NA Officer Contact Information
Seriously, y’all…we need your help. Following up on the Mayor’s request to ensure our neighborhood association contacts are up to date, if you have not yet already, please email Heather@d4cpdx.org with the Name, Email and Title for your NA President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary ASAP. You can see our spreadsheet with the data we’ve compiled here. https://docs.google.com/
October 23 Strategic Alignment Workshop #2
If you haven’t yet filled out the survey to inform the discussion in the workshop, please do so now: https://forms.gle/
October 16 Community Small Grants Info Session
Now accepting applications! Attached is the PDF version of the application and the application information packet. Information can also be found online here https://
Election Season Disclaimer for Neighborhood Association Meetings
Attached again is a disclaimer you can read at all your neighborhood association meetings to help ensure impartiality during this important season. As a general rule, if you are giving floor time to one candidate, you should be giving floor time to all candidates. If a candidate shows up to your neighborhood association meeting and discusses their candidacy either verbally (or leaves their PAC logo on with their camera off on Zoom), this can be an issue. The District Coalitions are working with the Elections Division to ensure candidates have proper training to help make this season easier on everyone to navigate, but we must do our part too. Please reach out anytime if you have a question on what is appropriate behavior or not in neighborhood association meetings.
Upcoming Neighborhood Candidate Forums
October 7, Linnton Community Center (NW neighborhoods): https://www.
October 11, Sellwood Community House (SE/SW neighborhoods): https://www.
**Interested in volunteering? We’re looking for greeters, runners, and set-up crew. Email mimi.alkire@gmail.com to sign up!
October 20 Multnomah County Chair Debate at the Armory
Attached is the announcement for the Multnomah County Chair Debate at the Armory on October 20. Please spread the word.
Bylaws Review Help with Dr. Paul Leistner
Paul can be reached at paul@d4cpdx.org or 503-953-6536.
Phishing Attempts on the Rise
Multiple officers of a Portland neighborhood association received targeted emails impersonating the association chair and requesting help with an organizational expense. The messages used officers’ real names and roles, and one progressed to a $450 Zelle payment request. A similar impersonation attempt occurred last year.
The current messages came from org.boardpresident@gmail.com, but be alert for similar addresses impersonating your association’s officers. Independently verify unexpected payment requests using a known contact method, even when an email contains accurate information about your association or its officers.
If you receive a similar message:
- Do not send money or click links.
- Report the message as phishing in your email service.
- Report the attempted fraud to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
- Forward the message to Klint Finley at klintfinley@gmail.com for a student cyber threat intelligence research project examining whether other Portland neighborhood associations are being targeted.
Thank you for all you do in the community.