[NFBA-Phoenix] NFB of AZ, Phoenix Chapter Business Meeting minutes-October 8, 2023

Sat Nov 5 05:55:15 UTC 2022

NFB of AZ, Phoenix Chapter Business Meeting Minutes

Sat, October 8, 2022 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Jordan Moon, President, 951-316-5363,  <mailto:nfbphoenixchapter at gmail.com>
nfbphoenixchapter at gmail.com 

Location- SAAVI Services for the Blind/Virtual

MEETING AGENDA

Call to Order-Mike Smith, 1st Vice President

Roll Call 18 members were present and 4 guests. One guest was visiting from
Hawaii

Attendees participated in the Pledge of Allegiance, the NFB Pledge, and the
NFB One-Minute Message. Prayers were offered by meeting participants.

Presidential Report-Mike let us know how proud he is of our chapter for
showing up and being good representatives of Phoenix. He thanked us for a
successful picnic.

Secretary's Report - Business Meeting Minutes, September 2022  

Sharonda Goode moved to table the meeting minutes to next month. Vicki
Hodges and Rodney Fletcher seconded. The motion carried.

Treasurer's Report - October 2022 

Vicki moved to accept the report. Monica Nunez seconded. The Motion carried.

Presidential Release 520, 10-1-22 recap : Mike noted that the release took
place in Jackson, MS and we hope to have the President travel here sometime
in the future. We have had movement on our Accessible Technology bill in
congress. Share BEAM activities through nfb.org. Rachel shared activities
happening around employment including a job fair and seminars. 

Legislative Report National/affiliate - Mike spoke about being sure to get
registered for the upcoming election.

Membership Committee : Monica, 2nd Vice President and Vicki, Co-Chair

Vicki reported that they will be calling members to fill in the blanks for
the membership roster. She also reported that a couple of people mentioned
wanting to join the chapter who were at the picnic. They will continue
reaching out to them. Monica reminded people to pay their dues to be ready
for the chapter elections in November.

Donna Silba, Treasurer reviewed the membership roster for 2022to update
people on who is eligible to vote in November. This list included those who
have paid through 2023. They are also eligible to vote. 2023 dues must be
paid by Jan 1 to serve on the board.

Nominating Committee Report: Sharonda Goode, Chair reported the slate as
Jordan Moon for President, Mike Smith for 1 Vice President, Sharonda Good
for 2 Vice President, Rachel Kuntz for Secretary, Donna Silba for Treasurer,
Vicki Hodges for Board Member, Tom Johnson for Board Member. Members can
nominate anyone from the floor. Those who are nominated must be present to
be considered. It is good to speak with them before nominating them to
ensure that they want to run for the position.

Fundraising Committee  -: Mike spoke about getting ready to buy fudge for
our friends and family. Sales will begin in early November. Everybody loves
fudge.

Technology Committee: Joe Goode, Chair had no report. If interested in being
part of the committee send him an email.

Picnic Wrap-up and Christmas Party (Social and outreach Committee report) 

Mike complimented the committee for a great picnic. Rachel thanked everyone
for helping in every way possible. Everyone really stepped up to lend a hand
and for that we are all grateful. Send suggestions and ideas to Rachel.  We
gave our left over food to our community who were in need at the park.
Nothing went to waste. People loved the location for the picnic. We had over
60 people in attendance. 

Rachel made a motion to hold the 2023 chapter Picnic at Margaret T Hance
Park in the West Ramada in early April provided there is space available.
Monica Nunez seconded. The motion carried.

Christmas Party Plans: Mike spoke about the urgency of finding a location
for the party. Monica, joy Harris, and Cindy Garfio agreed to research a
place to hold the party. Rachel agreed to collect the names of anyone who
might be in need of a little help this holiday season. Send the suggestion
to her by November 20. She will maintain privacy and provide the necessary
information to the appointed committee in late November. Cindy G.
recommended that we reach out to the youth program coordinator at SAAVI for
a family to support.

Sharonda moved that we allocate $100 for incidental expenses for the
Christmas party. Monica seconded. The motion carried.

State Division and committee updates: Mark Feliz, President of East Valley,
invited people to attend one of two accessible voting machine demonstrations
and information sessions presented by the Maricopa County Recorder's office.
They are taking place at the October East Valley chapter meeting and at
SAAVI. 

New Business

BEAM: Rachel is looking for volunteers to help present on Oct. 19 at 12:30
PM during White Cane Awareness activities with the VA. The topic is the
freedom that comes from using the white cane. Emanuel Caddy gave a quick
overview of how to use Microsoft Teams to join the VA conference. Mike
invited all members to send in ideas for additional BEAM activities.
Sharonda announced that she is seeking four volunteers to share their story
about blindness to her group meeting held each Saturday. She will provide
more details at a later date. Reach out to her if interested.

Emanuel invited people to join the State of Arizona transportation committee
to add our voice to ensure that the committee hears from the blind in our
community. They have an email list and regular meetings. Mark Schmidt and
Jordan will discuss this further and report back to us. Joy mentioned that
she was interested in the committee.

Phoenix Seminar - January 17. Mike invited everyone to participate.

Philosophy -Why is it important for us to donate to the federation? - Rachel
led the discussion. Members offered many valuable reasons to give including
the need to continue doing the great work of the chapter, changing lives
through our conventions, and achieving things that we never thought possible
like sky diving. The full content of this section will be pulled from the
meeting record to have as a later presentation.

Announcements 

Quarterly board meeting November Date and time to be determined

Birthdays/Anniversaries

Mark Feliz announced that the Diabetes Action Network will be on hold for
now but please express interest to Matt through Mark F. They want to gather
interest in time to build the division at the next state convention.

Many members moved to adjourn. The motion carried.

Join us for lunch at the Main Ingredient Ale House 2337 N 7st, Phoenix 

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