October Monthly Meeting: Willamette Riverkeepers

OOPS Friends! (and soon to be friends, these meetings are open to anyone interested in OOPS)

Join us in October to hear from the Willamette Riverkeeper's Annette Pearson, and learn about the Willamette River Water Trail.  

Annette Pearson grew up on a lake in Michigan, which is where her love of being on the water began. She spent time as a whitewater rafting guide in North Carolina and Colorado and moved to Portland in 1997 seeking a place where rivers ran year around. When she moved to Portland and got a job at Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe she got to work with and learn from some of the best paddling coaches and instructors on the West coast. Over the next decade, she spent her time leading trips and teaching courses and pursued training through the BCU and ACA. Most recently she guided sea kayak expeditions in remote wilderness areas of SE Alaska. She also enjoys multi-day trips in canoes on any moving water river and believes one of the most overlooked gems is the Willamette River. After being a long time volunteer of Willamette Riverkeeper, she recently became part of the staff and spends her time coordinating and assisting with on water events for the organization, coordinating volunteers and getting to know the Willamette Water Trail and all it has to offer.

We're back to meeting in person and also online! You asked for options so we're going do our best to keep making that happen.  When you click to register you'll see you can select from in-person or virtual meeting participation.   Both formats are subject to tech issues so please be patient with your all volunteer team making these and all OOPS activities possible.   Please register for the format you'll be using so we can have a sense of how many folks to expect in either location. 

Joining from home?  We'll open the zoom room at 6:30 for casual conversation and themed breakout rooms for smaller discussions.  We'll start with the main presentation at 7:00 and wrap up around 8:00 ish.  If you want to join this way you MUST register at least 24 hours in advance or risk not receiving the link to join the meeting.  

Joining from the Multnomah Village Lucky Lab? We'll be ready for you to join us upstairs at 6:00 for social time.  This is also your time to grab a slice and a beverage (bring your $$,  this is a no-host situation). We'll start with the main presentation at 7:00 and wrap up around 8:00 ish.

Comments, questions, ideas, offers of help? Send them my way!
Jennifer programs@oopskayak.org 

Accessibility information: Please email me to let me know if you have any accessibility needs and we'll do our best to meet them.  Note, the Multnomah Village Lucky Lab has stairs and no elevator to reach the meeting space (we're working on finding an affordable, accessible space).  There is somewhat limited street parking. Please plan for time to find a place to park.  Tri-Met's line 44 drops off right at the Lucky Lab! We will enable automatic captions on our zoom event, and use microphones in the meeting space.