[Nfb-greeley] NFBG meeting minutes for Aug. 24 and Sept. 7

[Marty Rahn]

Hello everyone,

Please find, pasted below, the meeting minutes from the last two meetings of our chapter. Thank you.

8/24/13

The meeting was called to order at 12:25. People present were Cody, Nure, Linda, Melissa, Marty, Diane and Bill. The minutes from last month were approved as posted to the NFB of Greeley List. Treasurer's report said that we made $29 from Cafe Mexicalli and $119 from the crafts and candy bars, $3 donation and $2 for the 50-50 raffle at the vision expo. We now have a total of $588.38. There is about $56 outstanding from the water bottle sales that Melissa and Jessica still have and need to get to the chapter. We recapped the New Perspectives Expo. Nure suggested that we have our next expo at the beginning of the school year around late August early September. Everyone thought that overall, the expo went well. We received feedback from some of the vendors that the fare ran a little too long, and that we needed to hold the fare in another location so that  seniors were not intimidated by having to come to the UNC campus. We discussed locations and the library was brought up as a possible location. We also discussed changing the flyer so that it might appeal to more people. We talked about how we wanted to maintain our relationship with the Disabled Student Services Office at UNC. We also discussed giving out door prizes to keep people hanging around. One vendor suggested that the vendors could supply gift certificates since we aren't charging them for table space. We discussed having door prizes the next time and the possibility of charging vendors $25 or so to help defray the cost of food so that UNC can then cater the event. Cody said that we need to reach out and continue to network to make additional contacts within the agencies and also to see about getting a PSA recorded for the local radio stations. He also suggested advertising on Newsline, through The Audio Information Network of Colorado and the local newspapers. Next we moved to discussion of the UNC Bizarre. We have a table from 12:00-3:00 PM. Setup is at 10:00 AM. DIANE, Nure and Cody will be there. Melissa may make it if she can get a ride. Marty, Cody, Linda and Diane all donated money towards the cost of purchasing candy for the bizarre. Our chapter will be having a picnic on Saturday September 7th. We have the gizibo at Sanborn Park reserved from 10:00-5:00. The picnic will be from 12:00-4:00 as advertised on the flyer. We discussed barbecuing at the picnic but decided that this might not be the best option. We talked about each of us bringing a side dish or something to drink. We decided on King Soopers fried chicken and some type of salad for the main course. We will order 50 pieces of chicken and the chapter will pay for this. We will ask for RSVP's to see who is planning to attend the picnic. So far, we have confirmed that Diane will bring Potato chips, Cody will take care of dessert and plates and Linda will bring some type of salad. Anyone who has not yet decided what they will bring will need to send an email to Cody or the Greeley list with their choice of side dish.  Cody will be in charge of organizing the food. We talked about the travel raffle next. We have not currently sold enough tickets to recover the cost of the travel vouture that the state has purchased. Cody wants us to send the information about the raffle to everyone we know via email, text message, facebook, etc. Those who would like physical tickets need to give Cody their mailing addresses so that he can make sure that the Center knows where to send tickets. The state convention will be October 17-20 in Colorado Springs. Everyone needs to think about whether or not they will be attending since assistance from the state afiliate will need to be requested soon. We then discussed possible activities that we would like to do for Meet The Blind Month. Melissa and Cody will begin planning possible activities. The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 PM.

9/7/13

We had our chapter picnic today. We had a short meeting after everyone had eaten and had gotten settled. The meeting began at around 1:30 PM. People present were Diane, Linda, Melissa, Marty, Tonya, Cody's mom, Nure and Cody. Cody asked   for ideas that we can implement during Meet The Blind month which is coming up in October. most of the people present thought that we didn't need to do anything extravagant and  that we should just set up a table and hand out literature and  braille alphabet cards.  We decided to try to coordinate with the disability office over  at Aims Community College to see if there is an event coming up that they are sponsoring and if we can set up a table at this event or if we can just set up a table on our own with their support in the College Center. Possible days put forth that people could come and help staff the table were Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays. Most people agreed that a Friday would work best. We turned to the topic of how much money the chapter should give those members who will be going to state convention. A brief Treasurer's report indicated that we have about $85 outstanding including the $53 that Melissa still has from the Cafe mexicalli fundraiser and the sale of some of the water bottles at national convention, and the $32 that Jessica still has from the water bottles that she sold. The purchase of the chicken and salads from king soopers cost about $52. Linda wrote a check to reemburse Cody for this cost. This brings our balance down to around $536. It was therefore decided after a vote that we would give $40 to Melissa, Cody and Marty which totals out to $120. Nure is also attending state, but he is being fully paid for by the state afiliate since he is a scholarship winner. We all went back to eating and socializing again around 2:15 which was when the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Marty Rahn,
Secretary, National Federation of The Blind of Colorado, (Greeley Chapter)

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