[MD-Sligo] Chapter meeting and other information

[deborahb14 at verizon.net]

Saturday's chapter meeting will be at the Long Branch Library, 8800 Garland
Avenue in Silver Spring.  We have not been there in a while, and there have
been some changes since we were there last.  The meeting will begin at 1:30.

 

I would like to thank everyone who came to walk with us this morning on what
was not supposed to be a rainy morning but turned out to be.  We had Ben's
family and a few volunteers invited by Emily and Yasmin, as well as Judy
Rasmussen, Conrad Austen, Yasmin Reyazuddin, Sharon Maneki and me.  Because
it was raining, we walked around the Brookside Gardens greenhouse and looked
at plants.  Thanks to Emily for bringing homemade goodies for us that
nullified some of the benefits of the walk.

 

You may pay your 2027 dues online at www.nfbmd.org/dues
<http://www.nfbmd.org/dues> .  You may also pay by cash or check at the
in-person meeting on Saturday or by sending a check to the treasurer.  I
will give you Ben's address off list if you request it.  Annual dues are $5;
lifetime dues are $150.

 

We will hold elections at the November meeting on Zoom.  The meeting will be
at 11:00 on Saturday, November 14.  This is a different time because we want
everyone to be able to be ready for the dinner and auction that is the
evening of the 14th.  Because we will be on Zoom, please make sure you can
mute and unmute your device and raise your hand if that becomes necessary.

 

Someone asked me about officer positions, so I will go over those.  The
president runs chapter meetings and takes charge of the running of the
organization between meetings.  The vice president takes over those duties
if the president is unable.  The vice president has no other official
duties, but I try to keep the vice president informed about decisions I have
made so that she will be able to assume her duties in case I am unable to.

 

The secretary takes meeting minutes.  She also needs to have access to those
minutes if questions arise.  Some chapters give other correspondence and
record-keeping duties to the secretary.  We have not done that in Sligo
before or since I ecamed president.

 

The treasurer is responsible for collecting, depositing, and keeping track
of the chapter's funds, and distributing them to people or organizations as
the chapter designates.  The treasurer acts at the authorization of the
president.

 

The board assists the president in running the chapter between meetings.  We
have varied in how often the board has met and what the board has done.  In
recent years the board has helped make decisions about fundraising, but the
board has also begun the planning of seminars and other activities.  

 

There are two offices not listed in our constitution but appointed by the
president that I would like to note, because they are important for members
to know about.  We have a membership chairperson, who is Jeff Baer.  When a
new person comes to the chapter and expresses interest in membership, either
Jeff or I collect their contact information.  One or possibly both of us
will keep in contact with them.  We may also ask another chapter member to
mentor them if we think a chapter member shares common interests with them.
When they become a member, the membership chairperson enters their name in
the membership module so that they are nationally recognized as a new
member.  

 

Because we have a chapter listserv, we need a list moderator.  I am
appointing Jeff Baer as that person because he has access to the list on
more than one device.  

 

We have a few activities coming up:

 

October 10:  In-person chapter meeting at Long Branch Library, 8800 Garland
Avenue, Silver Spring.

 

October 18:  Book club meeting with members of the NFB of Maryland on
Maryland Zoom link, where we will discuss Andrew Leland's book Country of
the Blind.

 

October 24:  In-person affiliate board meeting at Pikesville Doubletree.  

 

November 14:  Virtual chapter meeting at 11:00 at which we will hold
elections.

 

November 14:  Bidding for Opportunity dinner and auction for the John T.
McCraw scholarship fund.

 

See you on Saturday.

 

Debbie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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