[il-talk] 2017 NFBI Committee Appointments

Tue Mar 7 13:43:16 UTC 2017

To: All Members of the National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois

From: Denise R. Avant

President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois

Date: March 7,2017

This is our most up-to-date committee list. If you wish to be added to or
deleted from  a committee, please let me know. Thanks to all of the chair
persons and members for your work on our various committees in 2016.

Based on our protocols, please take note of the following:

 All committee meetings are open, except for Freedom Link, Chappell-Dennis,
and scholarship. Notices of meetings should be e-mailed to our general
membership and student listservs.

 Notes should be taken at every meeting.

2016-2017 National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Committee
Appointments:

Amended and updated: March 6, , 2017

COMMITTEES

***Advocacy Committee 

(Advocates with employers, schools, DRS, ICRE-WOOD and other public or
private agencies for blind residents of Illinois.)

Chair: Leslie  Hamric

Members:          David Meyer,  Debbie Stein, Lois Montgomery, Patti Chang,
Denise Avant, Charlene Elder, Kelly Pierce, Debbie Pittman,  Ronza Othman,
and Linda Hendle

***Bell Committee

This committee will plan for our Bell Program(s)in 2017 and figure out how
to tie it in with our Parent/TVI seminar in the spring, as well as our
Freedom Link program.

Chair: Patti Chang 

Members: Lois Montgomery, Debbie Stein,  Steve Hastlis,  Amy Lund, Samantha
Voll, Katie Leinum, Sara Luna, Denise Avant, Cathy Randall, and Janet
Leinum

***Braille Literacy Initiative

Chair: Robert Gardner

Members: Debbie Stein, (Great Lakes BRAL), Linda Hendle, Debbie Pittman,
Bill Reif,  Lois Montgomery, And Patrick Olson 

***Chappell-Dennis  Award Committee

(Responsible for decisions with guidance from NFBI board on aiding and
selecting people to attend events.)

(This is our only committee where the membership remains anonymous.)

***Development Committee 

(Prepares and submits grant proposals.  Sends out annual appeal letters.
Handles things like our letter to estates attorneys.)

Chair: Cathy Randall

Members: Patti Chang, (Treasurer NFBI) and Denise Avant

Grants: Denise Avant,  Debbie Stein, Charlene Elder, Debbie Pittman, Jesse
Rogers,  Julietta Meyer, and Bill Reif

***Door Prizes

Chair: Mary Grunwald 

Members: Marco Giannotti, Nancy Gardner, Ed Birmingham, Denise Avant, David
Meyer, Roberta Glickman, Debbie Pittman,  Don Jordan and Bob Widman

***Freedom Link

(Transitions Club Committee)

Chair: Debbie Stein

Members: Marco Giannotti,  Adrienne Falconer, Bill Reif, MaryLou Grunwald,
Steve Hastalis, Robert  Hansen, Nicholas Robertson, Paul Shepherdson,
Melissa Fuller, David Meyer, Bill Reif, and Bruce Paul

***Fund Raising and Budget Committee 

(Responsible for all Fund Raising events e.g. Amazon Smile, Certificates,
and Octoberfest, etc.

 Responsible for putting together an annual budget for presentation to the
board.)

Chair: Patti Chang, treasurer

Members: Denise Avant, Cathy Randall, Leslie Hamric, MaryLou Grunwald,
Debbie Stein, Bob Widman, Don Jordan, and Dave Meyer 

***Guide Dog

Chair: Bill Reif 

Members: Tori Clark, Leslie Hamric, Yusef  Dale, Donna Miles, and Steve
Pangeer

***Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI()

(Deals with the school for the blind and its issues.)

Chair: Bill Reif

Members: Jesse Rogers, Charlene Elder, Cathy Randall, Dave Meyer, and Debbie
Stein

***Legislation- State, Committee 

(Responsible for State Legislative action.)

Co-chairs: Dave Meyer and  Bill Reif 

Members: Marco Giannotti, Dustin Cather, Julietta Meyer,  Jemal Powell,
Melissa Fuller, Annette Grove, Robert Gardner, and Charlene Elder

***Legislation-Federal Committee 

(Responsible for Washington Seminar and Federal Legislative Action )

Co-Chair: Robert Gardner and Annette Grove

Members: Debbie Pittman, Jemal Powell, Lois Montgomery,  Adrienne Falconer,
Charlene Elder,  Steve Hastalis, Dustin Cather, Leslie Hamric, Melissa
Fuller, Zachary Dreicer,  Syed Yousufuddin, and Glenn Moore  

***Newsletter Illinois Independent  Committee 

(Writes and distributes our Newsletter.)

Editor: Debbie Stein

Members: David Meyer, Carolyn Nelson, Steve Hastalis,  Bill Reif, ,  Glenn
Moore,  and Leslie Hamric

***Newsline Committee

Chair: David Meyer

Members: Byron Lee, Bob Widman, Bill Reif, Lois Montgomery, and Brian Sumner

***Parents

(Plans and carries out parents' seminars and parents' events at
conventions.)

Chair: Debbie Stein

Members: Leslie Hamric, Linda Hendle , Nelly Gamino, Julietta Meyer, Cathy
Randall, Dave Meyer, Bill Reif, Debbie Pittman, Byron Lee, MaryLou Grunwald,
Charlene Elder, and Glenn Moore

***Public Media

(Responsible for notifying agencies and getting the word out generally on
all NFBI events.  Responsible for getting as much press contact for our
events as possible. Uses all forms of media, including but not limited to,
NFBI website, Newsline, e-mailing, facebook, and twitter

Co-chairs:  Glenn Moore and Robert Hansen

Members: Bob Widman, Linda Hendle, Melissa Fuller, Carolyn Nelson, Ronza
Othman, Patti Chang, Emma Meyer, David Meyer, Denise Avant, Julia Chang,

***Resolutions Committee 

(Responsible for reviewing and recommending "do Pass"  or "do not pass" to
the convention.)

2015-2016 

Chair: Patti Chang

Members: Bill Reif,  David Meyer, Debbie Pittman, MaryLou Grunwald,  Amy
Bosko, and Steve Hastalis,  

***Renewal Committee 

(Responsible to assist all chapters in strengthening present membership and
building new members.  Need to coordinate at-large chapter.  

Chair:  Gina Falvo

Members: Leslie Hamric,  Glenn Moore, Linda Hendle,  Lois Montgomery,
Carolyn Nelson,  Pat Olson, Patrick Olson, Bill Reif,  Bob Widman, Brian
Sumner, and  Ken Staley

*Sales Committee

(Responsible to research items to sell as fund raisers)

Chair: Leslie Hamric

Members: Debbie Pittman,  Marco Giannotti,  Mary Grunwald, Patti Chang, and
Denise Avant

***Scholarship Committee 

(Decides who is awarded scholarships and internships.  Mentors those persons
at convention and throughout the year.)

Chair: Debbie Stein

Members: Melissa Fuller, Cathy Randall, Adrienne Falconer, Nicholas
Robertson, David Meyer, and Bill Reif

***Special Events Committee 

(Plans and carries out all aspects of our spring seminars and conventions
except for press, sends out convention bulletin, and plans face-to-face
board meetings.)

Co-chairs: Patti Chang  and Jemal Powell

Members: Nancy Gardner, Denise Avant, (marco Gianotti (sound needs at
convention), Byron Harden, (sound Needs at convention), Steve Hastalis,
(sound needs at convention), Pat Olson, Jemal Powell, Roberta Reif, Byron
Lee, (consultant), and Robert Gardner

***Transportation Committee

Represent NFBI when dealing with transportation issues with both mainline
and paratransit issues

Chair Jemal Powell

Members: Steve Hastalis, Debbie Pittman,  Melissa Fuller, and Kelly Pierce 

***Webpage Committee 

(Purpose to keep the webpage growing and up to date. This committee will
design, and implement the page as well as urge all to get content to the
webmaster in a timely fashion.)

Chair: Patti Chang

Members: Byron Lee (consultant), Brian Mackey, (Illinois webmaster), Dan
Tevalde, Christopher Milsap, Glenn Moore,  and Marco Giannotti

NFB National LIAISON APPOINTMENTS 

Public Relations 

Glenn Moore 

*Science Camp and Youth Slam Coordinator

Debbie Stein

GOVERNMENT ADVISORY PANEL APPOINTMENTS 

*Blind Services Planning Council

NFBI Representatives: Andrew Webb and Leslie Hamric 

*Library Committee Representative?

ISVI Advisery Committee:

Jesse Rogers

OTHER 

Pace Suburban ADA Advisory Committee 

Jemal Powell

The Illinois Affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind has two
listservs for all interested in blindness issues in IL.  IL-Talk is for
everyone and IABS-Talk is specific for those interested in student issues.
Sign up by going to www.nfbnet.org <http://www.nfbnet.org> .

You can also find us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nfbi
<http://www.twitter.com/nfbi>  and on facebook by searching on "National
Federation of the Blind of Illinois."

Denise R. Avant

President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois

Live the life you want

To: All Members of the National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois

From: Denise R. Avant

President, National Federation Of The Blind Of illinois

Date: March 7,2016

This is our most up-to-date committee list. If you wish to be added to or
deleted from  a committee, please let me know. Thanks to all of the chair
persons and members for your work on our various committees.

Based on our protocols, please take note of the following:

 All committee meetings are open, except for Freedom Link, Chappell-Dennis,
and scholarship. Notices of meetings should be e-mailed to our general
membership and student listservs.

 Notes should be taken at every meeting.

2015-2016 National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Committee
Appointments:

Amended and updated: March 4, , 2016

COMMITTEES

*Advocacy Committee 

(Advocates with employers, schools, DRS, ICRE-WOOD and other public or
private agencies for blind residents of Illinois.)

Chair: Leslie  Hamric

Members:          David Meyer,  Debbie Stein, Lois Montgomery, Patti Chang,
Denise Avant, Charlene Elder, Kelly Pierce, Debbie Pittman,  Ronza Othman,
Meg Cheatham, Linda Hendle

Bell Committee

This committee will plan for our Bell Program(s)in 2015and figure out how to
tie it in with our Parent/TVI seminar in the spring, as well as our Freedom
Link program.

Chair: Patti Chang 

Members: Lois Montgomery,  Jean  Rauschenbach, Debbie Stein,  Steve Hastlis,
Amy Lund, Samantha Voll, Hilda Sandifer, Denise Avant, Jonathan Brayfield,
Cathy Randall, and Janet  Leinum

*Braille Literacy Initiative

Chair: Robert Gardner

Members: Debbie Stein, LOL squared),  Linda Hendle, Debbie Pittman, Bill
Reif,  Lois Montgomery, 

And Patrick Olson 

*Chappell-Dennis  Award Committee

(Responsible for decisions with guidance from NFBI board on aiding and
selecting people to attend events.)

(This is our only committee where the membership remains anonymous.)

*Development Committee 

(Prepares and submits grant proposals.  Sends out annual appeal letters.
Handles things like our letter to estates attorneys.)

Chair: Cathy Randall

Patti Chang, (Treasurer NFBI)

Grants: Denise Avant,  Debbie Stein, Charlene Elder, Debbie Pittman, Jesse
Rogers and Bill Reif

XX*Door Prizes

Chair: Marco Giannotti 

Members: Nancy Gardner, Roberta Glickman, Debbie Pittman,  Jonathan
Brayfield, Don Jordan and Bob Widman

*Freedom Link

(Transitions Club Committee)

Co-chairs: Marco Giannotti and  Debbie Stein

Members: Adrienne Falconer, Bill Reif, MaryLou Grunwald,  Steve Hastalis,
Robert  Hansen, Nicholas Robertson, Paul Shepherdson, David Meyer, Bill
Reif, and Bruce Paulb

*Fund Raising and Budget Committee 

(Responsible for all Fund Raising events e.g. Amazon Smile, Certificates,
and Octoberfest, etc

 Responsible for putting together an annual budget for presentation to the
board.)

Chair: Patti Chang, treasurer

Members: Denise Avant, Cathy Randall, Leslie Hamric, MaryLou Grunwald,
Debbie Stein, Bob Widman, Don Jordan, and Dave Meyer 

*Guide Dog

Chair: Debbie Pittman 

Members: Tori Clark, Edwin Rodriguez, Yusef  Dale, Jonathan Brayfield,
Donna Miles, and Steve Pangeer

xxx*ISVI 

(Deals with the school for the blind and its issues.)

Chair: Bill Reif

Members: Jonathan Brayfield, Jesse Rogers, Charlene Elder, Cathy Randall,
Dave Meyer, and Debbie Stein

*Legislation- State, Committee 

(Responsible for State Legislative action.)

Co-chairs: Dave Meyer and  Jemal Powell 

Members: Bill Reif, Marco Giannotti, , Melissa Fuller, Annette Grove, Robert
Gardner, and Charlene Elder

*Legislation-Federal Committee 

(Responsible for Washington Seminar and Federal Legislative Action )

Chair: Annette Grove

Members: Bob Gardner, Debbie Pittman, Jemal Powell, Lois Montgomery,
Adrienne Falconer, Charlene Elder,  Steve Hastalis, Jonathan Brayfield,
Leslie Hamric, Melissa Fuller, Zachary Dreicer,  Syed Yousufuddin and  Glenn
Moore  

xxx*Newsletter Illinois Independent  Committee 

(Writes and distributes our Newsletter.)

Editor: Debbie Stein

Members: David Meyer, Carolyn Nelson, Steve Hastalis,  Bill Reif, ,  Glenn
Moore,  and Leslie Hamric

*Newsline Committee

Chair: David Meyer

Members: Byron Lee, Bob Widman, Bill Reif, Lois Montgomery, and Brian Sumner

XX*Parents

(Plans and carries out parents' seminars and parents' events at
conventions.)

Chair: Debbie Stein

Members: Leslie Hamric, Linda Hendle , Nelly Gamino, Cathy Randall, Dave
Meyer, Bill Reif, Debbie Pittman, Byron Lee, MaryLou Grunwald,  Charlene
Elder, Glenn Moore,  and Jonathan Brayfield

xxx*Public Relations  Committee 

(Responsible for notifying agencies and getting the word out generally on
all NFBI events.  Responsible for getting as much press contact for our
events as possible.)

Co-chairs:  Glenn Moore and Jesse Rogers

Members: Bob Widman, Linda Hendle, Melissa Fuller, Carolyn Nelson, Margret
James,  and Hilda Sanifer

xxx*Resolutions Committee 

(Responsible for reviewing and recommending "do Pass"  or "do not pass" to
the convention.)

2015-2016 

Members:

Chair: Patti Chang

Members: Bill Reif,  David Meyer, Debbie Pittman, MaryLou Grunwald,  and
Steve Hastalis,  

xxx*Renewal Committee 

(Responsible to assist all chapters in strengthening present membership and
building new members.  Need to coordinate at-large chapter.  

Chair:  Gina Falvo

Members: Leslie Hamric,  Glenn Moore, Linda Hendle,  Lois Montgomery,
Carolyn Nelson,  Pat Olson, Patrick Olson, Bill Reif,  Bob Widman, Brian
Sumner, Alma Hinkle, and  Ken Staley

*Sales Committee

(Responsible to research items to sell as fund raisers)

Chair: Leslie Hamric

Members: Debbie Pittman,  Marco Giannotti,  Adam Kozarewicz, Dan Peters,
Sean Ziada

xxx*Scholarship Committee 

(Decides who is awarded scholarships and internships.  Mentors those persons
at convention and throughout the year.)

Chair: Debbie Stein

Members: Annette Grove, Cathy Randall, Adrienne Falconer, Syed Yousufuddin,
David Meyer, and Bill Reif

*Social Media

Co-chairs: Robert Hansen and Ronza Othman

Members: Byron Lee, Katie Leinum, 

Victoria Tori Clark,  Patti Chang, Zachary Dreicer, Julia Chang, and Glenn
Moore

xxx*Special Events Committee 

(Plans and carries out all aspects of our spring seminars and conventions
except for press, sends out convention bulletin, and plans face-to-face
board meetings.)

Co-chairs: Patti Chang  and Denise Avant

Members: Nancy Gardner, Pat Olson, Jemal Powell, Roberta Reif, Byron Lee,
and Robert Gardner

Transportation Committee

Represent NFBI when dealing with transportation issues with both mainline
and paratransit issues

Chair Jemal Powell

Members: Steve Hastalis, Debbie Pittman,  Kelly Pierce 

*Webpage Committee 

(Purpose to keep the webpage growing and up to date. This committee will
design, and implement the page as well as urge all to get content to the
webmaster in a timely fashion.)

Chair: Byron Lee

Members: Dan Tevalde, Christopher Milsap, Glenn Moore,  Patti Chang, and
Marco Giannotti

NFB National LIAISON APPOINTMENTS 

Public Relations 

Glenn Moore and Jesse Rogers 

*Science Camp and Youth Slam Coordinator

Debbie Stein

GOVERNMENT ADVISORY PANEL APPOINTMENTS 

*Blind Services Planning Council

NFBI Representatives: Andrew Webb and Charlene Elder, 

Pending Applications:

Marco Gianotti and Leslie Hamric

*Library Committee Representative

Linda Hendle

ISVI Advisery Committee:

Jesse Rogers

OTHER 

Pace Suburban ADA Advisory Committee 

Jemal Powell

The Illinois Affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind has two
listservs for all interested in blindness issues in IL.  IL-Talk is for
everyone and IABS-Talk is specific for those interested in student issues.
Sign up by going to www.nfbnet.org <http://www.nfbnet.org> .

You can also find us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nfbi
<http://www.twitter.com/nfbi>  and on facebook by searching on "National
Federation of the Blind of Illinois."

Denise R. Avant, President

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

Live the life you want.

For more information about NFBI, 

Go to www.nfbofillinois.org.