Southeast Portland Chapter
Meeting Minutes – Mar 15, 2026
**Regular Scheduled Meeting**
DATE - May 3, 2026
OFFICERS PRESENT - Coordinator / President - Anthony Adams; Vice Coordinator - Brad Hollis; Pro Tem Recording Secretary - James Niece; Treasurer - Mike Friend (Not Present); Membership Secretary - Craig Blair; State Rep - Brad Hollis; Legislative - Dave Ganslein; BikePAC Rep - Bob Rasey; Public Relations - Dave Ganslein; Road Captain - Brad Hollis; Ways & Means / Products - OPEN; Chapter Chaplain - Mike Friend (Not Present; Education Director - OPEN; Sgt at Arms - Bob Grek ( Not Present) / Dave Ganslein
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER - 12:30 pm by Brad Hollis
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Done
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL - Done; Frank Saxtom passed recently.
GUESTS & NEW MEMBERS - 2 guests - Roselyn Boston, Ron Winahs
ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING - 22 Members, 2 Guests, 9 Rode in
PASS THE FOOD DRIVE & DOWN RIDERS HATS - Done
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING - Minutes on the tables; Motion to suspend the reading of the minutes - Passed
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING -
COORDINATOR COMMENTS - Beautiful day!
VICE COORDINATOR COMMENTS - Good things going on with the Toy Run. Making headway on having a really good Toy Run.
CORRESPONDENCE - None.
TREASURER REPORT - May balances: S.E.Chapter Checking - $30,339.26 Toy Run - $10,813..25 - Canned Food Drive - $172.00 Down Riders Fund - $4,662.00 - Membership Drawing - $40.00 Ways & Means - $83.04 - Products - $1.00
MEMBERSHIP REPORT - 178 on the roster.
Membership Drawing - $40.00 #176 Tom Young (Not Present). $45.00 Next meeting.
STATE REPORT - No Report
LEGISLATIVE REPORT - Jamie Dunphy is a member of the SE Chapter now. Motorcyclists Bill of Rights will be discussed. PBOT to consider motorcycles in traffic planning in Vision 0. Rep. Khe Thran to help getting the MBR sponsored. The MBR will be circulated to other groups. Gas Tax passage is tentative.
BIKEPAC REPORT - May awareness rally went well. Jeff Crop, Bruce Starr spoke well at the event.
EDUCATION REPORT - OPEN - Anybody want to do this?
HISTORIAN REPORT - OPEN - Anybody want to do this?
SOCIAL MEDIA - Dave has troubles with Facebook & Instagram. 129 FB follower.
PUBLIC RELATIONS -. Swap meet flyers were handed out. ABATE has 3 booth spaces at the Volcano HD swap meets.
WEBMASTER - Mini Mall - Need more people to visit the pages regularly to boost SEO ratings. 2018 SE scam website may be taken down. James has sent a legal take down notice to the main server, hosting company and Google.
CHAPTER CHAPLAIN - No Report - Excused
ROAD CAPTAIN REPORT - DJ Joyce is interested in being Road Capt #2.
PRODUCTS - $0 - OPEN - Anybody want to do this?
WAYS & MEANS - $0 - OPEN - Rena is doing the 50/50 today. Buy Tickets! .
BREAK - 10 minutes
SE EVENTS -
2nd Sunday Swap Meets - First swap meet on May 10 at Volcano HD.
Family Campout / Picnic - Sep 26 - 27 at Eagle Creek Overlook Campground.
Toy Run - Dec 5, 2026 - The Police will escort the 2026 Toy Run.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS - None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food Drive - Collected: $155.00 / New Balance - $317.00
Down Riders Fund - Collected: $89.00 / New balance: $
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS - James has a new business: “Janca Prints” making
custom shirt prints. Will be at the Fossil Campout.
Chaper ride after todays meeting.
60th Rhody Run May 16-17th in Florence, OR
RAFFLE PRIZES DRAWING - $0 -
50/50 - $23.00 - Claire Dixon won $11.00 - Donated all to the Down Riders Fund
NEXT MEETING - May 17, 2026
MEETING ADJOURNED - 1:26 pm
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James Niece - Pro Tem Chapter Secretary Date
ABATE of Oregon, Inc.
SE Portland Chapter