[il-talk] 1/23 NFBI Board Meeting Agenda

[denise avant]

hi,
did you put the special event committee report in. i sent my revised one to you on tuesday.
you will have to give any information about the agenda for the menbership building seminar as i do not know what that is.

On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Patti Gregory-Chang wrote:

> 1/23/11 Draft Agenda
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> NFBI Board Meeting
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> Conference Call 218 936 1200 code 6324
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> 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.
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> Minutes from 12/13/10
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> Membership Building Seminar update:
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> Denise Avant Coordinator
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> Contract is done
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> Written invitations to go out
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> Conventions: Patti, Denise, Chris J.
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> Fairview Heights  Will flat out not meet food pricing at max 15 breakfast, 17 lunch and $30 banquet.
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> Quad Cities   $72 room rates, will be under our max food pricing
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> Specs for set ups - feed back needed
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> Chappel Deadlines
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>         3/1 parents seminar
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>         5/1 national convention
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> Imagination Fund - Race for Independence
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>         IL has only 3 registered
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>         We do have 2 people in the top ten imaginators
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> How can we get people to both register and ask for pledges
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> Chapter meetings - Teaching how to send mass e-mails.
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> Web page - Byron
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>         Switch hosting company?
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>         Byron wants Bluehost
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>                   6.95 per month if we do 36 months
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>                   7.95 per month if we do a 24 month agreement
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>                   8.95 per month for a 12 month account
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>                   Domain
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> Annual reports
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>         Scholarship Internship tabled - amended sent 1/6/11
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>         Newsletter tabled  12/13 check #
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>         Development tabled 12/13  amended sent 1/6/11
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> ISVI Report - Denise
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>         Meet with MaryBeth
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>         Travel Budget
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>         Directors of instruction
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>         Newsline
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> Possible new fund raiser
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>         Coupon program - Bruce Paul or Patti
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> Development Grants - Cathy
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>         Board members
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>         Chapter presidents
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>         Scholarship winners contacted?
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> Committee Appointments
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>         Renewal needs a Chair
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>         In process
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>         Need input from all especially chairpersons.
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> Other old business - Please try to tell me ahead of time.
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> New business - Please try to tell me ahead of time.
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> Next Meeting
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> P.S. Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill.
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> 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.
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> 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 
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