NEWS From HQ

Welcome! We use this section to keep you informed and up-to-date OPA events, news, activities, board meetings, annual meetings, the annual conference and much more.

Check back regularly!

April 20th, 2025: Update:

Reminders:

1. OPA Board Meeting at 10:00am on June 7th, 2025, at Hillsboro Airport.

Agenda includes member approval of the revised bylaws, found here: revised bylaws

Please attend either in person, or remotely using this link: https://bit.ly/OPAJune2025BoardMeeting

2. OPA Annual Meeting at 2:00pm on June 7th, 2025, at Hillsboro Airport.

Agenda includes elections to the (complete) Board of Directors.

If you are interested in serving on the board, please follow this link: procedure document

Please attend either in person, or remotely using this link: https://bit.ly/OPAJune2025AnnualMeeting

If you intend to join these meetings remotely, please see the item 4. below: "Remote access to meetings"

April 11th, 2025: Update:

1. Your board has approved a revision to the OPA bylaws, known as Revision: June 7th, 2025.

The revision is available for member to review, here.

OPA members will be asked to approve the new bylaws at the board meeting on June 7th, 2025. at 10:00am.

3. The board has also approved a new document that explains how to apply for board positions, or to nominate someone else to a board position. The document also contains the application form to nominate someone (with their permission, of course) or yourself.

Key points:

Nominations are now open for all board positions (more later). Use the form found here.
Nominations will close at midnight on Wednesday May 28th, 2025.
Nominators and nominees must be current OPA members
Please follow the procedure found in the procedure document
Elections will take place at the annual meeting on Saturday June 7th, 2025, at 2:00pm
All board positions are open for election. See the revised bylaws for the roles and responsibilities of OPA board members

4. Remote access to meetings:

We now have the capability for OPA members to remotely join board and other meetings, using the “Teams” platform. This will not only allow members to remotely attend meetings but also, where applicable, to cast votes using the “raise hand” feature in Teams.

Please note the following:

We encourage OPA members to observe the proceedings at board meetings
OPA members may participate and vote at annual meetings
In order to attend and vote remotely, members must join a Teams meeting with both audio and video turned on. That is, you must have a microphone, speaker and camera on your computer or other device
When joining a meeting, you must include your first name, last name and OPA member number, for example, “Stephen Bateman, 2684”
The links to remotely join the June 7th board and annual meeting will be provided in the near future

5. As you’ll read below, all board positions are up for election at the annual meeting on June 7th, 2025 (2:00pm). Anticipating the passage of the bylaw revision, we have added some new positions, namely Director of OPA Chapters and up to three Directors at Large.

The plan is to get OPA back to being a strong member-based organization, so these new positions will allow for more focused effort to understand and grow our membership base, whilst not overloading the corporate board positions.

!So, the future of OPA is in your hands—please give serious consideration to serving on the board!

Advance Notice of Meetings (in-person and remote):

Pursuant to the current bylaws, notice is hereby given of forthcoming meetings:

Board Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 10:00am. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124. Agenda will include:

Regular board business

Discussion and OPA member vote to approve new bylaw revision

2. Annual Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 2:00pm. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road Hillsboro, OR 97124. Agenda will include:

Board of Director's reports to members

Elections to the following Board of Director positions:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director of Legislative Affairs
Director of Communications
Director of Membership
Director of OPA Chapters
Director at Large (Three)

3. AOPA Annual Conference. Saturday September 13th, 2025. CAA Building, Aurora Airport

4. Final Board Meeting of 2025. November 1st, 2025, at 10:00am. EAA Chapter 292 Hangar, 4803 Airport Road, Independence, OR. 97351

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Early April 2025 Updates:

Your Board of Directors has been busy on a number of fronts:

1. I'm very pleased to announce that we have a new Director of Communications, Casey Simons.

Casey, a private pilot, has lots of experience with web design and business systems, so we are now well positioned to greatly improve our web presence...and much more.

2. We have been working on a new revision of OPA bylaws that will greatly improve transparency and guidance for our corporate governance. We are close to a final draft, which I will then post on the website for member review and comment. We aim to present the revision to the membership for approval at the June 7th, 2025 (10:00am) board meeting.

3. I've created a new document that clarifies the procedure for nominations, elections, and voting for open board-level positions. Once approved by the board, I will post the new procedure on the website, and we will use it to conduct elections during the June 7th, 2025 (2:00pm) Annual Meeting.

4. We are working to separate the business entities of OPA and ASEF. For some reason, these entities were combined some years ago, which could cause problems with accounting, tax filing and, importantly, our ability to act as a lobbying organization in the State of Oregon. Although it sounds complicated, this move will be transparent to most OPA members and will allow us to be correctly structured to better support OPA members on one hand, and to raise tax-exempted funds for the foundation, on the other hand. More on this at the June meetings.

5. Planning is well underway the 2025 OPA Annual Conference. The conference will be held at the CAA Building, Aurora Airport, on Saturday September 13th, 2025.

Draft Agenda (subject to change):

AOPA Rusty Pilots Seminar
Lunch
Four highly topical aviation presentations, including AOPA President and CEO, Darren Pleasance.
Dinner and a during-dinner speaker.
More coming soon.

Advance Notice of Meetings:

Pursuant to the current bylaws, notice is hereby given of upcoming meetings:

1. Regular Board Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 10:00am. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124.

b. Presentation of and vote to accept bylaw revision.

2. Annual Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 2:00pm. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road Hillsboro, OR 97124.

a. Board of Director's reports to members

b. Elections to the following Board of Director positions:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director of Legislative Affairs
Director of Communications
Director of Membership
Director of OPA Chapters
Director at Large (Three)

3. AOPA Annual Conference. Saturday September 13th, 2025. CAA Building, Aurora Airport.

4. Final Regular Board Meeting of 2025. November 1st, 2025, at 10:00am. EAA Chapter 292 Hangar, 4803 Airport Road, Independence, OR. 97351

OPA ASEF Scholarship Now Open for Applications

The Raymond Meyer Memorial Scholarship (RMMS) is an annual scholarship providing financial assistance to train for pilot certificates, ratings and endorsements. This year, the scholarship award will be $2,000.

The Scholarship runs from March 1- May 1. Applications will be reviewed, and finalists will be interviewed in May. The winner will be announced during the first week of June.

Visit: https://www.oregonpilot.org/scholarships to download the application and two other required forms.

Send completed application packets to:

Oregon Pilots Association Air Safety & Education Foundation

Attn: RMMS

581 Lancaster Dr. SE #95

Salem, OR 97317

March 2025:

Stay tuned for feedback from the February board meeting and plans for OPA in 2025, including updated bylaws and a strategic plan.
Dates to save - more information coming soon:
- June 7th. 10:00am. Board Meeting. Hillsboro Airport
- June 7th. 2:00pm. Annual Membership Meetings and Elections. Hillsboro Airport
- September 13th. Starting 9:00am. Annual OPA Conference. Aurora Airport.
- November 1st. 10:00am. Board Meeting. Independance Airport.

03/21/2025: Please note that this posting constitutes the required 30-days' notice for the 2025 OPA Annual Meeting, to be held on Saturday June 7th, 2025, in the Conference Room, Hillsboro Airport, Hillsboro, Oregon

February 2025:

Elections to board position will be advertised in February, and a special meeting for elections will be held (date TBD).
The February OPA Board Meeting will take place on Saturday February 1st, 2025 - see details below.
OPA members are invited to attend in person, but please let me know in advance for numbers (sbateman7799@gmail.com)
We currently do not have the ability for members to join remotely - working on it.
Here are the details:

Location: B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar C, 3278 25th St SE, Salem. (https://b17alliance.com). The meeting will be held in the library - upstairs to the left.

(Suggested donation of $10 per person if you visit the museum).

Agenda:

10-00am: Call to Order and Roll Call
Approve and/or revise minutes from November 2024 meeting
Board and Officer reports
Old and unfinished business
Compliance with OPA business documents and procedures
Planning for board and officer elections
Proposal for the positions of Director of Communications and Webmaster
Revisit dates and locations for 2025 board meetings
2025 budget proposal and discussion
OPA/ASEF organizational structure
Committee reports: No current committees
Planning for the Future—Opportunities for OPA in the Year 2025 and Beyond.
Adjournment (latest 12:00 noon)

January 2025:

Dallas Enger resigned from the position of President, OPA. The board thanks him for his years of service to OPA.

NEWS From HQ

April 20th, 2025: Update:

Reminders:

1. OPA Board Meeting at 10:00am on June 7th, 2025, at Hillsboro Airport.

Agenda includes member approval of the revised bylaws, found here: revised bylaws

Please attend either in person, or remotely using this link: https://bit.ly/OPAJune2025BoardMeeting

2. OPA Annual Meeting at 2:00pm on June 7th, 2025, at Hillsboro Airport.

Agenda includes elections to the (complete) Board of Directors.

If you are interested in serving on the board, please follow this link: procedure document

Please attend either in person, or remotely using this link: https://bit.ly/OPAJune2025AnnualMeeting

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If you intend to join these meetings remotely, please see the item 4. below: "Remote access to meetings"

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April 11th, 2025: Update:

1. Your board has approved a revision to the OPA bylaws, known as Revision: June 7th, 2025.

The revision is available for member to review, here.

​OPA members will be asked to approve the new bylaws at the board meeting on June 7th, 2025. at 10:00am.

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3. The board has also approved a new document that explains how to apply for board positions, or to nominate someone else to a board position. The document also contains the application form to nominate someone (with their permission, of course) or yourself.

Key points:

Nominations are now open for all board positions (more later). Use the form found here.

Nominations will close at midnight on Wednesday May 28th, 2025.

Nominators and nominees must be current OPA members

Please follow the procedure found in the procedure document

Elections will take place at the annual meeting on Saturday June 7th, 2025, at 2:00pm

All board positions are open for election. See the revised bylaws for the roles and responsibilities of OPA board members

4. ​Remote access to meetings:

We now have the capability for OPA members to remotely join board and other meetings, using the “Teams” platform. This will not only allow members to remotely attend meetings but also, where applicable, to cast votes using the “raise hand” feature in Teams.

Please note the following:

We encourage OPA members to observe the proceedings at board meetings

OPA members may participate and vote at annual meetings

In order to attend and vote remotely, members must join a Teams meeting with both audio and video turned on. That is, you must have a microphone, speaker and camera on your computer or other device

When joining a meeting, you must include your first name, last name and OPA member number, for example, “Stephen Bateman, 2684”

The links to remotely join the June 7th board and annual meeting will be provided in the near future

​

5. As you’ll read below, all board positions are up for election at the annual meeting on June 7th, 2025 (2:00pm). Anticipating the passage of the bylaw revision, we have added some new positions, namely Director of OPA Chapters and up to three Directors at Large.

The plan is to get OPA back to being a strong member-based organization, so these new positions will allow for more focused effort to understand and grow our membership base, whilst not overloading the corporate board positions.

​

!So, the future of OPA is in your hands—please give serious consideration to serving on the board!

​

Advance Notice of Meetings (in-person and remote):

Pursuant to the current bylaws, notice is hereby given of forthcoming meetings:

Board Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 10:00am. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124. Agenda will include:

Regular board business

Discussion and OPA member vote to approve new bylaw revision

​

2. Annual Meeting. June 7th, 2025, at 2:00pm. In the upstairs conference room at Hillsboro Airport, 3355 NE Cornell Road Hillsboro, OR 97124. Agenda will include:

Board of Director's reports to members

Elections to the following Board of Director positions:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Director of Legislative Affairs

Director of Communications

Director of Membership

Director of OPA Chapters

Director at Large (Three)

3. AOPA Annual Conference. Saturday September 13th, 2025. CAA Building, Aurora Airport

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4. Final Board Meeting of 2025. November 1st, 2025, at 10:00am. EAA Chapter 292 Hangar, 4803 Airport Road, Independence, OR. 97351

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