[CCCNFBW] February chapter meeting minutes

[Merribeth Greenberg]

I do have an edit on attendance. Sung and Theo were also at the February
meeting.
Otherwise, it looked great, Don. I hope you are doing better.

Beth Greenberg


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM Don Mitchell via CCCNFBW <
cccnfbw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Please see below, and attached, the February 14 Clark County Chapter
> meeting minutes.
>
>
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF CLARK COUNTY
>
> FEBRUARY 14 CHAPTER MEETING 2028
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> Meeting called to order by President Higley at 10:04 Am February 14 2026
>
> •Members present: Chris Higley (chapter president), Doug Trimble
> (Treasurer), Beth Greenberg, Skyler Quark, Bob Sellers, Kaye Kipp, Norman
> Larkin, Teresa Freeby.
>
> •No secretary report was available as Don is in the Sunny Side Kaiser
> hospital with pneumonia.
>
> • Doug Trimble presented the February treasurer’s report. Current balance
> $1314.08  Bob moved the report be approved and Kaye seconded. The report
> was excepted.
>
> •No report from the fundraising committee was given. They have not met.
> Next meeting will be in March or April.
>
> •Beth Greenberg gave a report on the WSSB karaoke night. Except for some
> technical glitches all went well.
>
> •State convention is coming up February 26 through March 1. SeaTac
> Doubletree. Washington seminar did happen we had 4 persons attend in person
> , but the big snow storm changed the nature of the event. Still many
> contacts were made and the work of the federation was shared with the
> legislators. The Washington state affiliate conducted a legislative
> gathering on January 23, 2026 4 persons went from our chapter and
> information was shared with two legislators from our district and one aid.
>
> •The chapter chat segment was conducted. Skyler asked about monocular for
> easy travel use. Amazone was suggested and assistance was made available.
> Doug Trimble suggested Maxi-aids and the Washington State School’s low
> vision clinic for assistance.
>
> •Bob asked about any membership building activities that might be planned.
> No specific activities were discussed, but several members talked about
> inviting persons with whom they have contact. Much discussion of ideas to
> incentivize younger persons to participate in the chapter took place. Two
> concrete suggestions were made to make the chapter a presence on social
> media. Set up a regular calling committee to invite and remind persons to
> attend. A wide variety of topics and suggestions were entertained. No
> definite plans were made.
>
> •Chriss brought up the treatment of the blind as patients when  in the
> hospital. Bob reminded us that he brought this up last October and
> suggested that a project be developed and we have done nothing as yet.
> President  Higley suggested that the chapter engagement committee take this
> on after convention.
>
> •Secretaries note: The preceding discussion was too diverse and wide
> ranging to encapsulate in these minutes.
>
> Following this discussion it was moved that the meeting be adjourned and
> the meeting closed at 11:21 PM PST.
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> Submitted by secretary Don Mitchell
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