[Nfb-greeley] meeting minutes from 4-19-14

[JJ Aragon]

Thanks Marty, these look great! I'm excited for the luncheon!
Best,
JJ
...Addicted to the written word...

On Fri, May 2, 2014, at 02:14 PM, Marty Rahn wrote:
>  Hi all,
> 
> Please find the minutes from our last meeting below.
> 
> 4-19-14
> 
> The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM. People present were Cody,
> Linda, Melissa, Diane, Rita Bill, and Marty was present by phone. The
> TreasurerS report stated that we have a current balance of $511.97.
> Cody talked with Shannon at Noodles and she said that we needed to do
> our fundraiser in May before the end of the secod quarter for which
> they have budgeted fundraising money. We have therefore decided to go
> ahead with the luncheon  in May. Melissa has the flyer with her today
> so that we can go over it and decide the fee that we wish to charge per
> plate and other details. Cody said that we could do something baisc
> like spaghesti and Meatballs or chicken alfredo. In order to get our
> food from Noodles, we need to have our order in a minimum of one day
> before the fundraiser. We are also planning to provide a salad and we
> will have members of the chapter donate desert. Cody said that the
> salad would cost about  50 cents per person. With drinks, he  decided
> to have waser or lemonade. We decided to also look into having coffee.
> We will also look into creamer and sugar for the coffee if it is
> possible for us to have it. We then moved to discussing the price to
> charge. After some discussion, we decided to charge $12 per person. We
> also decided that the luncheon would be held from 12:00-2:00 PM. Diane
> will buy dressing for the salad and Linda has bought plates. We still
> need to buy desert plates. Melissa will send the donations letter to
> people so that we can get door prizes to give away throughout the
> course of the luncheon. We decided to have a 50-50 rafle as well. If we
> get a   nice door prize, then we may rafle it off also. We then
> discussed putting together a program. We decided that the program would
> run for an hour from 1:00-2:00 PM. We will cover the history of our
> chapter, what we've done in the past several years within the
> community, and what we are planning to do in the future. There was a
> suggestion that Marty could speak in the capacity of a TVI to talk
> about the education of blind kids. We would also like to have one
> parent speak about their child's education from their perspective as
> well as to have a blind parent speak about being a blind parent. We
> would also like to have someone from the state come and speak to help
> put our chapter in perspective within the larger afiliate and the
> organization of the NFB as a whole. We will place flyers in strategic
> places around the community as well as email directors of the Greeley
> and Evans Senior Centers and we will also place an anouncement in the
> Tribune. Further, we will send the flyer to David Andrews and Becky
> Porter for distribution. Names of those who wish to apply for
> assistance to National Conventioneañeed to have their names into Lisa
> by May 1st. The Denver Chaptg is having a fundraising trip to a Cacino
> in Blackhawk on June 21st.  The Colorado Association of Guide Dog Users
> will be holding a seminar at CCB on May 31st from 9:00AM to 4:00 PM. We
> then moved into elections of the board members of the chapter. Cody
> Bair was elected as President. Melissa Green was reelected to the Vice
> Preiident's position. Marty Rahn was reelected as Secretary. Linda
> Anderson was reelected to Treasurer. Diane Filipe was elected to the
> position of Board Member 1. JJ Aragon was elected to the position of
> Board Member 2. The next meeting is set for May 3rd from 12:00-2:00 at
> the Senior  Center. The meeting was then adjourned at 1:21 PM.
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> 
> Marsy Rahn, Secretary,
> National Federation of The Blind of Colorado (Greeley Chapter)
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