[CT-NFB] 1. Re: Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting

Sun Apr 14 15:09:08 UTC 2024

Hello all, 

The $25,000.00 for the Museum of the Blind People’s Movement was voted on and approved at our yearly business meeting in November. The first $5,000.00 was already paid in 2023. I just wanted to clear things up.

Best regards,

Maryanne Melley
President 
National Federation of
the Blind of Connecticut
860-212-5549
maryanne.melley at gmail.com

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> On Apr 13, 2024, at 6:22 PM, Becky Ireland via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Nathanael and Cheri,
> 
> Your welcome. I just wanted to make sure you had all the information.
> 
> Becky
> 
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>>    1. Re: Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>>       (Nathanael T. Wales)
>>    2. Re: Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>>       (CHERI DUQUETTE)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:26:51 -0400
>> From: "Nathanael T. Wales" <ntwales at omsoft.com>
>> To: "'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>, "'llee'"
>>    <llee at nfbct.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly
>>    Board Meeting
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>> Fellow Members and Friends,
>> 
>>  
>> Our excellent secretary reminded me that at our January meeting we indeed voted to set up a fund for our pledge to the Museum of the Blind People?s Movement. Per the minutes to be approved tomorrow:
>> 
>>  
>> 2nd VP Silverberg made a motion to move $25,000 from the general funds to be
>> 
>> used for the museum pledge.
>> 
>>  
>> Seconded: BM Reed
>> 
>>  
>> Vote: 6 to 0, motion passes, new fund approved.
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> Again, my thanks to Becky for noting this, and my apologies for any confusion.
>> 
>>  
>> I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow,
>> 
>> Nathanael
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> From: CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB
>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:03 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'; 'llee'
>> Cc: Nathanael T. Wales
>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>> 
>>  
>> Cheri,
>> 
>>  
>> Thank you for bringing the pledge to the Museum up. I too am unsure exactly how we want to consider it: for example, we don?t have a significant restricted fund for the annual state convention though we know we will spend several $1,000s on it. The question about the pledge may well be worth bringing up to the group of other affiliate treasurers or the financial staff in Baltimore.
>> 
>>  
>> See you Saturday!
>> 
>> Nathanael
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> From: CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of CHERI DUQUETTE via CT-NFB
>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 10:45 AM
>> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List; llee
>> Cc: CHERI DUQUETTE
>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>> 
>>  
>> Hi Nathanael,
>> 
>>   
>> Please let me know if we need to bring to the Board, to identify in our restricted accounts the funds for our pledge to the NFB Musuem?  We pledged $25K, and paid the first installment of $5,000 in November 2023. I understand each November we will pay a $5,000 installment.  I am not sure if this would be considered a restricted account, for as you are aware, once held we cannot use those funds for anything else.  And we didn't actual fundraise nor seek donations specifically for pledge.  So, I am not sure if we wish to just consider it a liability or if we want to set up restricted funds.  I wasn't able to find anything on National's website on policy.  I do meet monthly with the financial group from National and can discuss at one of the meetings, or I can just send off an email to Financial Group in Maryland.
>> 
>>   
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Cheri
>> 
>> On 04/10/2024 10:40 PM EDT Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>   
>> Fellow Members and Friends,
>> 
>>  
>> I look forward to seeing many of you at the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut board meeting this Saturday in Milford. Please find a draft agenda attached. If you have additional items or other suggestions, feel free to reply or contact me directly at:
>> 
>> ntwales at omsoft.com
>> 
>>  
>> Best,
>> 
>> Nathanael
>> 
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>> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:39:44 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: CHERI DUQUETTE <cbduquette at comcast.net>
>> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>, llee
>>    <llee at nfbct.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly
>>    Board Meeting
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>> Yes, thank you Becky.
>>  Please note, we only need to have $20,000, for we have made our first payment in November, 2023,with the next installment due in November 2024.
>>  Also, I have reached out to National to understand if we indeed need to set up a restricted fund, or if we can consider this to be a long-term liability.  I understand that restricted funds are when we have received funds for a specific usage, i.e. scholarships.
>>  However, either way, our Board may wish to still set up the restricted.
>>  Thanks,
>> Cheri
>> 
>>>> On 04/12/2024 4:26 PM EDT Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>    
>>> Fellow Members and Friends,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Our excellent secretary reminded me that at our January meeting we indeed voted to set up a fund for our pledge to the Museum of the Blind People?s Movement. Per the minutes to be approved tomorrow:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 2nd VP Silverberg made a motion to move $25,000 from the general funds to be
>>> 
>>> used for the museum pledge.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Seconded: BM Reed
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Vote: 6 to 0, motion passes, new fund approved.
>>> 
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Again, my thanks to Becky for noting this, and my apologies for any confusion.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow,
>>> 
>>> Nathanael
>>> 
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:03 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'; 'llee'
>>> Cc: Nathanael T. Wales
>>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Cheri,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Thank you for bringing the pledge to the Museum up. I too am unsure exactly how we want to consider it: for example, we don?t have a significant restricted fund for the annual state convention though we know we will spend several $1,000s on it. The question about the pledge may well be worth bringing up to the group of other affiliate treasurers or the financial staff in Baltimore.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> See you Saturday!
>>> 
>>> Nathanael
>>> 
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of CHERI DUQUETTE via CT-NFB
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 10:45 AM
>>> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List; llee
>>> Cc: CHERI DUQUETTE
>>> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Hi Nathanael,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Please let me know if we need to bring to the Board, to identify in our restricted accounts the funds for our pledge to the NFB Musuem?  We pledged $25K, and paid the first installment of $5,000 in November 2023. I understand each November we will pay a $5,000 installment.  I am not sure if this would be considered a restricted account, for as you are aware, once held we cannot use those funds for anything else.  And we didn't actual fundraise nor seek donations specifically for pledge.  So, I am not sure if we wish to just consider it a liability or if we want to set up restricted funds.  I wasn't able to find anything on National's website on policy.  I do meet monthly with the financial group from National and can discuss at one of the meetings, or I can just send off an email to Financial Group in Maryland.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Cheri
>>> 
>>>> On 04/10/2024 10:40 PM EDT Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> Fellow Members and Friends,
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> I look forward to seeing many of you at the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut board meeting this Saturday in Milford. Please find a draft agenda attached. If you have additional items or other suggestions, feel free to reply or contact me directly at:
>>>> 
>>>> ntwales at omsoft.com mailto:ntwales at omsoft.com
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Nathanael
>>>> 
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