“What we play is life itself” – Louis Armstrong
MARCH 24th, 2026
- FULLSTEPUP registers as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) with the Oregon Secretary of State
- Reserves FULLSTEPUP LLC as a Company name
- Registers with Federal and receives it’s Employer Identification Number (EIN)
MAY 20th, 2026
- FULLSTEPUP .ORG and .COM domains registered
- Initial Board Members established
- Initial Website posted
- Email and Workspace established
- Initial documentation completed in DRAFT format: FSUP Business Plan, FSUP Articles of Incorporation, FSUP Privacy Policy, FSUP Volunteer Positions Descriptions, etc…
- Documentation and Website out for feedback to Board Members review on our Share
- Registered to non-profit 503c status
JULY 15th, 2026
- Met withl Board Members ‘at our first meet and Greet’ BBQ Q3 Board Meeting
- Attendees: Chad Youngman, Trinh Youngman, Billy McPhee, Kris Deelane, Tygh Walker, Ross Youngman, Alan Grobey, Brian Cordua, and Tod Grobey
- Not in Attendance: Kirk Charlton, Kevin Tokstad, and Craig Lauinger
- Notes/minutes: collected and posted by Ross Youngman and available on our FASUP Share
- Thanks to Billy and kris for hosting!!
Left to right: Brian Cordua, Trinh Youngman, Ross Youngman, Tygh Walker, Chad Youngman, Billy McPhee, Tod Grobey, Alan Grobey, Kris Deelane
JULY 28th 2026
- Met with Sean Cruz, Executive Director of the Jim Pepper Native Arts Council
- Attendees: Sean Cruz, Chad Youngman, Kris Deelane, and Trinh Youngman
- Scope: FSUP had no planned agenda, just really to hear Sean talk about the Speak/Sing Native program and his continued work and experiences. Here’s a link to his work through the Jim Pepper Native Arts Council: https://jimpeppernac.org
- Notes/minutes: to be posted in the FSUP Share
JULY 29th 2026
- Met up with Craig (and Kristin) Lauinger in Tigard for dinner and follow-up, along with Brian (and Dee) Cordua to catch Craig up on the program since he’s in town for the week.
JULY 30TH 2026
- Kris Deelane invited Chad Youngman along to play 2 sets at different locations at the Milwaukie Porchfest
- We met some great local neighborhood people with a lot of appreciation for music!!
- I (Chad) had so much fun!!
- Thank you to the hosts and guests!!
Photo By @gingercatparties 2026
AUGUST 15TH, 2026
We’ve established connections and supportive relationships with Jeremy Wilxson at The Jeremy Wilson Foundation and Geoff Metts at Five Star Guitars. We created a page to highlight these big supporters of our music communities and of FSUP here!
sEPTEMBER 12th 2026
- September 12th the InotSolrac Festival III hosted by great friend guitar virtuous Carlos Severe Marcelin. A very good line up this year!!
- Our own Trinh will be playing there, will update as more information comes in.
