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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Here are the January parent division notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ellen Bartelt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>January Parent Division Notes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Call to order:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The January parent division meeting was called to order on January 8, at 6:03 P.M. The people who were in attendance were Ellen Bartelt, Dana Lynn, Youm Wen Ly, Hai Wen Ly, and Stephanie Valdes. Stephanie led everyone on the NFB pledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Secretary Report:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The vote to approve the November meeting notes was tabled until the February meeting. There was a motion passed that Ellen would post the minutes twice a month. When she posts the meeting zoom link and the day before the meeting takes place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>State Convention:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The board decided to have their meeting March 27, from 5:30 to 7:00 during the state convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Positions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The positions on the board were discussed during the meeting. Stephanie will reach out to Jen to see if she is still interested in being a board member. There was discussion about eliminating one of the board positions. There was also discussion about separating the secretary and treasury positions from each other. This was discussed so one person would not have so much work to do during the month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Goals for 2026:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The division wants to work on outreach and bringing new members to meetings. We would like to create a flyer to share with parents and teachers. The flyer will explain what the division does and how it can be a resource to families. We would also like to host a meet and greet during Meet the Blind Month in October. We can also email the flyer out to our BELL families. We also would like to share the flyer when we call people who are on our non-member list to invite them to division meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>BELL Program:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stephanie is looking for a location for this summer’s BELL program. There was a lot of discussion about having a one-week residential program. We think more families will participate in the BELL program if it is in a residential location. Two of our BELL students are already coming out of state. Stephanie is thinking we will have more BELL student’s ether in a more central part of the state, or in a residential program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>End of Meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The meeting ended at 7:22 P.M. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>