Saturday, June 19, 2010

Monthly Meeting and Presentation by Andrea Dobson

This month's regular meeting includes a special presentation by Andrea Dobson, retired TriMet mechanic/ instructor, and AWA member. She will be talking about her involvement in a clean water project for Nicaragua, a humanitarian trip to Cuba and more.
Andrea embodies the reality that we are not just all about cars, but are a diverse and far reaching community. Come hear her presentation and visit with us.


When     Wed, June 30, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
WhereRe-Born Automotive, Inc. 1800 SE M L King Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Meeting Minutes for May 26th 2010

Welcome Members/Visitors:

Kathy Garbe, Esquire Motors; Liz Dally, Hawthorne Auto Clinic Inc.; Terica Devoreh-Spratt, Hawthorne Auto Clinic Inc.; Betty Kendall, retired instructor PCC; Norma Holcombe, Sherwood Automotive; Margaret Ragan, NATA; Sarah Heidler, Esquire Motors; Rebecca Vierck, Re-born Automotive; Kim Kittinger, PCC automotive instructor.

Fundraising projects

- April 30th and May 1st Women in Trades Fair, Friday was an exciting day of scavenger hunts on cars and a wonderful power point presentation by Sarah. There were about 75 girls who participated and all seemed to have a great time! Thanks Sarah for organizing and thanks to the volunteers Becky, June and Betty!
Saturday there was a steady stream of people. Dawn made an automotive wheel to spin- using most all automotive parts! Once the wheel was spun, a trivia question was asked and great automotive conversation followed. People really enjoyed spinning the wheel and playing automotive trivia! Thanks Dawn for making the wheel and thanks to Betty and Terica for volunteering!

- May 8th, Plant and Rummage sale a huge success! The weather was beautiful and brought out lots of people to shop! The grand total was $782.01 – our most successful sale yet! Thanks to everyone who brought rummage and plants and volunteered their Saturday to raise money. Thanks also to Hawthorne Auto Clinic for the use of the parking lot!

- August 15th – Hawthorne Street Fair and Sunday parkways will bring a huge crowd on Hawthorne, it was decided to hold a craft and rummage sale in the parking lot of Hawthorne Auto Clinic. Craft items will include: pictures, wreaths, jams, soaps, aprons, flowers and herbs. If anyone has more crafts or rummage to donate, please contact us! We also need volunteers to organize and volunteer for Sunday – Join us for the fun!
Informational links:
eventful : hawthorne-street-fair-2010
portland on line

- Date to be determined – Ocktoberfest! Our latest and greatest idea to have a fun Ocktoberfest to raise money instead of the concert this year. More details to follow….

- More ideas???? If anyone has an idea for a fundraiser this year, please contact us! We’d love to hear from you.

Education

- Car Care Class – Sarah will be working on a standardized curriculum for this workshop and is working on ways to promote it by working with other organizations, such as CarHelp.
More info to follow….

- Website report – The meeting minutes will be available. Be sure to check out the myspace page and blog page!!!!

- Mentoring program – Betty has been talking to PCC students and is gathering a list of students that we will invite to a meeting. Kim is involved now with helping to encourage the students to come to our special AWA June 30th meeting. We will discuss our different experiences in the field and Andrea Dobson will give us a presentation of her latest projects.

Treasury Update
- $1892.06 in checking account, we will give $1,500 to PCC for the next scholarships, leaving a balance of $392.06

New Business
- A reporter is interested in AWA and will be invited to attend our special June meeting.

- Business cards with AWA info were discussed and agreed it would be a good idea to have on hand to give out. We are working on it….


Next Meeting is June 30th at Reborn Automotive 1800 SE MLK, 503-231-4947, a special meeting featuring Andrea Dobson’s presentation. Don’t miss it!!!!!

Please join us for our Annual Margarita Meeting, July 28th at Who Song and Larry’s in Vancouver.

We hope to see everyone at the next meeting to help organize fundraisers, share new ideas and especially to have lots of FUN!!!!!

Meeting Minutes for March 31st, 2010

Welcome Members/Visitors:

Kathy Garbe, Esquire Motors; Liz Dally, Hawthorne Auto Clinic Inc.; Terica Devoreh-Spratt, Hawthorne Auto Clinic Inc.; Betty Kendall, retired instructor PCC; June Boone, retired Hawthorne Auto Clinic Inc.; Norma Holcombe, Sherwood Automotive; Margaret Ragan, NATA; Sarah Heidler, Esquire Motors; Rebecca Vierck, Re-born Automotive.

Fundraising projects

- April 30th and May 1st Women in Trades Fair, Sarah and Dawn are organizing. They will be working on an exciting booth and fun workshop for the students. Becky, Sarah, June and Betty will be working on April 30th. Terica, Dawn and Betty will be working May 1st

- May 8th, Plant and rummage sale to be held at Hawthorne Auto Clinic, please contact us for rummage sale donations drop off etc. We will also be offering to make up planter boxes and a group will go out to businesses to plant. Start time is 8am-3pm, set up time starts at 7am! June will make a banner to hang up

- Summer concert canceled?- Costs for the concert may be too high. It was discussed of getting donations from businesses in the industry instead of having the concert. More to report later.

- More ideas???? If anyone has an idea for a fundraiser this year, please contact us! We’d love to hear from you!

Education

- Canceled! April 17th- Girl Scout Merit badge class, canceled due to lack of participants

- Car Care Class – Sarah will be working on a standardized curriculum for this workshop and is working on ways to promote it by working with other organizations, such as CarHelp.
More info to follow….

- Website report – The meeting minutes will be available. Be sure to check out the myspace page and blog page!!!!

- Mentoring program – Betty has been talking to PCC students and is gathering a list of students that we will invite to a meeting. She will work on a letter to send to students or potential members, hopefully to invite to a special May meeting.

Treasury Update
- $1,210.05 in checking account

New Business
- Annual dues are due!! Thank you to all for the continued support! If you have not paid the dues yet, please send the $35 dues to Margaret, fill out the form and mail a check.

- Business cards with AWA info were discussed and agreed it would be a good idea to have on hand to give out.


• Next Meeting is April 28th at Reborn Automotive 1800 SE MLK, 503-231-4947


We hope to see everyone at the next meeting to help organize fundraisers, share new ideas and especially to have lots of FUN!!!!!

Pictures from the Very Successful Rummage and Plant Sale this year!