[Nfbv-announce] Saturday, August 5, Agenda for the NFB of Virginia Board of Directors meeting

[Tracy Soforenko]

Please find the agenda for Saturday's meeting below. All are welcome to
attend. We will benefit from your participation.

 


National Federation of the Blind of Virginia


Meeting of the Board of Directors


August 5, 2017


 

11:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

 

Location:              Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision
Impaired, Library and Resource Center, 395 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
23227

 

I.	.                    Call to Order and Roll Call.
II.	Secretary's Report, Jennifer Shields 
Approval of Minutes from May 6, 2017 Meeting of the NFBV Board of Directors.
III.	.                Treasurer's Report, Mark Roane
IV.	.                  Report on 2017 National Convention

a.	McDonald Fellowship and Jernigan Fund Winners, Sandy Halverson
b.	B.      Fundraising at National Convention - Mark Roane 

V.	BELL Program Update - Sandy Halverson and Alex Castillo
VI.	Why and How to access Some of our new national materials - Focusing
on Podcasts - Michael Fish 
VII.	Pre-Employment Transition - Tracy Soforenko, Joe Orozco, Kathryn
Webster and Mary Fernandez 
VIII.	Conducting another class of the NFB of Virginia Leadership Fellows
Program (description,
IX.	Budget and Application process) - Tracy Soforenko 
X.	Committee Updates 

a.	Membership - Sandy Halverson
b.	NFB of Virginia James Nelson Scholarship-  Brian Miller 
c.	Convention Operations & Logistics Joe Orozco, chair

                                                               i.      2017
State convention, November 3-5 in Tyson's Corner

1.	Interest in organizing a bus - Earl Everett
2.	Friday and Saturday Seminars, Tracy Soforenko;
3.	Ideas for Agenda Topics;

 

                                                             ii.      2018
Richmond Seminar

                                                           iii.      2018
State Convention 

 

d.	Public Outreach/Meet the Blind Month - Corlis Jones and Uricka
Harrison
e.	Fundraising - Domonique Lawless             

                                                               i.      NFB
of Virginia Cruise- Sandy Halverson

                                                             ii.      Raffle
- Sandy Halverson

                                                           iii.      Other
ideas - Domonique Lawless

 

f.	Communications - Joe Orozco
g.	Legislative- Deepa Goraya and Jeannette Gholson, Co-chairs
h.	Chapter Presidents Retreat - Uricka Harrison

 

XI.	Divisions 

a.	Virginia Association of Blind Students - Robert parsons
b.	Virginia Parents of Blind Children - Laurie Wages
c.	Virginia Association of Guide Dog Users - Michael Valentino 

                                                               i.      Uber
Monitoring Program

d.	Seniors Division - Nancy Yeager
e.	Merchants Division - Harold Wilson

XI.	Other Business
XII.	XIII.                Date and Location of Next Meeting.  Friday,
November 3
9:00 AM at the Westin Tyson's Corner, Falls Church, VA

 

 

Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595

Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com <mailto:Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>