Southeast Portland Chapter
Meeting Minutes – Mar 1, 2026
**Regular Scheduled Meeting**
DATE - March 1, 2026
OFFICERS PRESENT - Coordinator / President - Anthony Adams; Vice Coordinator - Brad Hollis (Not Present); Pro Tem Recording Secretary - James Niece; Treasurer - Mike Friend; Membership Secretary - Craig Blair; State Rep - Brad Hollis (Not Present); Legislative - Dave Ganslein; BikePAC Rep - Bob Rasey; Public Relations - Dave Ganslein; Road Captain - Brad Hollis (Not Present); Ways & Means / Products - OPEN; Chapter Chaplain - Mike Friend; Education Director - OPEN; Sgt at Arms - Bob Grek (Not Present) / Dave Ganslein
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER - 12:31 pm by Mike Friend
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Done
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL - Done - Santa Donnie passed away last week.
GUESTS & NEW MEMBERS - 3 Guests: Joy Reyes, Spanky Pat Allen & Casper Graham; No new members
ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING - 22 Members, 3 Guests, 6 Rode in
PASS THE FOOD DRIVE & DOWN RIDERS HATS - Done
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING - Minutes accepted as printed.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING - No Report
COORDINATOR COMMENTS - None
VICE COORDINATOR COMMENTS - None - Excused.
CORRESPONDENCE - Mike Friend has not checked the PO Box recently..
TREASURER REPORT - March balances: S.E.Chapter Checking - $33,283.03 Toy Run - $10,813..25 - Canned Food Drive - $2,029.00 Down Riders Fund - $5,023.00 - Membership Drawing - $25 Ways & Means - $53.04 - Products - $1.00
MEMBERSHIP REPORT - 185 Members - Some renewed - some expired
Membership Drawing - $25.00 #17 Mark Byrum (Not Present) $30.00 Next meeting.
STATE REPORT - Joy Reyes thanked everyone for helping her. There will be more products on the products page of the State Website. An ABATE promotional video will be made to put on social media platforms to encourage people to check ABATE out. Joco Swap meet to happen in April. Chapters to submit financial reports. Willamette Valley Chapter may close; meeting today to talk about it. Talk about the Joco Swap meet. Encourage everyone to get more involved in ABATE.
LEGISLATIVE REPORT - Gas tax bill, political tricks happening to delay the vote. HB4145 Gun Control Bill affects buying a gun. Sen Pham was forced by Sen Krupp to change her vote on the Gun Bill against her will. Release of Liabilty bills are in the mix now. Stay tuned for more information.
BIKEPAC REPORT - Tying to get more people on board. Getting everything in order. ABATE to make a donation.
EDUCATION REPORT - OPEN - Anybody want to do this?
HISTORIAN REPORT - OPEN - Anybody want to do this?
SOCIAL MEDIA - New Facebook Page - 75 members; Still trying to get members of the old Facebook page to become members of the new Facebook page. Instagram 336 followers.
PUBLIC RELATIONS - PBOT is trying fo find out how you want to be taxed. Additonal taxes / fees on misc services?? Dave has been attending Town Halls & Meetings every day getting information and talking to Reps about supporting the m/c bill of rights. Met with a business person about getting help with content creation.
WEBMASTER - Information on the highly invasive “AirSnitch” malware. Still trying to get the cloned scam 2018 SE Chapter website taken down. New header on the SE Website.
CHAPTER CHAPLAIN - Psalm 23 - 3rd part ‘you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you annoint my head with oil, my cup runs over. Surely, goodness and love shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the Lord forever...
ROAD CAPTAIN REPORT - Be careful out there. Avoid blind spots. According to PBOT motorcycles are involved in more accidents and pollute more than cars.
PRODUCTS - $0 - OPEN - Anna has patches & misc stuff, Run 21 hats are $5.00.
WAYS & MEANS - $0 - OPEN - Anna has some new things on the table. Buy your tickets..
BREAK - (10 minutes)
SE EVENTS -
Roadster Show - Mar 20 - 21 need volunteers to help promote ABATE
PIR Auto Swap Meet - April 9 -11 need volunteers to help promote ABATE
Toy Run - Dec 5, 2026 - No Report
2nd Sunday Swap Meets - Bike show too. First swap meet in May at Volcano HD.
SE Swap Meet - April 12th swap meet has been cancelled.
Family Campout / Picnic - Sep 26 - 27 at Eagle Creek Campground.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS - Motion - SE Chapter to sponsor a trophy at the Joco Swap Meet for $41.00 - Passed
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food Drive - Collected: $64.00 / New balance: $2,029.00 - Mar 28th Delivery
Down Riders Fund - Collected: $49.00 / New balance: $5,023.00
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS - None
RAFFLE PRIZES DRAWING - $46.00 - Drawings done / prizes handed out.
50/50 - $13.00 - Joy Reyes won $6.00.
NEXT MEETING - Mar 15, 2026
MEETING ADJOURNED - 1:59 pm
James A Niece Mar 1, 2026
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James Niece - Pro Tem Chapter Secretary Date
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