On November 6, City Club welcomes Michael Jordan, chief operating officer at Metro, and Mayor Jerry Willey of Hillsboro who will appraise the strengths and restrictions of Portland’s urban growth boundary. They will discuss the delicate balance the region is working to achieve as Portland’s urban planners move toward decisions about the next 50 years of land needs. They will also offer alternative perspectives on the best way to manage the region’s projected population growth while maintaining its quality of life.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 24th, 5:30pm-7:30pm

WHERE: Lucky Labrador Brew Pub, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon

Are you part of an organization that uses technology for good (i.e. using social media, innovative website, video, mobile tech)? Do you know of an organization that uses tech for good? Then this event is for you!

Hello CNRG Friends! We hope that you will join us this Friday, November 6th, 2009, from 6-9pm at the Melody Ballroom for the Fourth Annual Pangaea Project Final Celebration! Come hear the students speak, enjoy delicious food and beverages from Zaytoon, Andina and more, enter the World's Best Raffle, listen to live music by Samba Feat and more! Check out our AMAZING raffle packages below!!  You do not have to attend the event to purchased tickets- just go to www.thepangaeaproject.org and follow the link... Melody Ballroom | 615 SE Alder | 503.232.2759 **Student presentations will begin promptly at 7pm! **Please purchase tickets in advance by going to http://pangaeaproject.eventbee.com or calling 503.517.8999.

OMSI is seeking a Traveling Exhibit Coordinator to be responsible for marketing and renting OMSI’s multiple traveling exhibits to host sites worldwide. This position fully coordinates the contracting, touring, and display of these exhibits. Duties and responsibilities include coordinating tour logistics of multiple traveling exhibitions including booking, scheduling, shipping, contract and price negotiations, installation and maintenance facilitation, communications, marketing, and customer service. The candidate will also promote OMSI’s exhibitions nationally and internationally through direct and indirect sales, cold-calling, the development of promotional materials, promoting exhibits at international conferences, and the development of marketing strategies.

The Leadership Institute of Seattle (http://www.lios.org) is seeking requests from Executive Directors, managers and project leaders that would benefit from having a supervised team of students consult with them. This consultation is provided pro bono, or free of charge, in exchange for your providing a learning opportunity for consulting team members. We are in the process of identifying and qualifying projects for three teams that will begin consulting in February 2010.

We are a group of Portland State University students from a capstone class titled "Addressing the Food Gap". We are partnering with p:ear, a non-profit organization that serves homeless youth in downtown Portland. http://www.pearmentor.org/  

Our task at hand is to build a relationship between p:ear and the local food system, creating access to healthy, local food for homeless youth. We are working to secure a CSA for p:ear.

We are looking for a CSA model that builds food equity into the financial set-up of the CSA. Our commitment is to creating a sustainable relationship that is logistically harmonious and breaks down barriers to healthy food for the youth that p:ear serves.

Our organization has events where we sell tickets and merchandise, and we want to be able to authorize and accept credit cards. We do not have reliable internet access at our venues, so we will need a wireless card swiper for this purpose. We also receive donations where credit card info is provided, but cards are not available, so we will need to be able to key in those transactions.

I am having difficulty getting unbiased reviews and straightforward pricing information. Most of the online review sites seem to be (pretty obviously) underwritten by the merchant services providers themselves. 

Hello!

We have our annual fundraiser on Nov. 12th in Milwaukie, and we would like to have a podium for our speakers to use. The place where we are holding the event does not have one, and we're on a very tight budget and would love to borrow one.

I'd be happy to pick up and drop off the podium.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Sara

Sara Case Resource Development Coordinator Clackamas Community Land Trust (503) 659-1618, ext.4 [email protected]

Volunteers are needed to help make the Donor Luncheon, REACH CDC's annual fundraising event, a great success! The Donor Lunch will be held on Wednesday, November 18th at 12pm at the Governor Hotel. Come in early (10am) to set up, or stay late (2pm) to help break down. Even if you only have the lunch hour, you can still be of great use handing out pledge cards.

To learn more about REACH and the Donor Lunch, please visit: http://www.reachcdc.org

To express interest in volunteering, contact Loren at 503-231-0682 ext. 166 or [email protected]

Do you have time to help homeless youth learn employment skills? Do you love dogs?

Virginia Woof Dog Daycare is an innovative social venture program created by Outside In. The first such job training program in the nation, Virginia Woof has received national recognition as a best practice program for teaching homeless youth employment skills and employer expectations. Outside In is looking for volunteers to assist with a variety of duties from tending to the welfare of the dogs, answering questions for customers and modeling effective work habits.

We are looking for applicants who can commit to at least 4 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months. Shifts vary.

Volunteer this Saturday from 10:00 to 1:00 with SOLV and the Bosky Dell Nursery at Fields Creek. Volunteers will be removing invasive plants and and planting natives along Fields Creek at Bosky Dell Nursery. After the planting, at around 1:30, Medicinal Herbalist and Education Judy BlueHorse Skelton will make a presentation on the Gifts of our native trees for food, shelter and medicine. For more information and to register visit the SOLV Website, http://www.solv.org/programs/teamup_watershed_health.asp or contact Brett Lyon at 503-844-9571 x 332 or [email protected].

Located in North Vancouver, WA within the urban growth boundary is one of Columbia Land Trust's first properties and treasured urban wildlife habitat, Chapman Greenspace. 9 acres of meadow and Douglas Fir woodland is bordered by rock quarry, stat highway and airport and is one of the last natural spots in the area. Join us as we reclaim native meadow habitat from the Himalayan Blackberry, Shiny Geranium, Scots Broom and support urban wildlands.