<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi DAN I have a question to ask you I if we cannot make it to the breakfast do we still have to wear our your little shirt to the meeting? H I just wanna make sure.<div><br></div><div>Lots of love always </div><div>Ineko & Frisco ❤️<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:56 PM, Dan hicks via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#002060">Minutes of Tampa Bay Chapter Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#002060">June 18, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The meeting was held at Beef ‘O’Brady’s Restaurant, 8810 North Himes Avenue, Tampa, Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The meeting was called to order at 12:02 PM by the President, Miranda Kilby.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All present introduced themselves, including some members who joined via Zoom. Miranda lead the NFB Pledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The minutes for the previous meeting were approved as emailed (Motion by Sewar Qumebi, seconded by Board Member Yvonne Rosanelli). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Treasurer Dan Hicks gave the Treasurer’s Report. We have a balance of $1736.44 in our chapter treasury. Yvonne Rosanelli has $200 of chapter funds for a candy sale fundraiser. Yvonne said the fundraiser has netted about $45.00 so far. Treasurer’s report was approved (Motion by Paul Martinez, second by Ineko Gary).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The next item of discussion was our upcoming Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 23 at Beef’O’Brady’s. Miranda will distribute flyers and tickets at today’s meeting. The tickets will sell for $8.00. The event will include drawings for prizes and free NFB literature. Our regular chapter meeting will take place after the Pancake Breakfast at Beef’O’Brady’s. We will need to give a head-count to the restaurant before the event so they will know how many to expect. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There followed a discussion of ways to distribute the flyer and sell tickets to the community, as well as how to get prizes for raffles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Miranda said that everyone should take part in the work the day of the event. She wants to assign specific tasks to each member. She would like everyone to wear their NFB yellow polo shirts the day of the event. She will look into having more yellow polos made for members who do not have them. In any event, those chapter members should wear yellow shirts for the event. We should plan to be there from 8:30 AM until Noon on that day for the Breakfast and the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Mayor’s Alliance for Persons with Disabilities will be holding an a Disability Awareness Expo to celebrate the 32<sup>nd</sup> anniversary of the ADA on July 27 at the County Center. We have been invited to take part in and distribute literature at this event. We have been asked to purchase bottled water – at least 200 8-ounce bottles – for the event. We decided to donate $50.00 for bottled water for the event (motion by Jessica Cuddy, second by Sewar Qumebi). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At Miranda’s request, Dan explained how to use Zelle to donate or pay money to the Tampa Bay Chapter treasury. The phone number associated with it is 813-943-5544 and it comes up as “Tampa Bay Chapter.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chapter Vice President Gloria Mills Hicks reported on TD Tampa Bay. Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties are filing for a license to provide transportation service between those three counties. Unfortunately this does not include Hernando or Manatee Counties, which are the other counties that make up TBARTA. She hopes to have more news to put out in the following week or two. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gloria is also investigating having a Spirit Night for the chapter at Chili’s Restaurant at 2903 North Dale Mabry, close to Columbus and Dale Mabry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Board Member Yvonne Rosanelli mentioned an art exhibit at the West Shore Mall. It is a model of the Sistine Chapel, complete with audio description of the frescoes and other artworks. She is also in touch with Zoo Tampa about having an event where our members can visit the zoom and get close to and touch some of the animals. The cutoff for those who are interested in such an event to contact Yvonne is July 31. Also, the chapter will go bowling on August 19. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brittany Fraer announced that she and Scott are expecting a baby. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 50/50 drawing was won by Gloria Hicks. She won $60.00.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Board Member Barbara Gaw made the motion to adjourn, seconded by Sewar. The meeting was adjourned at 1:07 PM. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Respectfully Submitted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dan Hicks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tampa Bay Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">National Federation of the Blind of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBF-Tampa mailing list</span><br><span>NFBF-Tampa@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-Tampa:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org/rubiigary%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>