[CCCNFBW] June 2026 Clark County Chapter meeting Minutes

Tue Sep 8 05:59:27 UTC 2026

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

CLARK COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING MINUTES

June 13 2026

Meeting called to order by president Chris Higley at 10:01 Am on June 13
2026.

.Members present: Chris Higley President, Cory Grandstaff vice-president,
Skylert, Don Mitchell secretary, Sioryann Fitim, TJ, Kaye Kipp, Norman
Larkin, Teresa Freeby, Beth Greenberg, Bob Sellers.

.Secretaries report reviewed and moved for approval by Cory Grandstaff,
Seconded by Kaye Kipp. Motion passed report approved.

.Treasurers report presented by Cory Grandstaff:  Current balance $475.55.
Don Mitchell moved approval of the report and Skyler seconded. The report
was approved. Cory Grandstaff commented that we need to investigate
changing banks to eliminate the $15 service fee we are currently paying
monthly. 

.Kaye Kipp presented a report from the fund-raising committee.Four persons
were present at the meeting and the arrangements for the Wine and Cheese
event were reviewed and assignments were coordinated. Don Mitchell reported
that "Three Together" is willing to do another concert for the chapter in
the future, bud, Don would like to pursue something new to stimulate a
bigger turn out. Don is going to contact the Oregon Bluegrass Association to
see if they will sponcer a concert for us. Bluegrass is extremely big in
Portland and I think, if it could be arranged, we could get a bigger turn
out for our future fund-raising concert. Skyler suggested a punk-rock group
called "Vicious Cycle" for a possible group to give a concert. 

.Cory Grandstaff presented a chapter engagement committee report: We just
completed a bowling event with the students at the Washington State School
for the Blind. Chriss said that many kids had questions about the NFB at the
event. Cory suggested that we include some kind of a presentation about the
organization at our events. Chris talked about planning for future events.
When poling the students at the bowling event karaoke, O & M Trivia O&M
relay course event were suggested by the students. A scavenger hunt and a
accessible game night were also suggested by the chapter.  Cory made the
motion that we plan three events for the 2026-27 school year including a
karaoke night, game night and an obstacle course night with snacks at each
event. The motion was seconded by numerous people and it was passed. 

.Chriss shared that she has been doing some research on how we might prepair
information to share with healthcare organizations to make sure they
understand blind etiquette and blind awareness in their organizations. She
is investigating a letter to be sent to health organizations giving them the
opportunity to receive training presented by the National federation of the
blind. These letters might be sent to: CEO's, Nursing staff, hospital board
members and others. Cory reported that he has some of the old "courtesy
rules of blindness" in his storage. 

.Chris reported that the training for this year's BELL academy will take
place next weekend. The event will begin on Sunday June 21.This year's theme
is "Blazing trails".This year's field trip will be going horse riding.
Chriss announced the up-coming national convention  July.3 through 8. The
convention is covered, extensively, in this month's presidential release. 

.Chris conducted our chapter chat. Cory reminded us about the Aira c-tran
service that is provided by c-tran for our use. He talked about ways the
service can be used. 

.Kaye presented our NFB philosophy discussion for June. Topic: Asking for
help, yes or no, how does assistance effect our independence? Should we feel
guilty when asking for help? A variety of answers were given. Many mediating
circumstances were presented. Times are changing and we need to adapt in
ways that we can continue to be both safe, efficient, and independent.
Skyler talked about the problem with online communities who don't describe
pictures they share. We certainly can ask for descriptions, but today there
are many apps and tools that will describe images and we need to learn to
use them. 

.Kay Kipp moved that the meeting be adjourned. The meeting was adjourned at
11:21.

Presidential release 561 June 2026 was played.

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