Wed. Feb. 29: Governing and Managing Your Neighborhood Association
Thurs. March 29: Neighborhood Associations and their Members—Roles and Responsibilities
Neighborhood association board members have the opportunity to learn from and ask questions of one of Oregon’s leading experts on non-profit governance and management—Portland attorney Cindy Cumfer.
Cindy has years of experience working with neighborhood associations in Oregon—and is a co-author of the definitive “Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook.” Nearly all Portland’s neighborhood associations are registered as non-profit corporations with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office and need to follow Oregon’s Nonprofit Corporation Law.
Bring your neighborhood association Articles of Incorporation, bylaws and any board policies with to both workshops. Get your questions answered. Meet neighborhood leaders from across the city.
These training opportunities are brought to you by: Neighbors West-Northwest, Central Northeast Neighbors, East Portland Neighborhood Office, North Portland Neighborhood Services, Northeast Neighborhood Coalition, Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Coalition, Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc., and the City of Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement.
Online Registration will be available soon. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
For more information and to sign up for one or both of these workshops, contact your neighborhood coalition office, or Paul Leistner at the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (503-823-5284; paul.leistner@portlandoregon.gov).
Feb. 29, 2012: Governing and Managing Your Neighborhood Association
- Find out what neighborhood board members are supposed to do to manage their neighborhood association;
- Explore strategies for how to do it and find out how others are managing their neighborhood associations.
- Learn about common problem areas for neighborhood association leaders, including clarifying the board’s governance role, having good financial controls policies, and more; and
- Discuss how a neighborhood manages itself, including rules about the directors’ obligations to be informed, attend meetings and follow the legal standard of care; and the use of committees and officers and policies to keep board business moving and efficient.
DATE: Wed. February 29, 2012
TIME: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room, 1838 SW Jefferson
Parking: Some parking available. We encourage you to take public transit—the church is having a number of events that evening.
Transit: Accessible by MAX-Light Rail on the blue or red lines at the Goose Hollow stop. Tri-Met bus lines 6, 58 and 68 all stop right at the church. Bus lines 51 and 63 both stop a few blocks away.
March 29, 2012: Neighborhood Associations and their Members—Roles and Responsibilities
- Legal requirements of membership corporations, including a consent from each member;
- How neighborhood associations can handle the consent issue and how different neighborhoods are doing it;
- Governance in a membership corporation;
- Role of the membership role in a neighborhood associations and how different neighborhoods are doing this;
- Rights of members;
- Notice to and voting by members;
- Records you need to keep related to being a membership organization; and
- Members’ rights to access records.
DATE: Thurs. March 29, 2012
TIME: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Carvlin Hall 2408 SE 16th & Division
Parking: Parking is available on site.
Transit: On the #4 Bus Line
For more information and to register for one or both of these workshops, contact your neighborhood coalition office, or Paul Leistner at the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (503-823-5284; paul.leistner@portlandoregon.gov). [Online registration will be available soon.]
Accessibility: Both facilities are wheelchair accessible. The Office of Neighborhood Involvement will make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities and/or language interpretation upon request. Please notify us no less than five business days prior to the event by contacting Paul Leistner at 503-823-5284 or paul.leistner@portlandoregon.gov, or via the City’s TTY at 503-823-6868, or by calling the Oregon Relay Service at 800-735-2900.
