[NFBO-Linn-benton] 2nd try; December minutes

[sally]

My apologies.  Again, I didn't get all of the minutes in the attachment. I'm
pasting in here instead.

 

Linn-Benton Chapter Minutes;  December 27, 2021

Zoom Meeting; 6:30pm

 

Present at the meeting were;

Kristen Jocums, John Gardner, Carolyn Gardner,

Andrea Barnhurst, Natalie Charboneau, Arona Rosegold, Sally Utt

 

PRESIDENTIAL RELEASE

The plan was to listen to the Presidential Release as a group, but because
of time constraints, we agreed to have Kristen send the link out to the
group to listen individually. Kristen did go over the main topics of the
Release with the group.

 

MINUTES

John moved to approve the November minutes, and Andrea seconded the motion,
and the minutes were approved.

 

TREASURER'S REPORT

There has been no change in our account over the month of December, so our
Checking balance remains at $1,486.14,

and the Savings balance remains at $5.00.

Arona moved to accept the December treasurer's report, and John seconded the
motion, and the treasurer's report was accepted.

OLD BUSINESS

1.Linn County Right of Way

Andrea reported on the progress of "Linn County Right of 

Way".

An analysis committee has hired a company to analyze all of the aspects of
"right of way" in Albany..

2.Dial-A-Bus

John reported on the funding of Dial-A-Bus, and finances there currently.
And there is plenty of funding available for DAB moving forward,, as long as
it is properly allocated. 

 

STAC (Special Transportation Advisory Committee) and 

STIF (State Transportation Improvement Fund)

STAC and STIF are 2 committees which are involved with allocating funds for
transportation. The STAC allocates the funding of ADA Paratransit
operations. The STIF encompasses the funding of all aspects of
transportation, which includes the funding of BAT and DAB.  These 2
committees will eventually merge into one group.  We would like to have
representation of NFB on both committees.  It is not clear if the STAC is
actually a functioning committee at present.  

 

NEW BUSINESS

ACCESSIBLE PARK 

Corvallis Parks and Recreation is in the process of submitting a grant for
the funding of one of the existing parks to become an accessible park.  It
will be important to include people with disabilities in the planning of
this project.

 

CHAPTER FUNDRAISER

Natalie has come up with the idea of "Mail-In Bingo" as a potential
fundraiser for our chapter.

John raised the idea of having some of the games sponsored, and half of the
amount would go to the game winner, and the rest would go to our chapter.

Some concerns were raised about whether the allocation of money to the
winners would fall into the category of gambling.  We need more info about
this.

 

HOLIDAY PARTY

Since we are all vaccinated and boosted we are ready to schedule a Party.
John and Carolyn have offered to host this at their home on Sunday January
30.  We are in agreement that this is a good plan.

 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

The question was raised, do we want to approach a local radio station to
have them play an NFB announcement which we would create in order to inform
the general public about the organization?  We agreed to explore this idea
in more depth.

 

NEXT MEETING

If people continue to be comfortable with the plan, we will meet next on
Sunday January 30 at John and Carolyn's, for a 

Spaghetti Potluck Party. 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Sally Utt

 

        

 

 

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