[Iabs-talk] Board Meeting Tomorrow

[Patti Gregory-Chang]

3/20/11 7:00 Draft Agenda

NFBI Board Meeting

Conference Call 218 936 1200 code 6324



Let me know if you have additional agenda items please.  If you are assigned 
a topic and can't attend in person or by phone, please send a written report 
to me ahead of time so that it can be distributed.  Thanks for all you do.



Minutes from 1/23/11  tabled on 2/20

Minutes from 2/20/11



Treasury



Membership Building Seminar  Review

Denise Avant Coordinator



Parents' Seminar Debbie

          Beo's in progress

          Speakers -

          What still needs doing



Convention National

          Scholarship Breakfast - IL contribution?

          Meetings to attend


Conventions: Patti, Denise, Chris J.

Quad Cities   $72 room rates, will be under our max food pricing

Specs for set ups - feed back needed



Chappel Deadlines

          5/1 national convention



Web page - Byron

          Training? Blog etc.

          Calendar is switched to google.



Annual reports

          2011 Washington Seminar e-mailed on 2/21/11

          Sales - Mary Lou  e-mailed 3/19



          Some are still due.

          ISVI - Denise

          Legislation State Bill

          Parents - Debbie

          Web - Byron



Washington Seminar - Annette

          Follow up visits



ISVI Report -

           Newsline visit highly successful - David Meyer

          ISVI consolidation and staff reductions

          3388 is a dead bill



Legislation

          RFB and IMAA hearings - Jemal



Development Grants - Cathy

          Board members

          Chapter presidents

          Scholarship winners contacted?



Other old business - Please try to tell me ahead of time.



New business - Please try to tell me ahead of time.

          UIC tech expo

          Exhibit table

          Our representatives



Grant applications e-mailed to board only 2/21/11 Executive session?????



Next Meeting



P.S. Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund 
via your phone bill.

P.S.S.  National Federation of the Blind of Illinois is now on twitter at 
www.twitter.com/nfbi.
We also have a facebook page.  Just search for our full name.

Patti Gregory-Chang, Esq.
Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee
scholarships at nfb.org
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattichang at att.net
www.nfbofillinois.org