<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="_Hlk78794793"><b>NFB of AZ, Phoenix Chapter
Business Meeting Minutes</b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sat, May 7, 2022
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Location- Virtual</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>MEETING AGENDA</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Call to Order: </b>Brad
Kuhn, President.<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Roll Call: </b>seventeen
members in attendance and one guest<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attendees
participated in the Pledge of Allegiance, NFB Pledge, and the NFB One-Minute
Message. Prayers were offered by meeting
participants.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Brad spoke of the
passing of Justin Hughes and the loss of Jordan Moon’s father. He made THOGHTFUL
remarks regarding Justin’s significant contributions to our organization. Vicki
Hodges volunteered to select sympathy
cards and a nice basket for the Hughes family.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Rachel Kuntz moved
to send sympathy cards to the Hughes and Moon families along with $50 for a
memorial gift in memory of Justin and $30 in funds for a meal for the Moon
family with the funds derived from the chapter basket fund. Mike Smith and Joy
Harris seconded. The motion carried.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Secretary’s
Report</b> - Business Meeting Minutes, March 2022, and April 2022. By Rachel
Kuntz, Secretary</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mike
Smith moved to approve the March 2022 meeting minutes. Rodney Fletcher seconded.
The motion carried.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mike
Smith moved to approve the April 2022 meeting minutes. Monica Nunez seconded.
The motion carried.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Treasurer’s Report</b>
– May 2022 by Donna Silba, Treasurer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Rodney Fletcher moved
to approve the May 2022 Treasurers Report. Monica Nunez seconded. The motion
carried.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Presidential
Release 515, 4-4-22 and 516 5-2-22 recap </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Mike Smith, 2<sup>nd</sup>
Vice President, spoke about a few things that he took away from the release. The
Job Fair is in-person on July 6 from 1-4 PM. The convention fundraising
campaign is underway. Rachel mentioned the passing of Jim Moving and Joe Ruffalo.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Legislative
Report National/affiliate Vicki Hodges
spoke about the accessible absentee voting law that was passed in AZ. The new
language will be sent out soon. This is a big win for us. People in this
chapter were instrumental in helping to pass the resolution at the state convention
a couple of years ago. In two years,’ time, we were able to get this legislation
passed. She is grateful to the members for working hard to pass this. Brad
mentioned that the affiliate board meeting is postponed to enable the affiliate
members to attend Justin Hughes’ celebration of life. The board meeting will be
held in June. Mike Faleece of the East Valley Chapter spoke about the kind
character that Justin had. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Donald Porterfield,
Affiliate President spoke about the warmth and kindness that Justin showed. He showed
up to everything that he could despite the amount of effort that it took for
him. Justin was dedicated to the federation throughout his life. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>In other affiliate
news, Donald received another distribution from the trust. He requests that
people reach out to him for help with convention funds. He also reported that
the voting bill passed. The next phase will be to implement the bill. The implementation
of the early voting bill will tell us whether we will need to pursue any type
of litigation. More details to come. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>plans are
underway for the state convention. They have received a proposal for the affiliate
convention hotel at the university Marriott in Tucson. COVID is still with us
and is still impacting people. the proposal is under consideration. Donald stated
that The room rate has been negotiated down to 109 per night. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>In regard to
looking for a national convention roommate, Donald has seen people post on the
list serv looking for roommates for national convention. Reach out to the
chapter president for support. He will be sending out an email with suggestions
and information. Affiliates need to get contributions into the national office by
August 31. </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Membership
Committee</b> -<b>New Member Welcome -Monica Nunez, Co-Chair had no updates to report.
Brad mentioned that it is important to vet new members and connect with members
that we have not heard from in a while. He is challenging us to have eleven new
members this year. Rachel mentioned that it is important that all members try
to invite people to the organization.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Social Committee:
, Joy Harris, Chair had no updates to
report.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Monica moved to hold
the June chapter meeting virtually unless it is reported that SAAVI is available
by May 21. Rachel seconded. The motion carried. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Community
Outreach</b> Committee Rachel Kuntz,
chair set a meeting for the Membership, social, and outreach committees to meet
to discuss plans for the October picnic and BEAM kickoff.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Fundraising
Committee</b> -T-Shirt Sales-Rachel mentioned that we are pending approval from
Donald barring a few questions that need to be answered. Donald expressed
concerns about the price of the T-shirt. The logo must be set in compliance
with branding rules. Rachel mentioned that we will use the black NFB logo. Mike
mentioned that the national office is selling NFB jackets. Donald says that
this would not be a conflict of interest just additional competition. He mentioned
we could post on the list serv. Since the national office has set up a specific
website to sell things at the convention. The price might put us out of the
competition. He wants to know if the price point is fixed on the shirts. Rachel
mentioned that Betty has been consistent in reporting that it will be $25 for
the shirt, 10 we receive, and 5 for shipping. It would be good for Betty to
confirm the price point. She is confident in Betty’s ability to do the full
research on the t-shirt. We would be selling this before convention. This product
has no overhead. Brad said that we do not have to keep inventory. Betty has
gone above and beyond. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Technology Committee
Joe Goode was not available to comment.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>State Division
and committee updates-Mark f reported that DAN is focused on the October event.
They are also planning a state convention seminar. If you are interested in Diabetes,
come to our meeting</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Donald reported that Connie LeBlond will put in her name for
the president of the Senior division. The election will take place at the
convention. The chapter is the foundation of the affiliate, and the division is
where people go with a similar interest. The main work takes place in the
chapter level. Joy asked what a senior is. Donald reported that to be involved
in this division you just need to be interested in the things that affect them.
There is no age requirement. They have the senior group meeting every Friday. All
are welcome.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">New Business</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Rachel moved to
donate fifty for each of the three funds for national convention. Monica seconded.
The motion carried.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Rachel moved to
donate $50 in cash to the national convention for door prizes. Monica seconded.
the motion carried.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Brad announced that
with a heavy heart he was stepping down from all board positions to relocate to
MO where his sister lives and where life is more affordable. The membership offered
words of encouragement and support. He is proud of the chapter and its
accomplishments. He believes in its ability to continue doing wonderful things
and just because he is moving does not mean he is going away.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Vicki volunteered to
run the election during the next meeting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Philosophy chapter members shared what is an
inspirational or positive message to
them in tough times. Many members shared powerful messages including poetry,
bible verse, cartoon dialog, and inspirational quotes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Rachel moved and Monica seconded to adjourn. The motion
carried.</b></p>
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