2024 Call for Nominations

Request for Nominations for Director Positions for the Board of the Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association (ENA)

The 2024 ENA Annual Meeting of the Membership, and the election of new members to the Board of Directors, will be held on Thursday, May 16, starting at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually by online Zoom webinar. Details on the meeting and how to vote will follow by email and be posted on the ENA website.

The Nominating Committee of the Board is soliciting nominations for those interested and willing to serve on the ENA Board of Directors.

The ENA Board has a maximum of 21 members, seven of whom are typically elected each year.

The Nominating Committee has set a date of Thursday, April 25, as the deadline for receipt of nominations for candidates. Candidates nominated by the deadline will be included in the draft agenda for the Members’ Annual Meeting. Additionally, nominations supported by petition of three ENA members may be made from the floor at the Annual Meeting.

You can nominate yourself and/or another candidate for the ENA Board. You can do so either online or on paper. Online nominations:

  • Are YOU interested in serving as a member of the ENA Board of Directors for a three-year term? Click here for the Online Nomination Form.

  • In order to PETITION TO NOMINATE AN EASTMORELAND RESIDENT TO THE ENA BOARD, please note: Each candidate must have three petitioners to support their nomination. This form is to be filled out BY A PETITIONER in support of the nominated candidate. Click here for the Online Petitioner Form.

  • Online nominations must be submitted on or before Thursday, April 25.

Paper nominations: You may also download the paper nomination form (click here), complete it, and email or mail to the ENA at the address indicated on the nomination form to ensure arrival on or before the due date Thursday, April 25. 

The Board of Directors is the governing body of the ENA. Directors share their experience and talents in the exercise and control of the affairs and funds of the Association. This may include participation in the work of the various committees of the Association. Committees include welcoming, land use, communications, trees and green spaces, transportation, schools, events, emergency preparedness and others whose initiative and mission are consistent with the purpose of the ENA. 

Directors are expected to attend Board meetings unless they notify the ENA Secretary in advance that they will not attend the meeting.

Any person age 18 or over is eligible to be an ENA Member as described in Section 4.1 of the ENA Bylaws (click here). Generally, this includes:

  • Persons who live in the neighborhood boundaries and indicate their consent to be an ENA Member (e.g., applying for membership, participating in elections, providing contact information, etc.). 

  • Persons, not legal entities, having title to real property within the neighborhood boundaries and who register annually by mail or email with the ENA Secretary (secretary@eastmorelandpdx.org) at least 21 days before the Annual Member Meeting.

  • One designated person representing any of the following entities located within the boundaries described in Article 3: (i) a business entity or non-profit organization duly registered in the State of Oregon, or (ii) a school or church. Such persons shall register annually with the ENA Secretary at least 21 days before the Annual Member Meeting (secretary@eastmorelandpdx.org).

To be eligible to vote at the Annual Members' Meeting, you must be a member as described above.

Thank you,

The Nominating Committee
Chair Rob Walton (robwalton7938@gmail.com)
Dinah Adkins (secretary@eastmorelandpdx.org)
President Matthew Timberlake (president@eastmorelandpdx.org)
Treasurer David Dowell (treasurer@eastmorelandpdx.org)
Jane Monson (janemonson631@gmail.com)
David Seitz (drseitz@msn.com)

For further information, please email: communications@eastmorelandpdx.org