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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>good work marty.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Have a blesed day.<BR>Best, <BR>Melissa R Green and Pj<BR>"We love because
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Nfb-greeley] NFBG meeting minutes for Aug. 24 and Sept.
7</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please find, pasted below, the meeting minutes from
the last two meetings of our chapter. Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>8/24/13</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>9/7/13</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Respectfully submitted,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Marty Rahn,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Secretary, National Federation of The Blind of
Colorado, (Greeley Chapter)</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>
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