[NFBp-Berks] Reminder: Greater Berks Chapter meeting, October 21 at 10am

[Brian Mackey]

Greetings to all,

 

We will be having our Greater Berks Chapter meeting Friday, October 21, at
10am.

 

Here are the various ways to attend the meeting:

1.	From within the free Zoom Cloud Meetings app on your iPhone or
Android, just hit the "Join" button on the "Meet and Chat" tab and then
enter our meeting ID: 215 988 0888.
2.	Click the following link, which will open the meeting using the app
or your web browser:
 <https://zoom.us/my/nfbpennsylvania> https://zoom.us/my/nfbpennsylvania
3.	On a mobile phone, click either of the following "One Tap" links,
based on which one is nearest to your location:
+13017158592,,2159880888# (Germantown)
+16468769923,,2159880888#(New York)

 

 

Please find the minutes from the June 2022 minutes below the ***.

 

See you Friday morning at 10am.

 

***

 

National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania - Greater Berks Chapter
Meeting

Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Location: Zoom Conference Call

 

1. Roll Call: 7 members and guests in attendance

Officers:

Rosemary Freedman, President

Linda Mackey, Secretary

Brian Mackey, Treasurer

Board Member:

Judy Vaskorlis

Members:

Jasmine Polite, Angel Torres, Amanda Welch

 

2. President Rosemary Freedman called the meeting to order at 10:06 am.

 

3. Secretary's Report: Linda Mackey

Linda Mackey read the May 2022 minutes. Brian Mackey motioned to approve the
May 2022 minutes as presented, seconded by Judy Vaskorlis, and unanimously
approved.

 

4. Treasurer's Report: Brian Mackey

Brian Mackey provided the following treasury figures:

 

Beginning Balance as of May 1:                         $4,471.81

 

Income:
$0.00

 

Expenses:

PAC Plan:
$10.00

Total Expenses:                                                       $10.00

 

Ending Balance as of April 30:                            $4,461.81

 

Line Items:

Personal Financial Assistance:                            $848.55

Transportation Assistance Fund:                                   $1,400.00

Total Line Items:
$2,248.55

 

Working Balance:                                                   $2,213.26

 

Linda Mackey motioned to accept the treasury report as presented, seconded
by Angel Torres, and unanimously approved.

 

5. Legislative Update: Brian Mackey

Brian Mackey reported that there are no new updates at this time.

 

6. Old/New Business: All

a. Duck Race Tickets:

Different members of the club assisted in selling tickets for the duck race.
Tickets can be sold up until the day of the race, July 4th at 3:00pm.  Judy
Vaskorlis has some prizes donated from our chapter.

Everyone will need to get the money and tickets to Mike McCarthy.

 

b. Outreach Opportunity:

Rosemary Freedman, Mike Babb, Alicia Santiago, and Judy Vaskorlis are
visiting Mi Casa Su Casa on June 21st at 9:15am to talk with owner Johanna
Cepeda in the morning. Johanna may not be there, since she is running for
state Senate, but her husband and sister will be there. Rosemary ordered and
received a case of Maxi Aids catalogs. This event is to help the blind and
visually impaired persons in Berks County.

 

Alicia has a list of businesses where we could advertise our chapter. Mike
Babb is making up a flyer of what we do (one side in English, the other in
Spanish), To have interested people come in about a month and tell us their
needs whether it be a cane, talking watch or other items. Alicia requested
Rosemary attend one of her meetings to get her members interested in our
chapter.

 

c. Membership

Lynn Heitz requested our chapter read a portion of the constitution
regarding Article 3 on membership. 

This section was read by Linda Mackey.

 

d. National Convention

National Convention will be taking place July 5- 10, 2022 in New Orleans.
Pre-registration closed on May 31st, but anyone can register at the door.
This is the first year that they will be holding a virtual experience of the
convention. Portions of the convention will be live streamed via Zoom, which
will most likely include the board meeting, General Sessions, and the
banquet. Brian and Linda Mackey will be attending.

 

e. State Convention:

Brian Mackey reminded all that the 2022 state convention will be taking
place November 10th through 13th at the Sheraton Station Square in
Pittsburgh. For room reservation, please dial 412-261-2000 and state that
you are attending the NFB of Pennsylvania state convention. The 2022 room
rate is $119 a night plus tax. The Convention Planning Committee is in the
process of planning the convention. For additional details regarding state
convention, please contact Joe Drenth at 215-827-7787 or
<mailto:convention at nfbp.org> convention at nfbp.org, or visit
<http://www.nfbp.org/convention> www.nfbp.org/convention.

 

f. Horse Race Fundraiser:

Rosemary Freedman informed all that the horse race fundraiser was discussed
with the Fleetwood Lions Club. Mike Babb is in the process of looking at
possible dates, perhaps November, and locations. Stay tune for updates.

 

g. Fundraiser

Boscov's is holding Friends Helping Friends in person this year if we are
interested. Rosemary Freedman asked if the state affiliate was holding this
event this year. Brian Mackey stated that it will be discussed during the
affiliate's caucus meeting during national convention, which doubles as a
board meeting.

 

h. In Person Meetings:

John Kaufman and Mark Millisock will look into possibly holding the meetings
at either the Berks Community Health Center (8th and Cherry Streets), Berks
Encore (9th and Court Streets), the Breakfast Hut in Exeter, or the
Berkshire Family Respite. They will report their findings at a future
meeting.

 

i. Upcoming social events:

Judy did inquire with the Reading Museum/Planetarium regarding our members
touring. We'll plan to have lunch afterwards. We might wait until the fall
when the museum hosts the DaVinci exhibit. Tickets are $10/person or
$8/person for seniors. The chapter will pay some amount TBD towards the
event. 

 

October 15th White Cane Day

 

Rosemary Freedman is looking into another date for bowling and possibly
having Alicia's group join us.

 

Due to convention, there will be no meeting in July.

 

8. Amanda Welch motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Brian Mackey,
and unanimously approved. The meeting was adjourned by President Rosemary
Freedman at 10:42 AM. Our next meeting will take place on September 9, 2022
via the affiliate's Zoom room (meeting ID 215 988 0888).

 

Respectfully submitted by Linda Mackey, Secretary

Reviewed by Rosemary Freedman, President

National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania Greater Berks Chapter

 

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