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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Yes, thank you Becky.</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">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.</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">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. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">However, either way, our Board may wish to still set up the restricted. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Cheri </span>
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On 04/12/2024 4:26 PM EDT Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">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:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">2nd VP Silverberg made a motion to move $25,000 from the general funds to be</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Seconded: BM Reed</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Vote: 6 to 0, motion passes, new fund approved.</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Again, my thanks to Becky for noting this, and my apologies for any confusion.</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow,</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Nathanael</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:03 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'; 'llee'<br><strong>Cc:</strong> Nathanael T. Wales<br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">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.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">See you Saturday!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> CT-NFB [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>CHERI DUQUETTE via CT-NFB<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, April 11, 2024 10:45 AM<br><strong>To:</strong> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List; llee<br><strong>Cc:</strong> CHERI DUQUETTE<br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [CT-NFB] Draft Aggenda for This Saturday's Quarterly Board Meeting</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #333333;">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. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #333333;">Thanks, </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 04/10/2024 10:40 PM EDT Nathanael T. Wales via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">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:</p>
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