RSTNA Membership Meeting October 2025

• Thank everyone for coming
• Dumpster Day (sponsored by RSTNA & George Casey): November 15, 9:00 am - noon

• Minutes (5/31/2025) (Bill)
• Have been distributed; are there any corrections? None.
• Motion and Second for approval (Michael and Keith).
• Minutes approved.
• Election of Officers (Keith Swenson)
• Mike Bryant nominated the slate of officers (Pres: Bill Wolf; Vice Pres: Pat Ota; Sec/Treas: Ute Orgassa).
• Other nominations? None.
• Election of Officers: Slate of officers elected.
• Time for future meetings - 7:00 pm or 7:30 pm? (Bill) 7 pm has the majority.

Appreciation for Committee Chairpersons and Committee Members (Bill)

• Community Building and Beautification (Joyce Collier)
• National Night Out done by community building
• Safety - Crime & Neighborhood Watch (Raul Lopez)
• Raul not in attendance.
• Mike Bryant described the recent neighborhood watch meetings.
• Neighborhood watch meeting for Purple Glen will be held.
• Safety - Emergency Preparedness (Mike Bryant)
• CERT overview presented by Mike.
• Communications (Liyong Cheng & Ute Orgassa)
• Two leaders with different talents.
• We support the other committees to get the word out and make contacts with county and city officials.
• Help get people connected.
• Would like to set up a Discord.
• Community Action (Keith Swenson)
• We can work together to see what the city and the county are doing that impacts our neighborhood.
• Working as a group is better than individual efforts.
• The Leadership Team expressed their appreciation for Ellen's work and said she is awesome!

• Bill expressed appreciation for the District 10 Staff Members.
• Alex Dersch, Community Relations Coordinator for George Casey, introduced himself and said he was open to talking with meeting participants.

• Bill introduced Mike Bryant of the Leadership Team
• Mike Bryant introduced the Speaker, Jay McAmis
• Jay McAmis, Deputy Director of Office of Emergency Management
• Gave a presentation on Earthquake Preparedness
• Responded to questions
• Handed out preparedness materials to meeting participants

• Two ways to participate and contribute (Bill)
• Opportunity to talk with Committee Chairpersons
• What should the RSTNA focus on for 2026?
• Introduce Ute
• RSTNA focus for 2026 (describe signs on the walls and how to indicate their interest) (Ute Orgassa)
• Invite people (Bill)
• To check off their interests on the signs
• To meet with Committee Chairpersons and join committees
• To talk with me if you have an interest in participating on the RSTNA Leadership Team
• Thanks for coming