[Nfbv-announce] Agenda for Monday 1/21 NFB of Virginia Board of Directors Meeting & Richmond Seminar Prep

[patnaude.sarah at yahoo.com]

Please find below and attached the agenda for our Monday, January 21 Board of Directors meeting. This meeting is open to all.


 


National Federation of the Blind of Virginia (NFBV)


Meeting of the Board of Directors


Monday, January 21, 2019


1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.


 


Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired


Library and Resource Center


395 Azalea Avenue


Richmond, Virginia 23227


 


Call to order Invocation - Uricka HarrisonRoll call of Members and introduction of guestsReading & Approval of minutes from NFB of Virginia Board of Directors Meeting November 9, 2018 – Evelyn Valdez, Recording Secretary        Treasurer's report - Mark Roane, TreasurerStatus of Virginia Association to Promote the Use of Braille – Sandy Halverson2019 Residential BELL Program - Nancy YeagerDivisionsStudents – Gerald MeredithSeniors – nancy YeagerParents – Beth SellersGuide Dog Users – Brittany FraerDual Sensory Impairment – Valerie LutherMerchants – Harold WilsonNFBV Committee Assignments and Reports


 


Membership – Sandy Halverson


                                                               i.      All chapters should submit updated membership lists and annual .50 per member to Treasurer Roane


New member Induction and Education ProcessMembership Coins


 


NFB of Virginia James Nelson Scholarship-  Patrick JohnsonPublic Outreach/Meet the Blind Month – Corlis Jones and Uricka HarrisonFundraising McDonald Fellowship Program- Mary DurbanBELL Program – Nancy Yeager and Beth SellersChapter Leadership Institute – Joe Orozco and Domonique LawlessConvention Operations & Logistics – Joe OrozcoCommunications – Sarah PatnaudeLegislative – Deepa Goraya


                                                               i.      Washington Seminar


 


2019 National Convention 


a.       Dates and location; July 7- 12, Las Vegas, NV– Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino


b.       Virginia Table


McDonald Fellowship / Jernigan ScholarshipSubsidiesReminder of the need to have chapter pledges to the following by the May Board meeting:White Cane FundJacobus tenBroek FundShares Unlimited in the NFB (SUN)Jernigan FundNFB Camp. Richmond Seminar - Tracy SoforenkoPrioritiesTeam assignments Project RISE Update – Kathryn WebsterResolutions Follow upEZ Pass – John HalversonBraille Math – Tracy SoforenkoDBVI College Sponsorship – Tracy SoforenkoDBVI Update – Commissioner Raymond HopkinsAccess to Museums – John OlsonTopics for a Workshop for the May 2018 Board Meeting – Tracy Soforenko


 


Other businessDate and location of next Board meeting - May 18.


 


 


Tracy Soforenko


President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia


202 285-4595


Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com


www.nfb.org


www.nfbv.org


National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want


The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.


 







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