[NFBMO] Kansas City Chapter Elects 2019 Board of Directors

[Gary Wunder]

I love the press release format. Keeps things interesting.



-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Fleeman via
NFBMO
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 11:40 AM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Cc: Gene Fleeman
Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Kansas City Chapter Elects 2019 Board of Directors

Congratulations Daniel on being re-elected as President of the Kansas City
Chapter,
and to all others who were elected to their positions. It sounds like you
have a strong slate
on members to carry on the business of the National Federation of the Blind
of Missouri
Kansas City Chapter.

Gene Fleeman, Second Vice President
National Federation of the Blind of MO
http://www.nfbmo.org/
President, MO Assoc. of Blind Merchants
*http://www.nfbmo.org/node/65 <http://www.nfbmo.org/node/65>*
(573)-855-9667
gfleeman55 at gmail.com

Live the life you want





On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM Shelia Wright via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Congratulations to the Kansas City Chapter and all who were elected
> Saturday ! Welcome to the six new members who have joined the chapter in
> the
> past two months. Let's go Build the National Federation of the Blind of
> Missouri!
>
> Shelia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Garcia
> via
> NFBMO
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 6:25 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List (nfbmo at nfbnet.org) <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Daniel Garcia <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [NFBMO] Kansas City Chapter Elects 2019 Board of Directors
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> Kansas City Chapter Elects 2019 Board of Directors Chapter re-elects
> president, elects new vice presidents and treasurer
>
> Kansas City, Missouri (November 17, 2018): The Kansas City Chapter of the
> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri held its annual elections
> today. Effective January 1, 2019 the following individuals will serve on
> the
> chapter's board of directors: Daniel Garcia, President; Vivian Bliss,
First
> Vice President; John Murray, Second Vice President; Ben Blagg, Secretary;
> Jeff Giffen, Treasurer; Sarita Cann, Board Member; and Beverly Fulton,
> Board
> Member. Ruby Polk will continue to serve on the chapter's board of
> directors
> as Immediate Past President.
>
> Daniel Garcia was re-elected to a second term as chapter President. Jeff
> Wright, who has served as chapter Treasurer since 2011, is retiring from
> that position on December 31. He will be replaced by Jeff Giffen, who is
> serving as the First Vice President in 2018. Vivian Bliss is moving up
from
> Second Vice President to First Vice President and the new Second Vice
> President will be John Murray. Secretary Ben Blagg, and Board Members
> SaritaCann and Beverly Fulton have served the chapter in an exemplary
> manner
> and were rewarded by the membership by being re-elected to another term.
> All
> individuals running for a board position were nominated by the chapter's
> Nominating Committee, Chaired by Ruby Polk, at the chapter's October 20
> meeting. The fact that they were all elected demonstrates the Nominating
> Committee's valuable role in presenting the chapter with a strong slate of
> candidates.
>
> After he was re-elected, President Garcia said, "Being elected last year
> was
> exciting, but being re-elected this year is even more thrilling. It means
> that I have done a good enough job in 2018 that you have decided to give
me
> another opportunity to serve as your president for one more year. I don't
> take your vote for granted and I will continue to work hard to make this
> chapter even better than it is." After the elections were concluded,
> President Garcia thanked everyone for actively participating in the NFB
and
> thanked Jeff Wright for his 8 years of service as Treasurer.
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind The National Federation of the
> Blind seeks to achieve the complete integration of the blind into society
> on
> a basis of equality. To accomplish this objective, our programs aim to
> remove legal, economic, and social barriers and to educate the public to
> new
> concepts concerning blindness. Every day we raise the expectations of
blind
> people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and
> our dreams. We can live the lives we want; blindness is not what holds us
> back.
>
> CONTACT:
> Daniel Garcia, Public Relations Chair
> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
> (816) 621-0902
> dangarcia3 at hotmail.com
>
>
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