Agenda KNA May 2014

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King Neighborhood Association general meeting ~ agenda

May 14th, 2014, at 6:30 pm – 4815 NE 7th Avenue

6:30    Welcome and introductions; approval of minutes and agenda; announcements.

6:45    Update from the Portland Police Bureau; crime and safety in King. Eileen Kennedy.

6:55    Dawn Jones – Neighborhood Emergency Team training in King.

7:05    Amber Holland – King Farmers Market.

7:10    Wrap-up and reimbursements – spring KNA events, including neighborhood clean-up.

7:15     Elections for open board positions.

7:50     Board & NECN announcements, committee reports and upcoming events.

8:15     Adjourn.

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Questions? Other events we should know about? tell us: info@kingneighborhood.org

May’s KNA meeting will include board elections. Five positions are open: Chair, Secretary, and three at-large positions. Talk with a board member if you are interested in learning more about these positions.

If you are joining us for our May meeting, you are invited to bring (dry) food donations for the Portland Food Project, helping to mitigate hunger in our city. We’ll meet at NECN, 4815 NE 7th Avenue.

Please join us for the 3rd annual King School auction!

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Northeast Portland’s Martin Luther King Jr. School PreK-8 will hold its third annual auction on May 31st at 6:00 pm.  Tickets are on sale now at kingpta.org/tickets and are $35 each.  Don’t wait as we expect to sell out again this year.  This years theme is Masquerade. Cocktail attire and a mask are highly encouraged. If you don’t have a mask, don’t worry – you might be able to pick up an original mast created by one of King’s students.

This year we will have food by Tastbud, 3 drink tickets, a dance performance by King’s own Derrell Sekou Walker and we will unveil the new school mascot – drawn up by one of our very own students!

PTA funds have helped support the kids and teachers in so many ways! Some of the money raised from last year’s auction helped support the Mother’s Day event put on by the Latino parent group, King’s track team, a play structure for Pre-K, library software, the learning garden in the courtyard and the chess club.

May 31st 6:00 pm
The Village Ballroom
700 NE Dekum St.

Visit our website at www.kingpta.org or contact us at auction@kingpta.org. We’d love to tell you more about King School and its upcoming auction.

http://www.kingpta.org/auction-2014-masquerade/

Attend the NET training (5/21) and join the neighborhood emergency network team!

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NET_logo_croppedDISASTER TRAINING MOVIE NIGHT!

NET Online Basic Preparedness Training, the first step toward becoming a NET.
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Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NETs) are Portland residents trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue, to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods.
 
Help your community be prepared! Come together to take the first step toward becoming a NET.
 
What:  Watch two hours of the Online Basic Preparedness Training in preparation for the required online quiz (quiz may be taken that night or on your own time).
When:    Wednesday, May 21st, 6 – 8:30 pm.
Where:  4815 NE 7th Avenue, at the offices of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
 
Contact info@necoalition.org to register as space is limited.
 
This night of training is for people who are interested in making the commitment to become a NET. Additional requirements include 21 hours of classroom training and passing a four hour field test.
Learn more about what NET is and the steps required to join:

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/31667

King NA endorses People’s Water Trust.

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Having met with Public Water Trust organizers Nick Caleb and Jonah Majure on April 9th, the King Neighborhood Association voted to endorse the People’s Water Trust campaign.

The King NA agrees that he stewardship of our water supply is among the critical issues facing local government, and that citizens’ rights to engage in oversight of the care-taking of the water systems in our area provides benefits to users and residents.

Opportunities for vigorous citizen oversight and engagement in the management and stewardship of water supply, sewer systems, and related bio-regional concerns are necessary to promote a democratic public process which allows no single user or consortium of users to dominate control of the water system for their own ends.

In the interests of a healthy water system overseen by a sustained democratic process, we endorse the People’s Water Trust campaign.   The campaign is currently gathering signatures, with hopes to put it on November’s ballot.

Learn more at People’s Water Trust for Portland.

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The People’s Water Trust campaign is not related to 26-156, the Water & Sewer Utility Board measure that is on the May ballot this year. The King NA has no position on 26-156.