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PNWFSA Website Last Updated July 19, 2010

Summer Newsletter posted June 21

(click for the Newsletter tab)

The Summer Newsletter is the first issue that requires a password to open the file.

The front page of the Newsletter can be read by simply clicking on this image of page 1 to the left. However, if you want to read the whole 24 page newsletter, click on the following link (Summer Newsletter, all pages), and then use the password distributed to members by eNotes.

Edited remarks by President Bill originally sent out by eNotes:

Dear PNWFSA Members:

When you receive the Summer Newsletter over the Internet, you will see that Page 1 is available to read. In order to read the rest of the newsletter, you will need to use the password that will be given to you as paid-up members, to continue. Why are we doing this? We are dealing with a declining membership and will start recruiting new members from retirees as well as some active FS employees who are sufficiently "senior" to qualify for this membership. If we have many computer savvy readers who can access our newsletter without joining our ranks, there is less incentive for them to enroll with us.

This may not be a final answer, but we are trying and we hope to gain many new members this year. Please bear with us while we try various incentives for people to join, and if you have suggestions to deal with this activity, please let me or any of the officers or board know about them. Meanwhile, please come visit on the last Fridays at the Beaverton Elks and enjoy visiting with prior fellow workers. Don't forget the picnic to be held in August. We are bound to have better weather then, than we have seen most of this year in the Portland area.

I'll see you at the Picnic.

Bill Shenk, President of PNWFSA.

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HINTS:

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	Bulletin Board: Normally updated at least once a week or more frequently, depending on my schedule and the occurrence of events between the quarterly postings of the OldSmokeys Newsletter so check back regularly for those changes too. Check this section on a regular basis for updates. The Bulletin Board is available for posting notices of coming events; lost and found items or people; news and activities of interest to those involved in resource management; opportunities for involvement in special projects; retirement parties, luncheons or other activities that are planned for your local area or that are of Regional significance. Go to Bulletin Board page.
	Membership Page: Contains our Constitution, Bylaws, a printable Membership Invitation Form, access to an electronic Membership Directory for Members Only that is searchable, link to a list of books by members and a Memorial Record of Deceased Members.
	Photo Page: Contains several albums, including photos back as far as the spring of 2003. Send me some of your favorite photos, historic, vacation, or otherwise, and I'll be glad to post them for all the members to see. Just email me your digital photos along with descriptive information.

	Useful Links Page: Contains both internal and external links to sites of interest to members. This page replaces the former "Potpourri" page.
	Administration Page: This page contains the names of the current Board members and their contact address. Click HERE to view a list of Board Members since inception of the 30-year Club in 1945.

The Pacific Northwest Forest Service Association (PNWFSA) exists:

	To provide opportunities for retirees and persons nearing retirement to share their knowledge of resource management with people living in the Pacific Northwest. We are particularly interested in providing a contact point for youth groups or schools seeking first person, historic resource management information.
	To provide a link between land management agencies and retirees, emphasizing the importance of historical events, people and equipment.
	To promote relationships beneficial to the conservation of the Northwest’s natural resources.
	To encourage retiring Forest Service persons and their associates to maintain and nurture their professional and personal heritage.

Membership in the PNWFSA is open to: (1) any retiree of the U.S. Forest Service, (2) any current employee of the Forest Service with at least 20 years of government service (including military service), who works in or has worked in the Pacific Northwest and (3) any retiree who has worked for U. S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest.

Membership will be granted upon submission of a membership application and payment of dues. A one-year complimentary membership is granted to any new R-6/PNW Station retiree.

The board may also grant special memberships in individual cases.

We encourage you to browse through the site, check out the links to other pages and Web sites, and submit any suggestions for improvement, or letters and comments that you wish to have included in subsequent Newsletters, which will be published in both print form and on the Web.

Attend our monthly meetings at the Beaverton Elks the last Friday of every month:

3500 SW 104th, Beaverton, OR--It is located east of Hwy 217, just off Canyon Road.

Social hour starts at 11:00AM; Lunch at 12 Noon--No reservations are required.

PO Box 5583 • Portland, OR 97228-5583

Email:

Bev Pratt, Association Secretary

Don Nearhood, Website Maintenance

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