[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: membership
slerythema
slerythema at gmail.com
Thu Jul 28 22:12:40 UTC 2011
Thanks for the quick update, Ramona.
I also wanted to point out to members that dues paid with a credit card via
paypal incur a fee, so we do not get the whole $10. Diane did not detail
this in her report at convention, but that does account for any
discrepancies when assuming that 50 members at $10 equals $500, it does not.
Cindy S.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Ramona Walhof
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:24 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: membership
>
>
> My what a lot of fuss can go on in less than 24 hours since I
> last looked at
> this list!
>
> I was at the Krafters Korner meeting at Convention and took notes.
>
> My notes say: Treasurer Diane reported a current balance of 1285.92
> dollars. We had 54 members paid through July 1. I didn't
> take down the
> exact amount of expenditures, but the primary ones had to do with Web
> development.
>
> Many members donate a lot of time and other items. We
> receive free Web
> space for this list, space for convention activities,
> meetings, etc., and I
> am not aware that we have contributed any cash to the NFB. It is
> notrequired, but most divisions do make donations.
>
> At the meeting there was discussion about having quarterly
> Board meetings
> and more membership meetings and planning more activities.
> This group is
> very active on the telephone and electronically.
>
> No one needs to pay dues who doesn't want to, but if you
> don't I hope you
> will have the grace not to fuss. If you do, I hope you will make
> constructive suggestions and help us build a positive group.
> I think we are
> off to a great start, but we are paving or perhaps plowing new ground.
>
> At the meeting we also discussed trying to spark some lessons
> or other
> activities at State Conventions.
>
> Gmail changed something on its Web Site, and I have to figure
> out what it is
> in order to make my BrailleNote right to send email again. I
> haven't had
> time to copy the entire file into my JAWS computer or I would
> just send it. I am going to try to list the current officers:
> President, Joyce Kane from
> Connecticut; First Vice President, Cindy Sheets, Kentucky;
> Second Vice
> President Laurie Porter from Wisconsin; Secretary is Ramona
> Walhof for this
> year from Idaho; Treasurer is Diane Phillips from Colorado.
> These people
> are in the middle of a two-year term and will stand for
> re-election next
> year. We have two Board members who are elected in
> odd-numbered years for
> two year terms. Linda Anderson from Colorado and Cindy
> Zimmer from Nebraska
> are the two Board members.
>
> No doubt, Diane will look at all this discussion before long
> and send in
> information I do not have. Please be gentle with your
> friends and not over
> sensative. Thank you.
>
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: membership
>
>
> > As a former owner of my own bookkeeping business, a member of the
> > finance committee of GDUI, and the Treasurer of my local
> Council of
> > the Blind, the Treasury of any group I donate monies to is
> very much a
> > concern of mine.
> >
> > Thank you Cindy for offering to give us a copy of the
> annual report.
> > That is all I am asking for. A simple accounting of the funds.
> > As a treasurer I am expected to give a monthly report of
> our funds and how
> > they are used, and rightly so. Some people are able and
> willing to donate
> > much more than $10 a year for a worthy cause. This of
> course though would
> > only happen if they know where the money is going and what
> it is needed
> > for.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dixie
> > ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Powers,
> > Terry
> > (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:40 AM
> > To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: membership
> >
> >
> > Also all the calls and advertising Joyce has done in our
> behalf. For
> > all the classes we get, a nice web site and a nice e-mail
> list, Dues
> > is the last worry on my mind. When we get bigger, more can be done
> > with our funding. We are a small group, just getting off
> the ground.
> > I was at the meeting, but did not consentrate on the
> treasury report,
> > because it was not a big concern on my mind.
> > Terry P.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:21 AM
> > To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> >
> > We have to maintain our web site and that is not free and as we get
> > larger,
> > we most likely will have to contribute to the National
> treasury. Just
> > because the chat line is free, does not mean there are not
> any hidden
> > charges we do not know about. Just the cost of buying
> paper, writing
> > checks... Can add up.
> >
> > Terry Powers
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:46 PM
> > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> >
> > Dixie,
> >
> > I have not gotten a report from our Membership Meeting
> held at the
> > NFB Convention in Orlando Florida on July 6th, 2011. So until I
> > receive the report I can not make comment to you or the list. The
> > report was given at the meeting and I am waiting for these
> reports to
> > come to me.
> >
> > Our division is only 3 years old so there has not been much
> time for
> > our treasurery to grow or for us to have membership grow. As was
> > stated a short while ago in 2011 we had just over 50 paid
> members. I
> > hope you don't mind that I use you for an example, but just since
> > January 2011 to date you have participated in 23 class
> sessions here
> > on Krafters
> > Korner That does not count classes taken in July 2010 to
> December 2010.
> > So I believe you received your $10 worth.
> >
> > I am always working hard for the NFB Krafters Division to make our
> > membership grow and spread the word of what Krafters Korner has to
> > offer blind crafters.
> >
> > I would like to see our treasurery grow in order to meet expensives
> > and create some opportunities for our members. I will be
> planning a
> > meeting with our new board to welcome them and get
> feedback from the
> > Convention.
> >
> > Krafters Korner is for everyone and everyone makes Krafters Korner
> > what it is. Joyce Kane
> > _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> > Blindhands at AOL.com
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/27/2011 5:51:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > blueherons at sbcglobal.net writes:
> >
> > Before I pay for another year of membership I would like
> to know if
> > we
> > can
> > please see an accounting of where the funds are going?
> What exactly does
> > $10 get used for and go to?
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dixie
> > ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> > Blindhands at aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:59 PM
> > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] membership
> >
> > to all:
> > Membership goes from July to July. We did have a special
> for folks in
> > April or May I believe that if you paid back at that time your
> > membership counted from that time to July 2012.
> >
> > Technically, unless you paid at Convention in Florida or
> sent your
> > membership via PayPal or mail mostly everyone's
> membership dues of
> > $10 are due now.
> >
> > The only way you can check if you think you have paid
> for 2012 is
> > to email to Diane our treasurer. at _dianefilipe at peoplepc.com_
> > (mailto:dianefilipe at peoplepc.com)
> >
> > I have not yet received the membership list that was collected at
> > Convention yet.
> >
> > Please contact Diane and ask her for her mailing address
> or you can
> > go
> > to
> >
> > our website KraftersKorner.org and click on the membership
> link and
> > it will
> >
> > bring
> > you to PayPal. Do not send payment via PayPal to us [as mine or
> > Diane's email address] you have to go to our website and go to
> > PayPal.
> >
> > We have new classes coming up in August remember you get one free
> > Try It Class and then membership needs to be paid for you
> to attend
> > any other classes.
> >
> > Once you sign up for a class you will receive a
> confirmation of that
> > class
> > with a phone number to get into the class.
> >
> > August 8 is a Monday Night Chat mini class and Monday Night Chats
> > don't count as a class. Joyce Kane
> > _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.KraftersKorner.org)
> > _Blindhands at AOL.com_ (mailto:Blindhands at AOL.com)
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