[Cinci-nfb] National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati Meeting Minutes for February 2017

Annie McEachirn annie.edgertonmceachirn at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 13:30:55 UTC 2017


Chris,

 

Excellent minutes-just one addition, please.  Dave Perry was also in
attendance; he arrived late so this may be the reason he was not listed.

 

Thank you.

 

Blessings,

 

Annie

 

 

From: Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 11:02 PM
To: 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'
Cc: Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting
Subject: [Cinci-nfb] National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati Meeting
Minutes for February 2017

 

National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati

Meeting Minutes for February 2017

 

1.       The February 2017 meeting of the National Federation of the Blind
of Cincinnati was convened by Vice President Lisa Hall at approximately 2:00
PM on February 25, 2017. In attendance were: Lisa Hall, Christopher Sabine,
Tammy Smith, Joy Thomas, Paul Dressell, Sheri Albers, Kim McEachirn and
Annie McEachirn Carson.

 

2.       There was no Treasurer's Report this month, as Emily Pennington was
absent from Today's meeting.

 

3.       Paul Dressell moved to approve the January 2017 minutes as emailed;
Sheri Albers seconded. The motion passed.

 

4.       Lisa Hall began the meeting with an update on Ohio's Braille
Challenge which is scheduled for March 3 2017 at the Clovernook Center for
the Blind in Cincinnati. Lisa expressed that the event currently has 26
participants from throughout Ohio. At this point, the plan for the day is
for volunteers to arrive at the Clovernook Center at 8:00 A.M. on Friday
March 3. Participants will arrive at 9:00. The event itself will begin with
an assembly at 9:45, with the competition itself starting at 10:30. Each
session will last about 45 minutes (including practice time), and there will
be one session for each of the five areas of the competition. Volunteers
will assist in gathering test materials for the event. Lisa indicated that
she will take part in scoring the event along with several other volunteers.
She has reportedly ordered literature for parents from the NFB National
Office in Baltimore to distribute to parents. Lisa will have other NFB
literature at the event as well. Sheri Albers recommended that Lisa share a
flier concerning a meeting on March 12 to re-establish the Ohio Association
of Parents of Blind Children, which Heather Leiterman from the Capital City
Chapter is reportedly spearheading.

 

5.       Christopher Sabine gave a report of the Membership Committee, which
met by teleconference on February 20 2017 at 7:00 P.M. In attendance were:
Christopher Sabine, Walter Mitchell, Dave Perry and Paul Dressell.
Christopher expressed that the bulk of the meeting addressed a proposal from
Walter Mitchell that the committee agreed to introduce to the Chapter at a
later date. The proposal involves a collaboration with the Recreation
Committee, which is scheduled to have its next meeting on March 16 at 7:00
by teleconference. Christopher reported that he has reached out to Annie
McEachirn Carson concerning this. Christopher also indicated that he has
spoken with Jay Tolle, sighted administrator of the Chapter Facebook Page,
concerning posting photos with descriptions. He asked anyone who can to send
photos of themselves or post them to the Chapter Listserv. Christopher
expressed that this will make it easier for Jay to identify Chapter members
in photos when posting text descriptions to the Facebook page. Christopher
indicated that he can also add these photos to his existing contact list in
IOS 10. A new feature in IOS will allow him to identify members using
Voiceover on the IPhone.

6.       Paul Dressell discussed his most recent visit to long time
Federationist Marion King at her apartment Lisa Hall, Sheri Albers and
Deanna Lewis also made the visit.

 

7.       Sheri Albers reported that the Ohio Affiliate is signed up for the
Flying Pig Marathon this year; she is in charge of the event for the State
affiliate. The affiliate will reportedly have the same "BLT" station as last
year-located on Madison Road at Mile 9. The Affiliate will staff the station
at the Half Marathon on Sunday morning, May 2 2017. Everything will be as it
was during last year's event. The Ohio affiliate will earn $500 for
participation in the event, and we need 30 participants for this task:
either members, friends or family. Sheri has reportedly posted a link to the
registration page for this event on the Ohio-talk List-serv. She will also
be attending an informational meeting on the event on Wednesday March 1 for
further details.

 

8.       Sheri Albers expressed that the Ohio Affiliate is also signed up
for the "Piggest Raffle Ever", a fundraising event which allows participants
to adopt piglets-with proceeds to benefit the Ohio affiliate. Sheri
expressed that this is an online raffle that can be publicized on social
media; paper raffle tickets are also available. The cost to adopt a piglet
is $5 with all proceeds to benefit the Ohio affiliate. Sheri indicated that
she will share further details on the raffle on the Ohio-Talk Listserv.

 

9.       Sheri Albers reported that this year's BELL Program is now
scheduled to start on June 25 2017. This is a one-week residential program
for blind children to be held at the Ohio State School for the Blind in
Columbus. Sheri indicated that the program is seeking competent volunteers,
and anyone interested should reach out to her directly.

 

10.   Sheri Albers indicated that the Legislative Committee of the Ohio
Affiliate is organizing a "Columbus Seminar" to discuss bills of interest to
the Blind with members of the Ohio General Assembly and State Senate. This
event is tentatively scheduled for April 21. The Legislative Committee plans
to discuss a bill guaranteeing the rights of blind parents and the
Resolution on Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities passed at the 2015
State Convention.

 

11.   Annie McEachirn Carson presented the report of the newly established
Fundraising Committee at the request of Walter Mitchell, its chair. Annie
reported that the committee met on Friday February 17 2017. In attendance
were: Elif Emir Oksuz, Emily Pennington, Bernie Dressell, Paul Dressell,
Paul Jorden, Annie McEachirn Carson and Walter Mitchell. Deanna Lewis and
Kim McEachirn were not in attendance but will reportedly be part of the
committee. Annie expressed that Walter plans to divide the committee into
three categories: sales, events and contributions. He wants leaders for each
division; Emily Pennington will chair the events Division, but the leaders
of the other two divisions have not been finalized. A guest Speaker, Ramona
Walhof, President of the National Federation of the Blind of Idaho and
leader of cash and carry for the National Organization, provided input
concerning strategies to implement and evaluate fundraising activities.
Annie and Paul Dressell expressed that a more detailed report of the meeting
is forthcoming.

 

 

12.   Annie McEachirn Carson presented a report of the Recreation Committee
Meeting, in which Judy Rudick, Annie McEachirn Carson, Walter Mitchell and
Kim McEachirn attended. The meeting began with prayers for President Deborah
Kendrick and other Chapter members in need. Annie expressed that the purpose
of the meeting was to discuss ideas for recreational activities for this
year. She indicated that the committee has received many ideas this year,
including an electronic game night, bingo, dinner and a movie, support
groups (with professional guest speakers), a tour of the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center, dinner at an Italian restaurant, a
musical at Playhouse in the Park and a walk with the ACB Walkers. A name
change from the Recreation Committee to the Sports and Recreation Committee
was also discussed, as this is the name of the national committee. Tammy
Smith asked Lisa Hall later in the meeting if there is a process for
changing the name of the Recreation Committee. Lisa indicated she will have
to research this further. Various other ideas were discussed, including
hosting a guest speaker from the National Justice Network, of which Annie is
a part. Finally, annual events such as the Chapter Summer Picnic and the
Christmas Party were mentioned. The next meeting of the Recreation Committee
was scheduled for March 16 at 7:00 P.M.

 

13.   Lisa Hall publicly thanked Walter Mitchell for posting information
about Ohio's Braille Challenge to NFB Newsline and expressed that this could
have helped bring the number of participants from 3 early in the past week
to 26 at today's meeting. Lisa also indicated that the Clovernook Center for
the Blind will feature a new prototype Braille tablet from the United
Kingdom called a Canute, which has a 40-cell-by-eight-line Braille display.
Lisa reported that there was a podcast on blindbargains.com concerning the
device which is available from the Web site. She indicated she would post
the link to the podcast to the Cincinnati Chapter Listserv. She also
reminded the Chapter that tours of Clovernook's printing house are available
and suggested this might be an activity for the Recreation Committee to
consider. 

 

14.   Sheri Albers expressed that she believed the format of Chapter
meetings needs to be streamlined so that committees would only present
agenda items that need to be acted upon by the Chapter as a whole. The
Chapter agreed to move forward with this without a motion.

 

15.   The February 2017 meeting of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National
Federation of the Blind was adjourned at approximately 3:15 P.M. on Saturday
February 25 2017.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Christopher Sabine

 

 

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