Author: Editor

You Are Invited! North Bay Zero Waste Week Reuse Fair and Clothing Swap

In honor of North Bay Zero Waste Week, NCRA is collaborating with Zero Waste Sonoma, Zero Waste Marin, Reuse Alliance, United Cerebral Palsy of the North Bay/Petaluma Recycling Center and Zero Waste Action – Sonoma County, to organize the Rohnert Park Reuse and Repair Fair Clothing Swap. Sloane Pagsl of Zero Waste Sonoma is the lead organizer, joined by NCRA Board Members Alina Bekkerman, Casey Fritz and Xinci Tan as well as ED Portia Sinnott – wearing her Zero Waste Action hat.

The Fair will be held Saturday, October 12, 2-5pm at the Rohnert Park Library. NCRA members and associates are invited to attend. Please consider volunteering. We need help with promotions, setup, monitor and cleanup. Sign-up here.

Election 2024 – Nominate Yourself To Serve On The NCRA Board!

NCRA has been a Recycling and Zero Waste trailblazer since 1978! You can help develop the cutting edge by applying to serve on our 11-person Board of Directors! Five positions will be open this January. Three members are stepping down.

We are seeking candidates that are familiar with NCRA and have actively participated in a committee and/or attended at least one board meeting in the last 12 months.

The October 1 deadline has been extended to October 8. Candidate statements will be posted on the website and in the mid-October newsletter. Ballots will be sent out to current members November 15. Results will be announced in December – first to the candidates and then via the December newsletter.

For more details, please visit the Elections page.

Picnic & Coastal Clean-Up, Alameda, 9/21 – All Welcome!

The Membership, Engagement and Activities Committee is pleased to announce the

Annual Member Appreciation Picnic
and Beach Cleanup
Saturday, September 21

Non-Members welcome!

Cleanup, 10am – 12pm
Picnic, 12:30-3pm

East Bay Regional Park District
Encinal Beach, Alameda Point Shoreline
190 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

NCRA will provide:

vegan/vegetarian food options (TBA), water and beer

Please bring a salad or dessert for 8.

This is a Zero Waste event:
Bring Your Own Essentials:
utensils, plate, napkin, water bottle…
Also, buckets, grabbers, small shovels and bags for the cleanup.

Join us for a day of environmental stewardship, networking,
tamales and more!
Family, kids, friends and dogs welcome!

Non-members are encouraged to chip in $5 per adult.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Welcome to attend just the picnic or just the cleanup.

Registration

New Bylaws Adopted!

Thank you to all that voted! The new, more streamlined NCRA Bylaws passed with 99.4% of the voters voting for ratification and 0.6% against!
 
Those that voted against ratification are welcome to contact the Executive Director if you have not already done so. If you were concerned that the policies listed in the 2019 Bylaws would be lost, rest assured these past policies will be included in the Policy Manual currently under development.
 
As you can see from the SimplyVoting letter posted below, only 53.5% of the NCRA membership voted. Unfortunately, many hours of staff and board time were required to get a slight majority. In the future, we need to make it even more clear to all members – new and old, that voting is an expectation of membership.