[BWNA] Proposed recording ban at BWNA neighborhood association meetings

[jim karlock]

Albert Kaufman (503-358-0029), president of the Beaumont-Wilshire 
Neighborhood Association (BWNA), is proposing a vote, at tonight's 
board meeting, to refer a ban on recording the neighborhood's monthly 
meetings to the general membership. This would be the first step to 
effectively ban radio and TV coverage of any of the BWNA events and 
may set a precedent for other neighborhood associations.

Thanks
Jim Karlock (secretary, BWNA)
CC:
Lars Larson, oni at ci.portland.or.us, cnnexecdir at teleport.com, "Albert 
Kaufman" <albertkaufman at gmail.com>, talk at kpam.com, Jayne Carrol, 
ryanfrank at news.oregonian.com,"'KGW'" <newstips at kgw.com>, "'Koin'" 
<koinnews at koin.com>,"News Tips" <thedesk at katu.com>

----------------------- email from Albert Kaufman (503-358-0029) ---------

At 01:56 PM 1/7/07, Albert Kaufman wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I'd like to discuss this at tomorrow night's Board meeting.  I've heard that
>David de la Rocha will not be in attendance.
>
>See you all tomorrow evening.  This proposal/update of our current by-laws.
>would be voted on by the community at our February general meeting.
>
>Albert
>
>-------------------------------------------
>
>January 8, 2007
>
>3244 NE 44th Ave.
>Portland, OR 97213
>
>3589 NE Fremont St.
>Portland, OR 97212
>
>To The BWNA Board:
>
>As a resident of the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood, and a Beaumont-Wilshire
>Neighborhood association member, I put forth the following proposal for an
>amendment to the current BWNA by-laws, as follows:
>
>By-Laws Amendment:
>
>"As a private organization, the BWNA hereby bans the use of any and all
>audio
>and/or visual recording devices, including but not limited to video cameras,
>cassette or digital recorders, etc. during the bi-monthly General Public
>Meetings and bi-monthly BWNA Board meetings. This does not ban the use of
>"still" image recording devices such as cameras and does not prohibit
>photography, but rather any "real-time" recordings and the devices that
>create
>them.
>
>"Anyone using such devices will be warned to no longer use them and not to
>bring them to BWNA Meetings.  After two such warnings, should someone
>continue
>to ignore the ban, they will be physically barred from attending the
>meetings
>and/or will be open to having the recording devices taken away from them and
>returned only after the each meeting is concluded, at the discretion of the
>BWNA President or other ranking BWNA Board member."
>
>The BWNA is a private organization and as such has the ability to limit,
>restrict or prohibit such devices by law, just as any other establishment,
>such as a movie theater or restaurant may.
>
>This proposal is valid and legal in that the BWNA is a private organization
>first and foremost, and not a "governing body" as defined by ONI, the City
>of
>Portland or Oregon State law, and as such, may restrict the use of any
>devices
>and/or persons that are disruptive or non-conducive to the purpose of the
>public meetings.
>
>I present this proposal to the board for consideration and vote, should
>there
>be a quorum, for the January 2007 BWNA Board meeting.  Should this proposal
>pass, it will be immediately added to the by-laws and in force by the
>February
>2007 BWNA General Meeting and for all subsequent meetings thereafter.
>
>Thank you for your consideration of this proposal.
>
>Sincerely,
>Albert Kaufman, BWNA President
>drafted & co/signed Rob Vaughn, BWNA resident
>
>rwv
>
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