Overlook Neighborhood Update (Aug. 30)

1) Calling all candidates for the OKNA Board

2) OKNA Board meeting on Tuesday

3) Labor Day concert at Overlook House

4) Portland Police Bureau seeks advisory committee volunteers


1) Calling all candidates for the OKNA Board

The Overlook Neighborhood Association will hold its annual board elections starting at the Sept. 15 general meeting. We’re looking for residents and other members willing to help lead Portland’s best neighborhood. If you’d like to run for the board, notify the chair at chair@overlookneighborhood.org by Saturday. Include your name and address (or other qualification for membership).

The time commitment for board members is two meetings most months and some committee work, depending on which committees you choose to participate on.

The membership will elect 12 board members. The top six vote-getters will receive two-year terms. The bottom six will need to run again in a year for a two-year term. (This is the transition to staggered two-year terms with half of the board seats up each year.)

The OKNA Board will decide the details of conducting the election during a pandemic at its meeting on Tuesday (see below). Continue reading “Overlook Neighborhood Update (Aug. 30)”