[Nfb-greeley] meeting minutes for 11/23/13

[Marty Rahn]

----- Hi all,

Please find corrected minutes below. Thanks.

Marty

11/23/13

The meeting was called to order at 12:20 PM. People present were Marty, 
Melissa, linda, Cody, Jessica, Bill, Nure and Rita. Joe, Jannis, Angel and 
Christi also joined us as guests. We next discussed the minutes as emailed 
to the Greeley list and a motion was made and seconded to pass the  minutes 
which were accepted by unanimous vote. According to the Treasurer's report, 
we currently have $421.72 in our account. This is counting the check that we 
wrote for $50 to NFBCO. This leaves us with a balance of $371.72. Cody 
introduced Mike Hess from the Blind Institute of Technology and then 
conferenced him in via phone. He  discussed what he did through BIT. He 
stated that he helps people who are bl/VI to get into the work world more 
easily through training and work with companies. Mike Hess's contact 
information is as follows:

phone: 303-995-6453. email: mike at blindinstituteoftechnology.org.

After Mike's presentation, we turned to discussion of our holiday party. 
This meeting will be held at the Greeley Senior Center, located  at 1010 6th 
Street, on December 14,, 2013 from 12:00-2:00 PM. People are urged to 
contribute $5 toward the cost of the main dish. We will be collecting 
donations for North Range Behavioral Health and the families with which they 
work. We will be collecting children's books, movies and gift cards for 
these families. We will also be collecting nonperishable food items that 
will benefit the Weld County Food Bank. Linda will take the donations for 
North Range Behavioral Health families with her to be picked up by the woman 
with whom Melissa is working. Chapter members will bring drinks and other 
things to the meeting on the 14th. Members are encouraged to send out 
messages to the list stating what they will bring and Cody will coordinate 
this effort. He will send out a reminder message in about a week's time. 
Fundraising was next on the agenda. We first  talked about the braille 
candybar  fundraiser. We made aproximately  $90 from the sale of these at 
our state convention. It was decided that we would give the money to the 
treasurer and then take the money out of the account when we needed to buy 
supplies to make more bars to sell. We discussed shipping them to people who 
wanted them. Jessica thinks that shipping them would be possible. We could 
have people pay shipping in addition to the price of the candybars. She also 
suggested finding out how many people wanted them and then transporting them 
down to Denver with someone which will be less expensive. The consensus of 
the chapter was that we should exercise this option. Melissa offered to 
contact the center to see who all might want candy. Cody suggested that we 
figure out one large scale fundraiser while continuing to do the smaller 
fundraisers in order to pad our bank account a little more. Some ideas of 
fundraisers we discussed were a bake sale and a silent auction with a dinner 
or some other event to draw people in. Nure brought up the idea of having a 
fundraiser on the UNC campus selling burritos or something like this to 
people on campus who have a difficult time getting away for lunch. Jessica 
suggested we take preorders for Valentine's Day and then make cupcakes, 
cookies, chocolates, etc. as a fundraiser. Cody suggested approaching the 
Lions Club and asking them to help with a pancake breakfast and possibly 
combining the silent auction with this. It was felt that the regional 
president would be a bit more helpful than our local chapter and that we 
should communicate with him directly about this idea. We formed a 
fundraising committee consisting of Cody, Linda and Nure. We then discussed 
our priorities for next year. The first thing is to set our meetings on a 
uniform date every month. This will help attract members and grow the 
chapter. We discussed having meetings on the third Saturday of the month in 
order to avoid some of the major holidays and to help people know when our 
meetings will be. Jessica suggested that we find a place to meet that we can 
always have since there has been some issue with getting the room at the 
senior center. There was consensus about keeping the meeting here at the 
senior center if we can since we do not have to pay for the space we are 
using. We will set up a 2014 calendar and Linda will check with Sherry 
Lobemeyer to see if this is something that we can do. Jessica will work with 
Linda to determine meeting dates. Nure suggested doing another perspectives 
expo similar to what we did this past year, but having it at a time when we 
are more likely to get students from UNC  involved. Melissa said that Aims 
wants us to work with them sometime in March to put together something for 
their Disability Awareness Week and also in October for White Cane Safety 
Day. Jessica suggested getting together a committee soon to set up dates and 
begin planning for these activities. We also talked about looking into 
working and communicating more closely with the area TVIS. We discussed 
having monthly or bimonthly sessions focusing on training for various pieces 
of technology such as I-devices, JAWS and braille notetakers among others. 
We also thought about having 30-60 minute sessions at the end of monthly 
meetings to focus on a certain piece of technology. Kristi was then given 
some time to ask the chapter as a group some questions about common 
misconceptions and obstacles that we face as blind people as well as about 
key pieces of legislation that might help us as a group in the future. The 
meeting was adjourned at 2:20 PM.

respectfully submitted
marty rahn secretary
national federation of The Blind of colorado greeley chapter

----Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Rahn" <marty.rahn at juno.com>
To: <nfb-greeley at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 5:47 PM
Subject: [Nfb-greeley] meeting minutes for 111/23/13


> hi all,
>
> please find the previous meeting minutes below. thanks.
>
> 11/23/13
>
> The meeting was called to order at 12:20 PM. People preient were Marty, 
> Melissa, Cody, Jessica, Bill, Nure and Rita. Joe, Jannis, Angel and 
> Christi also joined us as guests. We next discussed the minutes as emailed 
> to the Greeley list and a motion was made and seconded to pass the 
> minutes which were accepted by unanimous vote. According to the 
> Treasurer's report, we currently have $421.72 in our account. This is 
> counting the check that we wrote for $50 to NFBCO. This leaves us with a 
> balance $371.72. Cody introduced Mike Hess from the Blind Institute of 
> Technology and then conferenced him in via phone. He  discussed what he 
> did through BIT. He stated that he helps people who are bl/VI to get into 
> the work world more easily through training and work with companies. Mike 
> Hess's contact information is as follows:
>
> phone: 303-995-6453. email: mike%blindinstituteoftechnology_org.
>
> After Mike's presentation, we turned to discussion of our holiday party. 
> This meeting will be held at the Greeley Senior Center, locatow  at 1010 
> 6th Street, on December 14,, 2013 from 12:00-2:00 PM. People are urged to 
> contribute $5 toward the cost of the main dish. We will be collecting 
> donations for North Range Behavioral Health and the families with which 
> they work. We will be collecting children's books, movies and gift cards 
> for these families. We will also be collecting nonperishable food items 
> that will benefit the Weld County Food Bank. Linda will take the donations 
> for North Range Behavioral Health families with her to be picked up by the 
> woman with whzm Melissa is working. Chapter memberbbs will bring drinks 
> and other things to the meeting on the 14th. Members are encouraged to 
> send out messages to the list stating what they will bring and Cody will 
> coordinate this effort. He will send out a reminder message in about a 
> week's time. Fundraising was next on the agenda. We first  talked about 
> the braille candybar  fundraiser. We made aproximately  $90 from the sale 
> of these at our state convention. It was decided that we would give the 
> money to the treasurer and then take the money out of the account when we 
> needed to buy susplies to make more bars to sell. We discussed shipping 
> them to people who wanted them. Jessica thinks that shisping them would be 
> possible. We could have people pay shipping in addition to the price of 
> the candybars. She also suggested finding out how many people wanted them 
> and then transporting them down to Denver with someone which will be less 
> expensive. The consensus of the chapter was that we should exercise this 
> option. Melissa offered to contact the center to see who all might want 
> candy. Cody suggested that we figure out one large scale fundraiser while 
> continuing to do the smaller fundraisers in order to pad our bank account 
> a little more. Some ideas of fundraisers we discussed were a bake sale and 
> a silent auction with a dinner or some other event to draw people in. Nure 
> brought up the idea of having a fundraiser on the UNC campus selling 
> burritos or something like this to people on campus who have a difficult 
> time getting away for lunch. Jessica suggested we take preoders for 
> Valentine's Day and then make cupckes, cookies, chocolates, etc. as a 
> fundraiser. Cody suggested approaching the Lions Club and asking them to 
> help with a pancake breakfast and possibly combining the silent auction 
> with this. It was felt that the regional president would be a bit more 
> hepful than our local chapter and that we should communicate with him 
> directly about this idea. We formed a fundraising committee consisting of 
> Cody, Linda and Nure. We then discussed our priorities for next year. The 
> first thing is to set our meetings on a uniform date every month. This 
> will help attract members and grow the chapter. We discussed having 
> meetings on the third Saturday of the month in order to avoid some of the 
> major holidays and to help people know when our meetings will be. Jessica 
> suggested that we find a place to meet that we can always have since there 
> has been some issue with getting the room at the senior center. There was 
> consensus about keeping the meeting here at the senior center if we can 
> since we do not have to pay for the space we are using. We will set up a 
> 2014 calendar and Linda will check with Sherry Lobemeyer to see if this is 
> something that we can do. Jessica will work with Linda to determine 
> meeting dates. Nure suggested doing another perspectives expo similar to 
> what we did this past year, but having it at a time when we are more 
> likely to get students from UNC  involved. Melissa said that Aims wants us 
> to work with them sometime in March to put together something for their 
> Disability Awareness Week and also in October for White Cane Safaty Day. 
> Jessic suggested getting together a committee soon to set up dates and 
> begin planning for these activities. We also talked about looking into 
> working and communicating more closely with the area TVIS. We discussed 
> having monthly or bimonthly sessions focusing on training for various 
> tzpes of technology such as I-devices, JAWS and braille notetakers among 
> others. We also thought about having 30-60 minute sessions at the end of 
> monthly meetings to focus on a certain piece of technology. Kristi was 
> then given some time to ask the chapter as a group some questions about 
> common misccceptions and obstacles that we face as blind people as well as 
> about key pieces of legislation that might help us as a group in the 
> future. The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 PM.
>
> respectfully submitted
> marty rahn secretary
> national federation of colorado greeley chapter
>
> Warm Regards,
> Marty Rahn, Ma
> Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments
> Weld Re-8, Weld Re-3J and Morgan Re-3
> Home: (970) 353-5067
> Cell: (719) 271-9496
> Email: marty.rahn at juno.com
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