[il-talk] Updated agenda

[Patti Gregory-Chang]

Here is our agenda for our 7:00 meeting.  Now I am gonna go watch da Bears 
win.

 1/23/11 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 12/13/10



Treasury

          Sale of stocks



Membership Building Seminar update:

Denise Avant Coordinator

Contract is done

Written invitations to go out


Conventions: Patti, Denise, Chris J.

Fairview Heights  Will flat out not meet food pricing at max 15 breakfast, 
17 lunch and $30 banquet.

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

Specs for set ups - feed back needed



Chappel Deadlines

          3/1 parents seminar

          5/1 national convention



Imagination Fund - Race for Independence

          IL has only 3 registered

          We do have 2 people in the top ten imaginators

How can we get people to both register and ask for pledges

Chapter meetings - Teaching how to send mass e-mails.



Web page - Byron

          Switch hosting company?

          Byron wants Bluehost

                    6.95 per month if we do 36 months

                    7.95 per month if we do a 24 month agreement

                    8.95 per month for a 12 month account

                    Domain


Annual reports

          Scholarship Internship tabled - amended sent 1/6/11

          Newsletter tabled  12/13 check # Amended sent 1/23/11

          Development tabled 12/13  amended sent 1/6/11

          Special Events - sent 1/22/11

          Social Media - sent 1/23/11



ISVI Report - Denise

          Meet with MaryBeth

          Travel Budget

          Directors of instruction

          Newsline



Possible new fund raisers

          Dinner - Dave Meyer

          Coupon program - Bruce Paul or Patti



Development Grants - Cathy

          Board members

          Chapter presidents

          Scholarship winners contacted?



Committee Appointments

          Renewal needs a Chair

          In process

          Need input from all especially chairpersons.





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



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



Braille Readers are Leaders Proclamation



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