Meetings

JWN General Meetings

2026 Schedule

  • January 13: Winter Potluck Party.
  • February 10:
    • EPD’s Janina Rager: Personal Safety Seminar (75 Minutes)
    • Ballot Measure 20-373 Presentation
  • March 10: Disaster Preparedness Workshop
  • April 7: Board Elections; Library Bond Initiative + EWEB at-large Candidates
  • May 12: Community Supported Shelters; Historic Jefferson Westside Project Update; Lane County Circuit Court Candidates
  • No General Meetings June, July, and August.
  • September 8: CURBS (Community United to Repair Broken Sidewalks); Eugene 350; + TBD
  • October 13: Homes For Heroes Program; Beyond Toxics Eugene Clean Energy Fund; + TBD
  • November 10: TBD

Contact us for information

Second Tuesday of each month (no meetings June, July, August, December)

New Monthly Meeting Location

Jefferson Westside Neighbors Monthly Meeting is Relocating the McNail-Riley House, 601 W. 13th Ave at the corner of  Jefferson and W. 13th effective September 15, 2026. Times will remain 6-8pm.

The Lane County History Museum decided to no longer host after-hours meetings and events not directly related to the Museum’s core functions. We thank them for hosting use the past year. The JWN used to meeting in McNail-Riley House before relocating to First United Methodist Church for almost 20 years.

Please note onsite parking is limited, but neighbors can park in the Lane Events Center parking lot across the street or on W. 12th. It is important that neighbors only park on site in spots reserved for the McNail-Riley House.

If you have an announcement for the JWN membership, please notify the Chair at least four days prior to the meeting.

Why Tuesday Nights?

Some neighbors expressed dismay at Tuesday evening meetings and that some other days should be explored that would be more convenient. Setting aside convenience, no time/day is “convenient,” there is a good reason why the JWN settled on Tuesdays.

What about weekends?
Some folks suggested weekend meetings as being especially friendly to families with kids. There are multiple reasons why weekends won’t work:

  1. Neighborhood meetings are focused on having city, county, businesses, and non-profits come in and inform neighbors and answer questions. City and county staff do not work on weekends and neither do most non-profit or business staff.
  2. Saturday and Sunday are days of religious observance.
  3. People like to recreate on weekends and are more likely to go out-of-town.
  4. Many events that are much more fun than a neighborhood meeting are on weekends.

Why not another day of the week?
The Eugene City Council meets on Monday and Wednesdays, so if we want our elected officials, City Manager, or other city management to be able to come our meetings, we can’t meet those days. That leaves Thursday, not significantly different than a Tuesday, or Fridays, whose proximity to the weekend is a problem. No time or day is going to work for everyone and the desire to attend means prioritizing attendance, making the time because it is important to you.

JWN General Meeting Minutes/Recap
Going forward, the Recap of GM meetings are in the monthly eNews

JWN Executive Board Meetings
Third Tuesday of each month (via Zoom)
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Start and end times may vary. Check agenda.)
When in-person, McNail-Riley house NW corner of Jefferson St. and W. 13th Ave.)
The public is welcome to attend JWN Executive Board meetings, please contact us to confirm the time/date in the advent of changes and to obtain a link for the Zoom meeting. Due to security concerns we can no longer post the link publicly.

Minutes
Minutes are reviewed and voted on to be approved at the Board meeting following the meeting for the minutes, so typically a at least a month delay.

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2019

2018 and before

Time is allotted at the start of each meeting for announcements and comments from non-board members. If you have an announcement for the board, or you would like to suggest a topic to be considered at a board meeting, please notify the Chair at least four days prior to the board meeting.