[BWNA] President's message

[Albert Kaufman]

Hi everyone,

I just penned my president¹s message for the next newsletter.  I thought I¹d
share it with you since... I can :)

I¹m open to editing and there¹s probably a small window for improvements and
suggestions.  So, if you have any, please feel free to send them directly to
me. 

Thanks!

Albert

It¹s 7pm on a warm and sunny Tuesday Summer/Autumn evening and I¹m on the
front porch listening to music on the laptop and watching sunflowers wave in
the wind.  I talk to neighbors who walk by on Klickitat: with their dogs,
bikes, kids and cell-phones.  When we connect I tell them about our
neighborhood association ­ an upcoming meeting, community picnic or we talk
about trees, gardens or the beginning of the school year.  My Father is an
extrovert and always speaks to strangers, and this trait is one I¹m happy to
have inherited.  Birds are winging their way from Northeast to Southwest,
black crows, as the leaves from the large maple out front drift to the
ground.  Autumn approaches.

I¹ve been thinking a lot about what to write this month.  It¹s election
season and I¹m excited about the change I feel in the air.  With a BA and MA
in political science I have always enjoyed the political process.  From my
days as student council president in high school to living on a kibbutz for
a year and lots of time spent on community councils and planning boards, I
love fostering leadership and encouraging people to take initiative and make
our world a better place.  I believe it increases our joy and happiness when
we¹re involved in our community ­ I think it¹s even been shown that those
who participate in their communities live longer and have better love lives
:)

And, as Cher once said ³life is not a dress rehearsal².  We get one chance
to live big, fantastic lives, why not choose to live large right now?  In
that vein I¹m reminded of one of the suggestions we received to our query of
what we should do with our neighborhood association¹s treasury.  Someone
wrote in suggesting we have a water fountain on Fremont.  It sounds like a
radical idea, and I don¹t know of another neighborhood outside of downtown
that has one ­ so, perhaps it¹s time for us to take the leap!  The idea
makes me laugh and I think it would be fantastic and be one more attraction
to our business district/social center.  We now have people on our board
working on intersection repair projects, improving Wilshire Park and
continuing to make our neighborhood incredible.  I want to encourage you to
dream along with us and jump in with any ideas or projects you have that
will bring this community together to get to know one another better and
increase our sense of place.  What¹s your vision for Beaumont-Wilshire?

Have a great Autumn and I hope to meet you soon at one of our upcoming
community events.

Peace,

Albert Kaufman
BWNA President
president at bwna.org


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