[Massachusetts-NFB] NFB of MA Parents of Blind Children February Meeting Minutes

[Liz Lesperance]

Good Evening,

Pasted below please find the meeting minutes for the NFB of MA Parents of
Blind Children February meeting.

Best Regards,
Liz
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The NFB of MA Parents of Blind Children held their monthly meeting on
Thursday, Feb. 9th. The meeting began at 6:13PM. Those in attendance
included:

Youme Nguyen Ly

Shara Winton

Stephanie Valdes

Kobena Bonney

Justin Heard

Sengil Inkiala

Liz Lesperance

Shara confirmed that our constitution has been approved by the Board of
Directors.

Stephanie will represent our division on the nominating committee.

Youme put forth a motion to accept the January minutes as read. Liz
seconded. The minutes were approved.

Our IEP meeting will be held during the virtual portion of the state
convention on Thursday, March 2nd  from 4:30PM to 6:30PM. Stephanie has
arranged for one speaker, Michelle, who is a TVI. Justin has also reached
out to a speaker as well, Jackie Anderson. This way we will have the
perspectives of two IEP professionals. We would also like to hear from a
student which Justin will look into. Each speaker will present for
approximately 15 minutes. We will also allow time for Q&A. Inky has a
contact at the MCB who handles IEP's for children in central MA. We agreed
that Inky’s contact would be a great 4th addition to our presentation. We
resolved to have 4 speakers in total. Stephanie and Liz will work together
to compose an email to public schools advertising the event.

Stephanie reminded us that door prizes are needed for the state convention
and to contact Margaret if individuals have items that can be donated.
Also, during Friday night of the state convention there will be karaoke and
salsa dancing.

We would like the parents’ division to be represented in the exhibit hall.
Youme will see if the NOPBC has a pamphlet that we can make copies of to
distribute. We also decided to host a bake sale at our table. This will
help raise funds for our division. Stephanie and Liz confirmed they will
prepare baked goods for the event. All division members are encouraged to
participate in the bake sale, if possible.

We'd also like to meet in person at convention and discuss plans for the
parents division for the upcoming year.

Stephanie went over the highlights of the presidential release.

Stephanie was informed of a newly blinded parent who is seeking assistance
in relating to her sighted children. Stephanie suggested we each come up
with one or two tips to assist in the event this mother is able to join our
next meeting.

Inky shared that through his work at MCB he is in touch with parents of
blind children and would like to spread word about the parents’ division.
Stephanie will provide her contact info to Inky.

The meeting adjourned at 7:06PM.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 9th at 6:00PM.
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