The Oregon Poetry Association is a membership organization. We encourage members, and anyone interested in the workings of the organization, to read the minutes of our board meetings.
July 16, 2017 Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting Minutes (on SKYPE conference call: Tiel, Lisa, Joy, Shirley, Susan) FALL ADULT CONTEST is open. A handful of membership renewals have come in because of the contest. CONVERSATION PROJECTS in Springfield and Grants Pass were successful. Positive feedback. Thirty people in Grants Pass. Sixteen attended …
L to R: Tiel Aisha Ansari, Dick Cameron, Shirley Marc, Penina Taesali, Joy McDowell, Lynn Otto, Susan Clayton-Goldner, Lisa Baldwin Photo: Jack Christman OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING/RETREAT Saturday June 17, 2017 at Shirley Marc’s home. Those attending: Tiel, Lynn, Susan, Dick, Shirley, Joy, Lisa, Penina *Dorothy Blackcrow has resigned …
May 21, 2017, Minutes Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting On the phone:Â Tiel, Lynn, Shirley, Dick, Lisa (Dorothy, Susan, Joy unavailable) Bank of America: needs minutes signed by the secretary stating who will be on the account. Tiel still has access. This is going on the retreat agenda. Updates Student contest: Cascadia and Manningham contest …
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION APRIL 15, 2017 MINUTES (board members on conference phone call: Tiel, Lisa, Joy, Lynn, Shirley, Dick) FINANCIAL STATUS: The current balance in Bank of America account of $3288.08 includes most memberships and contest fees. Funds from our recent benefactor have not yet been received. Dick says OPA risks being overdrawn by …
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING….Sunday, March 19, 2017 (phone conference participants: Dorothy, Tiel, Joy, Susan, Dick, Lisa, Shirley, Lynn.) The board enjoyed sharing poems by email when our meeting agenda came out. Student Contest: OPA did not receive approval for use of the state capitol building for the Cascadia Student Contest award ceremony. …
February 19, 2017 Minutes Oregon Poetry Association Board Meeting On the phone: Tiel, Dick, Joy, Shirley, Lisa, Lynn (Dorothy, Susan unavailable) Student Contest: Â The judging is finished. We have ten winners from each age division. The letters OPA sent to middle schools paid off in participation. K-2 had 18 entries, 74 in the …
OPA BOARD MEETING by conference call January 8, 2017 Participating: Tiel, Dorothy, Dick, Joy, Susan, Lisa, Lynn and Shirley FALL CONFERENCE: University Place Hotel is confirmed and so is Emmett Wheatfall as keynote speaker. Keynote to be delivered on Friday evening. Request for gluten free lunch option. VERSEWEAVERS: Booklet collected from printer 12/16. …
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES December 11, 2016 Tiel, Richard, Lisa, Joy, Lynn, Shirley and Dorothy on line Minutes: How detailed to make OPA minutes? A suggestion was made to keep them somewhat detailed. Members were concerned about attaching names to discussion. Motions should be general. Any member can always request their name …
OPA BOARD MEETING MINUTES November 13, 2016 CONFERENCE EVALUATIONS: The conference format and setting were well received. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Conference attendance, receipts and expenses increased. The cost of hotel coffee was high. AV costs were unusually high because of the computer audio portion, which was priced separately and was used by just one workshop. About …
