[Coagdu] meeting minutes.

[melissa R green]

11-15-15

 

The meeting was called to
order at 6:40 PM. People
present were Marty Rahn,
Melissa G, Melissa F,
Christopher Dowdy, and Becky
Sabo. ellie, Korenna, and Shon
were absent. Bianca Mendoza
and Diane McGeorge were
present as a guests. First, we
discussed who was elected to
the COAGDU board at State
Convention. The positions up
for election were president
currently held by Melissa
Green, Secretary, currently
held by Marty Rahn, Board
position 1 held by Beth
Allred, Board position 2
currently held by Tifany
Dugan, and Board Position 3
currently held by Brian Watts.
The following people were
elected to the following
position. For the Position of
President, Melissa Green was
elected. For the position of
Secretary, MARTY Rahn was
elected. Board position 1,
Corinna Orozco was elected.
For board Position number 2
Melissa Fishbern was elected.
For Board Position number 3,
Ellie Carolson  was elected.
We added a fourth board
position via voice vote, and
for this Position, Christopher
Dowdy was elected. We then
discussed having a multi-state
seminar as COAGDU in order to
educate people both within our
state and outside of it about
guide dog rights, food
neutrition and other topics of
interest. Marty said that
though she loved the idea,
that we needed to start small
and reach out to the
surrounding states first and
that eventually we could then
get several states with NAGDU
divisions together. Diane
agreed with everything that
had been said and also agreed
that we needed to begin in our
own state. She also suggested
that we form a committee to
begin tackling this idea
including Tina Thomas from
California. Our treasurer's
report indicates that we
currently have $241.69. We
made about $250 from our
fundraising,  dues collecting
and other activities at
convention. Marty asked what
the previous balance was, and
Becky said that she would put
thr a spreaeadsheet and will
send it to the board so that
we can account for all of the
money. We next discussed
appointing a Social Networking
committee. Christopher,
Melissa F and Becky said that
they would be interested in
serving on this committee and
were appointed. We discussed
fundraising and how we could
rebuild the treasuery. Becky
said that we should do some
fundraising, and Marty said
that the problem with most
fundraisers is that it costs
to get started in them. We
discussed our Yankee Candle
fundraiser, and those of us on
the board have gotten the
email and it has been
dissiminated to our NFB lists.
Melissa F has a lot of good
ideas about getting literature
about our division in the
hands of prospective people.
Melissa F and Becky will be in
charge of putting together a
brochure for COAGDU. Marty
will also help with this.
Melissa G asked for some of us
to call into the At Large
Chapter Meeting because  they
are focusing on guide dogs
this month. This call will
take place this upcoming
Wednesday night at 7:00 PM.
Melissa G will send out the
call-in info. Melissa G will
also send a list of emails of
people who need to be
subscribed to our COAGDU
listserv to David Andrews. We
also briefly discussed a
potential state-widee
leadership seminar with
division presidents and
possibly other board members
from those divisions. A date
has not yet been set for this
event. Our next meeting was
scheduled for December 13,
2015 at 6:30 PM. The meeting
was then adjourned at 7:45 PM.

 

 

 

 

Warmly,

Melissa R. Green and Pj

It is 'where we are' that
should make all the
difference, whether we believe
we belong there or not. 

 

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