Category: Member Meeting Minutes

Board Members in Attendance:

Keegan O’Connor Su Harambe Alan Ross Danielle McClure

Brett Boynton Gerd Prewett Joan Krueger

Featured Speaker – Link to speakr presentation

Featured Speaker: Omari Salisbury is the COO and Founder of Converge Media, a leading producer of content for black and urban audiences. The son of the first black-owned photography studio in the Northwest, Omari Salisubry hails from a long line of visual storytellers. 52 countries and counting, Omari is a true global citizen working in media across the continent of Africa, the middle east, and Europe for Media Zone, Clouds Media Group, and Status Communications. No matter where Omari finds himself across the globe, he will always call Seattle home. Omari is a proud native of Seattle’s Central District and a graduate of James A. Garfield High School.  Omari’s email is omari@whereweconverge.com.  He is willing to help bring attention to necessary community concerns.  

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Standing Items:

• Call to order
• Introduction of guests or new members
• Approve minutes from last month’s member meeting (2020 Membership Meeting Minutes) 
• Corresponding Secretary report:  (Anne) absent
• Reports of standing and special committees
  • Membership: Nothing
  • Building: VFW  (Su) annual dinner will be pick up dinner.  Keegan will share info 
  • Finance (Gerd) 

• Account Balances:
• Savings: $27,257.13, 
• Checking: $10,292.18, 
• Deposit: .81 
• We have no income

• Social – (Danielle) October 17 from 7-8pm will be our first virtual  (ZOOM) WineFest. Have your favorite wine or other beverage on hand and be prepared to describe it (Anne will provide fun adjectives/descriptors to help you find just the right word(s)!  
• Technology (Alan) working on on-line arts and crafts market

Old Business:

• Any membership feedback on last month’s presentation by Omar Akkari on Seattle Street Ends (SSE). 
  • Interesting to learn areas that might be available for direct water access
  • (Vicky) Cooper Street end park
• The Arts and Crafts Fair will be a Facebook event running from late November through mid-December.  Details will soon follow on deadlines and how it will run. (Keegan)
  • Arts and Crafts fair will be virtual event.
  • Facebook event

New Business :

Love Your Lands Campaign – Sept 19-26 Does anyone in RBCC want to sign up for a project? Details at https://mtsgreenway.org/get-involved/npld/  (Keegan)

• Local clean up projects
• can sign up as group

• Any more announcements?
• Alvin Edwards has 500 masks available.  
• He can be contacted at Alvin.Edwards@500Seattle.gov

Board Members in Attendance

In Attendance: Keegan O’Connor  Anne Nolan Su Harambe 

Alan Ross Dorothy Driver Brett Boynton 

Gerd Prewett Joan Krueger Danielle McClure 

Standing Items:

• Call to order
• Introduction of guests or new members (none in attendance)
• Approve minutes from last meeting
• Corresponding Secretary (Anne): nothing to report
• Reports from committees
  • Membership: no updates
  • Building:  (Su)VFW reduced our rent by 50% because we are unable to rent do to COVID
  • Finance:  (Gerd) balances:
    • Savings $27,256.61, Checking $10,015.48, Deposit Acct $0.81,
    • new generator purchased $330 raised from donations to cover deductible
    • Ron Angeles and VFW offered to donate additional monies to cover $550 deductible
    • New generator has been ordered and will be stored inside the building
  • Social:  (Danielle) virtual ice cream social 8/22/2020 7-8 pm, everyone welcome and encouraged to attend
  • Technology: (Alan) New website is easy to navigate and looks great.  Alan updated with COVID info, email any feedback to http://rainierbeachcommunityclub.org. Thank you to Tom and Alan 

Old Business:

• Update on generator fund (see above)
• Feedback on last month’s presentation by John Stafford on the highlights of last legislative session
  • informative 
  • suggestion was made to have an overview of the legislative session annually
• Winners of the 2020 Rainier Beach Community Clean Up Challenge
  • 1st place: Tyrone and Yvette Kenny
  • 2nd place: Ron Angelis
  • 3rd place: Dave Merrill

New Business:

• Harvest Social will be postponed until we cancel together safely (maybe spring celebration potluck)
• Arts and Crafts Fair will be a Facebook event running November -December. Dorothy reported that more vendors will be included as there will be no space limits.  The fair will include a studio tour.   Alan and Tom volunteered to help with technical component. 
• Rainier Beach Ready Emergency Communication Hub (Ron) will have a virtual presentation 9/1/2020 at 7 p.m. to inform neighbors how to communicate after a major disaster.  Register at https://signup.com/go/gucoHCO.  SIgns with information have been posted in the community.

Featured Speaker: Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator  for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation.  The SSE improves public access, protects unique views, enhances habitat, supports maritime industry and fosters stewardship to create long-lasting community assets.  Omar shared photos of current projects that restore public access to shoreline.  The SSE is helping home owners to bring public spaces into compliance.

Adjourn:

Next meeting 9/9/2020

Board Members in Attendance

In Attendance: Keegan O’Connor  Anne Nolan Su Harambe 

Alan Ross Dorothy Driver Brett Boynton 

Gerd Prewett Joan Krueger Danielle McClure

Standing Items:

• Call to order
• Introduction of guests or new members
• Approve minutes from last month’s meeting with 2 corrections
• Corresponding Secretary Report:  (Anne) Nothing to report
• Standing Committee Reports
  • Membership: No updates
  • Building: (Gerd) The stolen generator will be replace and stored in the storage room which needs to be cleaned out.  The generator is important because it is part of our local community emergency plan.  Donations are welcome to help defray the cost of the $500 deductible. 
  • Finance: (Gerd)  Savings account: $27,256.19, Checking account: $12,867.85, Deposit account: $0.81
  • Social: Happy hour trivia night Saturday July 11 7:30-9:00 pm 
  • Technology:  (Alan) Our new website launched. http://rainierbeachcmmunityclub.org

Old Business:

• Review of new website (Alan) screen shared and showed the wonderful new website.
• The need for a new generator was reviewed (Kathy Weibel).  It is source community of power in case of major emergency such as an earth quake.
• Member feedback on last month’s speaker, Mark Solomon.  People felt his presentation was interesting and relevant.  Of especial interest were the visual details and clarification of legal terminology.
• Membership was asked to share Ideas for future speakers
  • Kubota gardens long range plans
  • Sewage, water, electric 
• URB Virtual Garden Tour feed back from membership
  • May to end of June
  • Members are encouraged to

Featured Speaker:   Link to speaker presentation

John Stafford of 37th District Democrats presented a non-partisan summary of 2020 Washington State Legislative Session.  Although some important legislation plans were passed, Mr. Stafford stated that not many very high impact acts were passed.  We can do a great deal this session however financial deficit due to Covid created urgent problems not originally anticipated.  We are facing 5 crisis; public health, economic recession, budget crisis, racial justice, and climate change. He suggested that we should look at balance budget without austerity, new progressive taxation, aggressively address climate change, address issues of racial injustice.

Announcements

• Town of Renton has many resources including free masks
• Rainier Health and Fitness is offering free and inexpensive resources on line.

Adjourn

Next meeting is August 12, 2020

Meeting held via ZOOM

Board Members In Attendance

Standing Items:

• Membership: nothing to report
• Building: generator was stolen, Gerd arranged for insurance payment, $500deductible generator will be replaced but stored inside. Su spoke to Richard aboutreduce cost of internet plan,
• Finance: Checking: $13,582.93 Savings: $27,255.67 Deposit Acct. $0.81 The checking account balance includes $2,097 reimbursement for stolen generator. PayPal fundraiser $125 toward deductible
• Social: solstice happy hour trivia night Saturday June 20 7:30-9:00 pm
• Technology: new website almost complete. Will launch by end of month. Members asked to send photos of previous events to Tom Beck

Featured Speaker – Link to speaker presentation

Featured Speaker: Mark Solomon, Crime Prevention Coordinator, Seattle Police Department South Precinct, conducted a discussion regarding burglary prevention including current burglary trends in the area, how to secure your homes to reduce the likelihood of a burglary, and what to do if you have been a victim of a burglary. He suggested that each person needs to assess their situation and make decisions that are practical for themselves when planning for home alarm plans. Community members inquired about specific concerns. He suggested enrolling in smart911.com if you only have a cellphone

Old Business

• Rainier Beach Community Clean up challenge will end June 9

New Business:

• Future membership meetings will continue to be virtual until we can meet again in person
• Announcements:
  • URB Garden Tour is being held entirely online. Neighbors are asked to postgarden photos on instagram or facebook through the month of June. If you need help posting send photos to urbgardeners@gmail.com.

Adjourn

Next meeting is July 8, 2020

Meeting held via ZOOM

Board Members in Attendance

Standing Items

Membership: no news to report

Building: Su spoke to negotiate a rent reduction. Her request was denied. No other news.

Finance: Checking: $12,229.54, Savings:27,254.87 There is a deposit for 1 rental, it will be returned when event is cancelled.

Social: Happy Hour Trivia Saturday May 16th from 3:30-6:00. Link available in email

Technology: Tom Beck is working on new website. It should be ready to launch soon. Working on conforming to bi-laws

Old Business:

• Bridge2Beach May event cancelled

New Business:

• Future Membership Meetings will be virtual until we can meet in person again

Announcements:

• URB Garden tour is virtual. Everyone is invited to post and share photos and/or videos from their garden at facebook event page from now through the end of June. Add a comment and upload photos of favorite parts of your garden. Photos of flowers, artwork, projects are all welcome. If you don’t have access to face book photos can be mailed to urbgardeners@gmail.com and committee will post photos.
• Jenny Frankl presented info about Rainier Beach Community Clean Up Challenge May 16-June 9th. Details will be included in RBCC newsletter.

Guest Speaker:

• Omar Akkari is the Shoreline Street Ends (SSE) Program Coordinator for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation was scheduled to speak about the SSE program and proposed ordinance. Wifi outage interrupted the meeting and he was unable to tell us about his program. We will ask him to reschedule his talk.

Board Members, Trustees and Others in Attendance:

Membership Committee – No news to report

Building Committee – No news to report

Tech Committee – Need a new website

Finance Committee – Reported $26,931 and $13,947 in savings and checking, respectively.

Social Committee – Wine Event will be on 3/28 from 7 – 10 and will feature french reds <$20.

Featured Speakers:

1. Roderick Givens with Rainier Valley Community Development Fund (CDF) discussed his group’s role as a self-sustaining, community controlled financial institution. CDF provided $25M to local businesses dislocated by light rail and helped them get back on their feet. CDF provides/underwrites loans and lines of credit to local small businesses. They also provide technical assistance and financial expertise and identify resources for small businesses. CDF provided funding for the new owners of Jude’s and Roderick seeks the community’s help to identify potential clients. Average loan is $50K.
2. Stefan Winkler outlined SDOT’s plan to roll out scooter-share in May (1 year pilot). He stressed that they won’t replace bike-share and that some of the 4 bidders also run bike share. Some scooters may have seats. Max speed will be 15 mph and will operate only on streets and bike lanes. SDOT is still working out the details on parking. People without credit cards and smart phones will be able to use. Stefan said that the operation will likely not be profitable and may eventually be folded into Seattle’s transit system (usable with an Orca card).

Topics of Discussion and Announcements

• Members ratified Committee Chair nominees
• Members were encouraged to contact the following in support of VIA:
  • Girmay.zahilay@kingcounty.gov
  • Tammy.morales@seattle.gov
  • cgifford@kingcounty.gov
  • keepVIA@yahoo.com
• B2B will be May 16

Board Members, Trustees and Others in Attendance:

Membership Committee – No news to report

Building Committee – Rental inquiries are up.

Tech Committee – We now have projector with audio up and running.

Finance Committee – Reported $27,728 and $11,493 in savings and checking, respectively.

Social Committee – Second annual Mah Jongg tournament will take place at RBCC on January 18 at 6 pm. Bring a dish.

Featured Speaker – Chris Svolopoulos, Associate Chief Engineer for Seattle DOT reviewed the departments proposed plans for traffic/safety enhancements at the intersection of 51st, Renton Avenue and Roxbury. Following an analysis of collision patterns, the plan will include traffic lights at 51st/Renton Ave. intersection as well as where 51st intersects Roxbury. Aslo,the section of Roxbury between Renton and 51st will be one-way EB. The plan also includes lots of curb bulbs, curb ramps, islands and bicycle ramps to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. RBCC members suggested left-turn protected lanes. The plan will be implemented in 2021 but is in its early “10%” stage. If there are questions, call 206-733- 9361 or email NSF_RentonAve@seattle.gov

Topics of Discussion and Announcements

• “Fujitaro Kubota and His Garden” film showing at RBCC on 1/29/20 is sold out. Future showings will be announced.
• The membership voted on the 2020 Board, which will be:
  • President. – Kegan O’Connor
  • Vice Pres. – Alan Ross
  • Treasurer. – Gerd Prewett
  • Corresponding Secretary – Anne Nolan
  • Recording Secretary – Joan Krueger
  • Trustees:
    • Dorothy Driver
    • Su Harambe
    • Danielle McClure