Hey, at least its a public meeting. Just think of all the stuff the new regime will do without public input.

And what's really remarkable is that it's not as though they're meeting to decide whether to allow the mural. They're meeting to decide if they should write a letter in support of a grant proposal for the mural!

"The emergency meeting will be held to vote on whether or not the Neighborhood Association will write a letter of support for the Mt. Scott Community Center Teen Program's grant proposal for a neighborhood mural project."

I'll sleep better knowing this pressing matter may finally be put to rest.

There's not much going on here. Neighborhood associations are required to meet Oregon open meetings regulations, meaning that, among other things, meeting dates, times, and agendas must normally be given notice/published with reasonable lead time. Emergency meetings can still be held, usually with some additial noticing requirements. There are many reasons to have an emergency meeting, primarily when a land use application or other action is filed and requires comments to be submitted by a certain deadline that predates the next regular meeting. It sounds like the action proposed here is fairly benign, but it certainly could be timely, depending on he grant application deadline. Hence, this becomes an emergency meeting.