[Nfb-krafters-korner] Committee Reports

[Zimmer, Cindy]

I'm not sure why the Treasury Report was not included in this Committee Report you sent out.  I did an entirely new report from July - Oct. because it was requested, yet you did not share it when sending this out.

Cindy Z.

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Committee Reports

I'm resending these reports. I've also included Jill & Terry K  in the recipients. 

The contents are below & I've also attached a copy.

Courtney

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Committee Reports
October 15, 2017
 
10th Anniversary
Meeting started at 4:05pm (EST)  on October 1, 2017.
There were nine people in attendance.
President, Joyce explained that she wanted this committee to be the ones that pull activities and events together throughout the remainder of the
2017-2018 NFBKK year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the group.  The celebration will be concluded at the NFB/KK Division meeting at national convention.
Cindy Z. shared the acceptance of articles related to nfb/kk in the Braille Monitor.
Below is a list of some of the suggestions shared:
*Create an Anniversary page on the nfb/kk web site *Record interviews with Joyce *Record interviews with Officers and Board members *Interview the newest member *Have these recordings available on our web site  *Have each committee sponsor a portion of the Christmas party & provide a small gift *Have a YouTube channel.  We could create audio files describing specific crochet stitches (for example) Offer written directions to go with them *Sell thumb drives with a Division Cookbook and craft ideas and directions.
Next meeting is scheduled for October 29, 2017 at 5:00pm (EST) Contest Committee The Contest Committee has met twice to discuss ideas for prizes, contests & to organize tasks for the Treasure Hunt. As of this report, our August winner was Cathy Flesher & our September winner was Tammy Freitag. The monthly contests have been planned thru the month of January & we have members who have stepped up to sponsor prizes for these months. The committee will meet again in January to discuss monthly contest themes for the remainder of the contest year. Tammy has created three web pages that have all the contest information listed.  Courtney has created a spreadsheet where she is keeping track of all points. Deborah is responsible for sending out weekly reminders concerning monthly contest information.Three people have agreed to assist in sending out donation letters requesting donations for prizes. 
 
Monday Night Chat
This committee met to discuss & plan out chats for the remainder of the year. Nella has scheduled several guest speakers, as well as, organized chats around topics that have been requested by our members. All Monday nights are full thru December 18 & January is starting to fill up quickly.
The committee will meet again after the holiday season to discuss ideas for future months. Jill & Deborah were asked to assist Nella in seeking out someone to host a chat on spinning your own fiber.
 
Website
There have been several changes within this committee. There has been two resignations and three additions of web assistants. Many of the pages are being reformatted for easier navigation by screen readers. Theresa & Nella are teaming up to begin writing articles for our Featured Articles page, we are looking to get the Blog started back up & the Resource page has gotten a complete overhaul. We hope to have that page live soon. Cathy plans to have a Monday night chat scheduled to walk people thru the new pages &new features.


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