plans for sewer, water, and electric upgrades

• idea defeated

Marcus Green

• Danielle will reach out and ask if he is interested i speaking or ask for suggestions for additional speakers.

Other items:

• Su found old meeting minutes.  We will try to preserve them and create archive on website

Agenda items for 7/8 meeting:

• Upcoming social event 8/22
• Generator fund > update on fund raiser $200/$500 raised through donations 
• Reschedule of harvest social
• Arts and Crafts show  (Dorothy) > call for artists, zoom event for artists to discuss plans, will be modified and held on line this year. 

Guest Speaker August meeting:

Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation. The SSE Program improves public access, protects unique views, enhances habitat, supports maritime industry and fosters stewardship to create long-lasting assets.  Omar will introduce the SSE program and proposed ordinance. 

Attendance:  Keegan O’Connor Alan Ross Anne Nolan

Su Harambe Gerd Prewett Danielle McClure

Brett Boyton Dorothy Driver Joan Krueger

Assessment of  6/10 meeting:

• meeting was a success, new neighbors participated
• Mark Solomon was an interesting speaker 

Assessment of on line trivia 6/20 event and ideas for future events:

• small group attended but it was an enjoyable event
• can future event include working in teams in break out rooms
• More widely advertise through social media
• Danielle volunteered to spear head next event 7/11 7:30-9:00

New website status:

• Potential launch 7/1
• all minutes are current
• Tim sent photos, Alan created back up

Seahawk Tickets:  (Gerd)

• Rodney GIvens was approached about donating Seahawk tickets as raffle for Harvest Social 
• Due to corona virus concerns Harvest Social and Football are questionable
• Decided to pass on tickets

Generator: (Gerd)

• The generator is an essential factor in community safety in the event of an emergency
• Insurance money for replacement received
• $166 in donations toward $500 deductible
• Will mention at general meeting and ask for donations
• Gerd will contact Richard to identify a safe location for storage. She will coordinate with Donovan and Ron

Annual report: (Gerd)

• Gerd filed annual report with State of Washington

July Speaker: (Keegan)

• John Stafford will present information about 37th District Democrats
• He is currently running for office to represent that district
• As a non-partisan organization we need to clarify that his prevention will be non-partisan
• The language of our next meeting will reflect that he is going to present a non-partisan overview of the legislation session
• Keegan will email Kathy to confirm that this is clear

Future Speakers:

• Omar from shoreline street to present update on culvert replacement
• Does Kathy have other speakers lined up? 

Ellen/Kubota Gardens: (Alan)

• Kubota gardens would like to donate Kubota Garden book to RBCC
• we will make it available to borrow when in person meetings resume

Agenda items for 7/8 meeting:

• Rainier Beach Economic Round Table > Natalya is no longer able to attend meetings, is someone available to attend?
• Upcoming social event 7/11
• Generator fund > Gerd will ask Ron to present a 5 minute call to action to explain need for generator
• Website launch via screen share
• Ask for guest speaker suggestions
• Ask for ideas for social events