[Nfbsatx] Not Pleased with Fighting Blindness Contribution

[Mary Donahue]

Good afternoon everyone,

    When I first got the message about the Chapter's possible participation 
in the Fighting Blindness Vision Walk, I had some misgivings. After reading 
two forwarded letters from members around the country, I am in complete 
agreement with these letter writers. If we choose to participate in another 
event, we should discuss the event with the Chapter first instead of just 
pooling the Board members. I will be getting ready to go to Arizona on 
Saturday, but even if I wasn't going, I would not have participated. 
Something needs to be set in place with the Chapter regarding Fighting 
Blindness and other events of that type. I stated we should have a full 
discussion at the January and February meetings, and vote accordingly. 
Nothing like that happened. As secretary, I keep records of what goes on at 
meetings, and no discussion nor voting took place.

    All I am saying is we should be careful about where we put our donations 
in the future.

    Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Mary Donahue, Chapter Secretary