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March Agenda

3/27/2022

 
3/27/2022 Proposed March Meeting Agenda
 
OPENING/FLAG SALUTE
ROLL CALL
MINUTES
PROPOSALS FOR MEMBERSHIP –
COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Hall Report –
 
Seven party rentals on the books plus Chaps, Zumba, Rental Housing Maintenance, Gamers and Scouts have long term contracts.  Discussion of Zumba/Chaps timing conflict.
 
Rear lot is growing well where birds haven’t eaten it off.  Fabric has helped some.  Next job will be to grade the area over the sewer pipe and place a load of gravel there and around back.
 
Furnace has been working well.  I have scheduled a service call for the heat pump.
 
Spring cleaning day?
 
Hall Projects (in priority order):


Rear yard  - needs continued varmint control.
Some grading and additional gravel needed on parking areas.
Front doors are coming apart at bottom, need glued and painted.
Northeast side roof needs additional screws
Kitchen needs exhaust hood and fan
Kitchen and dining hall floors need refinished
 
Agriculture – The overtime wage exemption for Agriculture has been repealed.  Farmers will soon have to pay overtime like other businesses. 
 
Education   
Senate Bill 1521 made it so that school boards could terminate superintendents without cause “only if certain conditions are met.”
One of the bill’s main changes is a requirement that a school board can fire a superintendent without cause “only if the district school board provides the superintendent with at least 12 months’ notice of the termination.” School boards could still fire superintendents with cause.
The bill text also states that a district cannot direct a superintendent to ignore or violate state or federal law or take action against a superintendent who follows state or federal law.
Testing results overall show a couple percent decrease of students at grade level during the pandemic. 
Culture wars riling up school board meetings.  Sex ed and related subjects are controversial as always.  History is becoming more so.  Seems some folks object to an unvarnished version of history, particularly as regards slavery and treatment of indigenous groups.
 
 
Legislative –  
HB 4037A:  Requires the State of Oregon to use reasonable efforts to enter into lease agreements for state property with the city of Salem, so the city may use them for transitional housing. 
HB 4064B:  Expands affordable housing options by making it easier to site manufactured housing in residential areas in UGBs. 
HB 4092: Expands broadband access; especially to rural areas.  Federal money being used.  Grange priority.
Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program funded with requested $5 million.
OSU Agricultural Extension funding and related programs were funded to backfill past cuts.  Grange priority
New Congressional District 6 boundary is I5 in this area so Maplewood is in dist. 6 but Donald, St. Paul and Newburg will continue in Dist, 5.  Around 15 candidates have filed to run for the seat.  District is shaping up to be more politically competitive than anticipated.
 
 
Pomona Report –   I am assigned to work on the Pomona website and bring it up to date along with Cat Thomas and Suzy Ramm.  My proposal for a list of things that should be on the web and can be properly maintained is attached for comment.  There is active discussion regarding what should be on facebook vrs website vrs other social media.  Comments welcome.
 
Community Service –  
 
COMMUNICATIONS –  Betty
 
TREASURERS REPORT  - Vicki 
 
Bills –    Dan - $19.77  Insurance – $2498
 
TABLED BUSINESS
 
Bike rodeo idea

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:  
 
Youth group proposal – References requested
 
PAC hosted State/Federation Meeting at Maplewood- Sept 17-18, 2022
 
April 15th Chaps and Petticoats dance - camper/RV Visitation possible


Clackamas County Fair - Maplewood Grange Booth interest?  Theme  "See the old and new in 2022."  Cookie Booth?
 
NEW BUSINESS: 
 
MEMBERS SICK OR IN DISTRESS:
 
 
GOOD OF THE ORDER:    
 
HEIRLOOM PROGRAM:
 

 
You’ve got to live somewhere you aren’t afraid to die - Ukranian poet Serhiy Zhadan
 
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NOTE! 
January meeting still early, 3:30 on January 22.
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Pomona 5th degree at Maplewood September 23, Dinner by Youth Grange at 6, Lecture program at 7 and 5th degree starts at 7:30.
 

ZUMBA is again in session.  Shake it up! - Call Cristina for details at 503-984-8193

As always, Maplewood Grange is looking for community minded folks willing to get involved and leave the world a bit better than they found it.  Open to all since 1867.

From Patrons Chain Newsletter

What? Did I hear that correctly? Did National President Betsy and Membership/Leadership Development Director Amanda both just report at this year's National Grange session that our organization had an increase in fraternal membership?
 
Well, they did and we did have an increase in fraternal membership of over 700 members. This is the first time in several years (okay… decades!) that we can make that statement. This got me thinking - what is the reason, especially with all we have gone through in the past three years? You could argue that we should have either stayed the same or had a decrease in membership.
 
I firmly believe that it is in a large part because of what you as Grangers have done in your communities. You exemplified our core values of faith, hope, charity, and fidelity by not giving up and just going through the motions. You did the opposite and did what Grangers do best.
 
Granges opened their doors when allowed, and welcomed the community in. Granges adapted programming or thought of new programs to help the community get back to some type of “normal.” I cannot begin to count the number of Granges who changed the way they did dinners and went to drive-thru style. Communities responded, and the dinners were mostly selling out because you offered something that they were missing. Granges offered outdoor events of a wide variety which gave people a chance to socialize and be around others. Grangers put together seed and plant swaps because of the renewed interest in growing their own and farm-to-table.
 
Our hometowns and local areas responded in so many ways to the community service you provided, not only by supporting Granges in your endeavors financially. Instead, people wanted to be part of an organization that gives back and helps in so many ways. I truly believe our increase in fraternal membership is because of everything Granges did no matter how large or even the smallest gesture.
 
Our Founders would be extremely proud of all the work you have done. Your community service shows why the Grange is still relevant today as it was 150 years ago. Do I think this increase is a “fluke?” No, I do not.
 
In the words of Cade Howerton, a Junior Granger from North Carolina, “Have a Grange Day”.
 
Keep up the good Grange work!




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