[Cinci-nfb] National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati, Meeting minutes for August 2016

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi Chris,
Just a few small corrections that I noticed. The Doubletree is not a
Holiday Inn property, it's actually Hilton. Also, Judy Rudig's last
name is misspelled. It's R u d i g, not R u d i c k.
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday!
Deanna

On 9/21/16, Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb
<cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati
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> Meeting Minutes for August 2016
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> 1.      The August 2016 meeting of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National
> Federation of the Blind of Ohio was convened by Vice President Lisa Hall at
> approximately 2:10 P.M. on Saturday August 27 2016 at the Washington
> Platform Restaurant in Downtown Cincinnati. In attendance were: Lisa Hall,
> Joy Thomas, Elif Emir Oksuz, David Perry, Christopher Sabine, Karren Innis,
> Bill Innis and Paul Jordan. Deborah Kendrick, Chapter President and Emily
> Pennington, Treasurer, were both absent from this month's meeting. Lisa
> Hall
> collected $1 from members who were not clad at today's meeting. There were
> no additional activities to introduce the meeting. David Perry moved to
> accept the June Minutes as emailed; Paul Jordan seconded. The motion
> passed.
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> 2.      The Treasurer's Report for July was suspended, as Emily Pennington
> was absent from today's meeting.
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> 3.       Christopher Sabine presented the report of the Membership
> Committee, which met by telephone conference on Monday August 22 from 7:00
> to 7:40 P.M. In attendance were: Dale Barta, Paul Dressell, Deborah
> Kendrick, Walter Mitchell and Christopher Sabine. The primary topic
> discussed was the Chapter Facebook Page. The Committee agreed to seek out a
> sighted volunteer to serve as Co-administrator for the page, as Jessie
> McDaniel, who initially took on this role, is no longer with the
> Federation.
> Ideally, this person would come from the One-on-One Volunteer Services
> Program at the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> (CABVI). Christopher reported that he has been in touch with Amy Scrivner,
> Director of Community Relations at CABVI, regarding the Facebook Page and
> other issues. He expressed that there is some question concerning CABVI's
> ability to provide a one-on-one volunteer for this purpose. Deborah
> Kendrick
> has also been in touch with Amy and other officials at CABVI. Christopher
> was also able to reach out to a person in the special needs community on
> his
> own who has agreed to take on the role of sighted administrator for the
> page. It was agreed that Deanna Lewis, who has some vision, will take
> photos
> of Chapter events and email them to Christopher. Christopher will send the
> photos to the Co-administrator, who would help decide which pictures are
> best and post to the Facebook Page. David Perry indicated that Amy Scrivner
> is resigning her position at CABVI. However, he might know of someone
> interested in taking on this role locally. Lisa Hall indicated that she is
> working on affixing Braille labels to the membership cards from National
> Office that Christopher handed out at the June meeting. These labels will
> include each member's first initial and last name in Braille.  She
> expressed
> that she hopes to have these available by the September Chapter meeting.
> Christopher offered to assist in any way he can. Christopher reported that
> the visit to long time Federationist Marian King, who is currently unable
> to
> attend Chapter meetings due to physical limitations, has been scheduled for
> Monday August 29 at 2:15 P.M. at Marian King's apartment. This is a visit
> that the Chapter has been in the works for a year but was postponed due to
> Paul Dressell's illness. Paul and Bernie Dressell, Dale Barta and
> Christopher Sabine will be making the visit. Christopher Sabine will be
> organizing transportation for each person; Christopher expressed that his
> mother has agreed to provide transportation. She is not interested in
> compensation at this time. The Committee discussed publishing minutes from
> the Cincinnati Chapter on NFB Newsline. Christopher reported that minutes
> of
> all chapters of the American Council of the Blind of Ohio are available
> through Newsline, whereas minutes from chapters of Ohio's NFB affiliates,
> including the Cincinnati Chapter, are not. Christopher expressed that he
> received word from Deborah Kendrick that Walter Mitchell is currently in
> charge of publishing minutes to NFB Newsline and agreed to follow up with
> Walter directly concerning this. Lisa reported that the next statewide
> board
> meeting of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio is scheduled for
> Saturday September 17 2016 at the Holiday Inn Doubletree Hotel in
> Independence, Ohio, the site of this year's state convention.
>
>
>
> 4.      Christopher Sabine presented the report of the Recreation Committee
> at the request of Annie McEachirn Carson; both Annie McEachirn Carson and
> Kim McEachirn were absent from today's meeting. This report is included in
> its entirety with these minutes as a separate attachment. The Recreation
> Committee met by telephone conference on August 18 2016 from 7:00 to 8:10
> PM. In attendance were: Kim McEachirn, Annie McEachirn Carson, Walter
> Mitchell and Judy Rudick. The Committee reviewed all books read and
> discussed by the Book club since its initial meeting in January 2016. The
> Book Club last met on August 9, 2016 and discussed Thunder Dog: The True
> Story of a Blind Man, His Gide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground
> Zero,
> by Michael Hingson and Susy Flory. This book was selected by Deanna Lewis.
> The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday September 20 at 7:00 P.M. The
> book
> up for discussion will be Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins and India
> Fisher,
> selected by Annie McEachirn Carson. The Committee reviewed the possibility
> of having a "dinner and a movie" night but decided this was not
> logistically
> feasible at this time. Kim reported that he reached out to Deborah Kendrick
> concerning organizing an event for White Cane Awareness Day, but has not
> received a response as of this meeting. The Annual Convention of the
> National Federation of Ohio is scheduled for November 11 to 13 2016 at the
> Holiday in Doubletree Hotel in Independence, Ohio. All Chapter members were
> encouraged to attend. Walter Mitchell reported that he is organizing and
> hosting an event and fundraiser to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his
> business with proceeds donated to the National Federation of the Blind of
> Ohio. This event is scheduled for Saturday September 10 2016 from 1:00 to
> 4:30 PM at 10144 Chester Road in Woodlawn. Anyone interested in further
> information about this event should call Walter Mitchell at (513) 334-9000.
> Anyone with ideas concerning the Christmas Party, including plans and
> locations, should contact Annie and Kim McEachirn by September 15 2016.
> Finally, the Committee discussed long range plans, including participation
> in the Black Family Reunion and the Braille Challenge scheduled for March
> 2017.
>
>
>
> 5.      Lisa Hall expressed that she is on the organizing committee for
> Ohio's Braille Challenge, a national event sponsored by the Braille
> Institute of America to encourage Braille literacy in children. Braille
> Challenges are organized in each state from December to March; Ohio's event
> is reportedly slated for Friday March 3 2017 at the Clovernook Center in
> Cincinnati; Jackie Conner from the Multi-State Center is in charge of this
> event. Planning is in its early stages, and Lisa expressed that she
> believes
> organizers will have a better idea of the numbers of children participating
> by the end of November 2016. Lisa plans to disseminate brochures concerning
> the Braille Challenge to parents of blind students and teachers of the
> visually impaired as well as both the American Council of the Blind of Ohio
> and National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Conventions. The American
> Council of the Blind of Ohio will hold their convention from October 21 to
> 23 in Sandusky, Ohio. Information about Ohio's Braille Challenge is
> currently on The Clovernook Center's Website and will be published in the
> Fall 2016 newsletter of the State Library of Ohio. Plans are already in the
> works for organizers to shuttle participants to the Clovernook Center by
> bus
> the day before the event, though housing arrangements have not been
> finalized.
>
> 6.      David Perry introduced a motion to adjourn this month's meeting;
> Christopher Sabine seconded. The motion passed. The August 2016 meeting of
> the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind was
> adjourned
> at approximately 2:40 P.M. on Saturday August 27 2016.
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> Respectfully Submitted,
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> Christopher Sabine
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