When: Aug 12, 2023 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Agenda highlights:
Approve the Meeting Minutes from June 10th
Nomination of Bylaws Committee and Approval by Vote
The candidates for nomination are:
Dr. Michael Beachley
Tom Siep
Wyatt Angelo
Susan Schomburg
Nancy Vandell
Bill Miller
Discussion of a Proposed Community Plan Steering Committee
Community Plan Survey Update
NCAC Bylaws Committee Candidate Statements
in the order of application:
Dr. Michael Beachley
Dr. Michael Beachley, an emeritus professor at Oregon State University. Currently serving as Parliamentarian for the OSU Faculty Senate for more than 20 years. Taught Small Group Communication and Leadership for 40 years. Have served on numerous boards of directors including Community Outreach Inc, the GLC Foundation, PAC-12 Council, and the Corvallis-OSU Piano International. I am part owner of a house at the end of Seasand Rd. in South Beach, Neskowin, and I serve as Secretary for the NBA, the organization of owners of the property.
Tom Siep
My wife and I have lived full time on South Beach Road for the past three years. We bought our property five years ago and had our home built.
I am a technical author and editor. I have over 30 years in the development of written information, which includes technical specifications, user manuals, and international communications standards. I have also headed two mid-sized international not-for-profit corporations.
I have a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Management and a Master’s degree in Information Science.
I believe I can help make the bylaws say what we want them to say and what we want to live by.
The bylaws need to be:
Fair: all stakeholders must be taken into account
Clear: the language must be something that is easily readable
Practical: bylaws must be able to be followed
Wyatt Angelo
We moved to Neskowin in march 2020 and now believe we have found our forever home as full time residents. I practiced law in rural western Colorado for 38 years as both a private attorney and in public capacities. As an attorney in a large rural area I spent a good deal of time as a volunteer board member of community associations as well as helping with their legal needs on a pro bono basis. My interest in the N.C.A Bylaws Committee stems from that experience and as a way of serving the community we have come to cherish
Susan Schomburg
My vision for the NCAC is working collaboratively, using the bylaws to guide our processes, working to preserve Neskowin’s special qualities, extending friendships to neighbors, acting with integrity and listening to each other without judgment.
Susan Schomburg currently lives in the Village and has longtime ties to Neskowin. In the early 1960s, her parents and grandparents bought side by side lots and later built cottages on them. The properties remain in the family to this day.
Susan‘s Neskowin community service includes serving two terms on the NCAC Bylaws committee, picking up firework debris on the beach, donating artwork to the Neskowin Community Association Silent Auction and spreading gravel on Village roads. Susan’s history of volunteer activities also includes: Meals on Wheels, serving as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Juvenile Court, being an advisory board member for Kappa Alpha Theta (which involved overseeing bylaws revisions), and planting trees in low-income neighborhoods. Susan also served on the Santa Monica Public Arts Committee for more than a decade.
Professionally, Susan currently works for Delta Air Lines and is responsible for overseeing flights to Sydney, Australia. She served two terms as a Conflict Resolution Panelist at Delta ... an elected position by her peers for hearing HR disciplinary and termination proceedings. Concurrent with her Delta job, Susan started and ran an art gallery for 16 years at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station where she worked with more than 300 artists and organized more than 150 exhibitions.
Susan attended public schools in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School as valedictorian. She attended Whitman College where she received her Bachelor’s degree with a Math major/French minor.
Nancy Vandell
I am applying to serve on the Neskowin Citizen Advisory Committee (NCAC) Bylaws Committee.
My volunteer experience includes serving in various officer positions in local and state-level non-profit organizations, including writing/editing bylaws, using and teaching parliamentary procedures, etc. My professional experience includes leading teams and conflict-resolution facilitation. I am a retired electrical engineer in working in information technology architecture and project management.
I have participated in NCAC meetings since they went virtual in 2020, and have been impressed with the depth and breadth of information provided on a variety of topics important to the Neskowin community, including the Community Plan, Tsunami Safety planning, Short-term Rental discussions, etc. NCAC leadership should be commended for the time and effort they have spent to support the goals of the committee. With that said, I also see opportunity to reduce misunderstandings and conflict through clarification of bylaws and procedures, as well as consistent implementation of simple parliamentary rules of order. When properly used, such procedures allow everyone to be heard, but the majority to decide, and this creates a sense of fairness.
My parents bought two lots on Neskowin Crest in the late 1950’s and the third adjoining lot in the early 1960’s with the dream of building one day. That hasn’t happened yet, but some of my happiest childhood memories were of visiting Neskowin for at least two weeks every summer and several shorter trips during the year. Neskowin became a favorite vacation spot for my husband and son as well, joining my parents and sister over the decades. I represent my family on the NCAC.
Bill Miller
I've been coming to Neskowin since the early '50s, and I love it.
My wife, Susan, and I live in Lake Oswego, but we have a vacation home in "The Village" in Neskowin.
My folks purchased our Neskowin home in 1960. Susan and I enjoy our frequent visits, as do our two daughters, son-in-law and two grandkids (the third and fourth generations of happy beach goers). We expect the family home and family beach traditions will long outlast us!
I grew up in Eugene, attended Pomona College in southern California, then taught school up the road in Beaver for a couple of years (my wife was teaching at Hebo, and we lived in Neskowin).
After the teaching gig, I studied at Lewis & Clark Law School, then practiced law in downtown Portland for 40+ years, mostly with a national firm called Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
In retirement, I enjoy bike riding and touring, skiing, golf, hiking and traveling. I was also on the Neskowin Beach Golf Course, Inc. board of directors for three years and occasionally help with on-course projects.