Thursday, January 9th, 2020
In Attendance: 27
Called to Order: 11:45
1 – New Year’s resolution video – https://youtu.be/GQOcEDD5hR8
2 – Introductions – What do you want to leave behind in 2019 and what do you want to achieve in 2020?
- *B. Merritt – Minuteman Mortgage – leave behind every sense of negativity, continue to grow business
- *S. Leitz – Baskin Robbins – leave winter behind
- June and Kevin – Westside Food Brigade – just joined, leaving behind hunger, provide food every day to those in need
- MK – Agape Community Insurance – leave behind trouble
- T. Wang – NW Chinese Academy – leave behind sense of not being enough
- Brandon – Baskin Robbins – leave behind bad luck, wants to help community more in 2020
- A. Terrones – WCSO – make more time for the people who matter
- M. Schmidt – Schmidt & Yee – leave behind mother’s poor health, move forward helping her
- L. Sneden – Beaverton Together – leave behind indecision, move forward and reconnect with people
- M. Casteel – AHS – leave behind the growing population of homeless students, wants to shrink it and get them into stable lives
- *A. Stone – Stone Construction – leave behind the first 2 weeks of 2020 – sick family, dissolving company leaving it behind, not sure what to look forward to, but it’s gotta go up from here!
- AJ Bustamante – Westside Community Church – leave behind past bad working habits, get more sleep. Build outreach team, direct them and help them expand
- J. Sievert – Reedville Presbyterian – leave behind anxiety and over investment in outcomes, take on more engagement with things and people
- *S. Rennie – Schmidt & Yee – leave behind children failing to sleep, move forward with kids sleeping
- G. Lampros – Edwards Center – leave behind debilitating stress, remove clutter in life
- J. Edwards – Edwards Center – leave behind transformation in the center, move forward running the machine of business, do what we do best
- M. Evanson – Edwards Center – leave behind stressing over what she can’t control, move forward with family time
- J. Maynard – Integrity Brewing – leave behind corporate america and looking forward to moving forward with his own business
- M. Bauer- Michelle Bauer Photography – leave behind negative talk, wants to reconnect with nature
- P. Miller – Westside Cruises Car Club – leave behind worry, wants to pay attention to what’s in front of her
- P. Roberts – Westside Cruisers and Westside Community church – leave behind negative political atmosphere and peoples inability to talk about it, wants to return to good conversation. In 2020 wants to start conversations with a thank you
- K. Carpentier – Homeplate Youth services – leave behind screen time, wants to spend more time outdoors
- J. Doane – TVWD –
- G. Ashcom – Washington County Public Health – leave behind always moving, not sitting still, hopeful to be more mindful and present
- K. Bolin – Edward Jones – sold condo, moving to Reeds Crossing in February, leaving behind toxic environment in condo neighborhood, looking forward to new environment and new neighbors
- *S. Fabre – Agape Community Insurance – in her personal life leaving behind “singledom” and in January embracing marriage. Leaving behind employee challenges, wants to focus more on her time now and be more active in community
*Denotes 2020 ABA Board Member
3 – Board and Committee Reports – Sally Fabre
A – Board Retreat Review – State of the Association
- Membership Structure more clearly defined – Encourage people to join
- Invoice issues continue but we are working on it
- If you do not renew after 60 days removed from ABA
- Membership incentives
- $5 Gift Card for members who bring guests
- Membership Fee waived for 1 year if 5 new members join because of you
- Keep us up to date on email changes, employee changes
- Participate in monthly spotlights
- Let us know your talents and gifts, area of expertise
- Speaker Ideas
- Taxes
- Adopt a road – we will renew, need to pick up 2 times a year, needs member assistance
- Check-in and post on facebook when you visit or use member businesses, post reviews
- Hosting events
- Town Hall, Meet the Candidates (March or April)
- Partnership with THPRD – Aloha Concert in the Park
- AHS Tree Lighting – November?
- (We need committees to handle these events)
- ACFM – Membership Booth available 10×10 space and canopy, sign waiver to use
B – Treasurer Report – Scott Rennie
- 2020 Budget approved at Board Meeting
- Changing who can access bank info to new Treasurer
- 55 Members
- Thank you to Teresa – outgoing Treasurer
C – Community Partnerships / Communications – Brian Merritt
Video for Agape Community Insurance https://youtu.be/KcTlw2KZyCA
- Sees clients go from upset about having to have insurance to seeing its value and being grateful
- Agape takes the time to make sure clients understand cheapest is not always best and helps them understand its value
- Represent several insurance companies
- Clients become family
4 – Testimonials / Announcements –
- Matthew Casteel – AHS Principal – Community Dessert – 1/9/2020
- Thank you to AJ and Westside Community Church who reached out a year ago about hosting a dessert to bring the community together to try to meet the needs of students at Aloha
- 7pm tonight.
- 25 individuals are planning to be a part of the event
- 217 students classified as homeless at AHS
- Pantry and clothing needs at Aloha
- Facilities improvements are needed because so much of resources are spent on students
- More outreach events are needed
- Donations are welcome, financial or assistance from community
- Poverty is a mindset
- USWC Taekwondo has offered free lessons if community assists
- Kirsten Carpentier – Home Plate Youth – Open House – 1/15/2020
- 12-24 ages served
- homeless and home instability kids served
- drop in center across the street from AHS at church
- Wed 15th 4-5:30 open house, ribbon cutting and light refreshments
- blessings of community
- AJ Bustamante – Night to Shine – 2/7/2020 – westside.nighttoshine.com
- 450 participants (attendees and volunteers) last year
- positive prom night experience for kids with special needs who might otherwise get overlooked
- video (https://vimeo.com/318276477)
- Need for funds, P. Roberts can collect donations after Luncheon
- Held at Mt Olivet
- Need 80 more volunteers to be buddies to spend the evening at the event with a guest
- Need decoration volunteers
- Georgia Lampros – Edwards Center – Spot light
- serve 400 people with developmental disabilities
- Autism, Down Syndrome
- offer help for lifelong developmental disabilities
- looking for jobs for clients with disabilities
- Have a meal with clients (Meals on Wheels)
- Sponsorship opportunities
- Jean Edwards – started Edwards Center
- hope to offer housing assistance and recreational assistance to developmentally delayed
- longest client is 50 years
- has seen that active life they create for members has contributed to life expectancy longevity
- off Kinnaman Road for 50 years
- other businesses have modeled services off of their plan
- thank you to ABA members who have helped
- Sally Fabre – Blanket Coverage Ministry – Blanket drive for the homeless
- Community treats homeless as though they belong in leprosy camps
- 33% of the homeless populations are families
- 2.3 million (4 per min) housing evictions in 2016
- 78% of workers live paycheck to paycheck
- 40% decline in new businesses
- 57% have less than $1000 in savings
- mental health is a huge part of homelessness
- Washington County Public Health – outreach with community working on Tobacco licensing and economic impact
- Oregon needs a retail license program for tobacco (has one for alcohol and marijuana)
- Multnomah County has a program
- retailers need a license cost of which would run program (2 enforcement check)
- trying to limit accessibility of vape products to youth
Testimonials
- Sally – Reedville Church Christmas Eve service was lovely
- Steve – Baskin Robbins blood drive coming up on 31st – get a pint of ice cream if you give a pint
- WCSO – Shop with a Cop – event went as planned, thank you to businesses in ABA for help. Sponsored 15 local families for positive holiday season. works to make connections with communities – other cultures, etc can make families leary of cops, this works to make that relationship better. Hosted party at Reedville Presbyterian. Had a family open up about a situation that needed law enforcement assistance and this event opened up that family to accepting law enforcement interaction
- Reedville impacted by Shop With a Cop event.
- Thanks to Baskin Robbins for ice cream cake
- Westside Food Brigade – works with AHS to feed students. Albertsons and Sunshine Division helped supply thanksgiving boxes. numbers of need are growing. 250 food boxes provided at Xmas.
- Thanks to Homeplate for employing an Edwards Center member
Adjourned at 1pm
Next Board Meeting: Tuesday February 11th, 2020
Next Luncheon: Thursday February 13th, 2020
ABA Business of the Month of February – Springer & Son
2nd Thursday of every month, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at Peppermill Restaurant
Please invite someone to join!
The ABA Board would like to thank
Schmidt and Yee for hosting our Board Meeting held December 5th @ 8:30 AM
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