[NFBV-Announce] Board Meeting Today OPEN TO ALL

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Please find the meeting agenda below and attached.

National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

Meeting of the Board of Directors

Saturday, May 1, 2021

9:45 Pre-Registration 

10:00 A.m. - 1:00 P.M.

Pre-registration starts at 9:45 AM.

 

The meeting will be conducted over Zoom.

 

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Meeting ID: 829 725 6345

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I.            Call to Order and Invocation by Natasha Hubbard

II.           Reading of Minutes from the January 16, 2021 meeting of the
Board of Directors by Mausam Mehta, Recording Secretary

 

III.          Treasurer's Report by Mark Roane, treasurer

 

IV.         Braille Enrichment for Literacy & Learning (BELL) Academy In
Home Edition with Supplemental Virginia Specific Programming Update by
Louise Walch, Coordinator

 

V.           Project RISE Update - Kathryn Webster, Program Coordinator 

 

VI.         Safety and Support Initiatives - Kathryn Webster, Survivors Task
Force Member

 

VII.        Silver Bells Program - Sandy Halverson and Tracy Soforenko

 

VIII.       NFBV Chapter Leadership Institute- Domonique Lawless and Joe
Orozco

 

IX.          Convention Operations and Logistics Report - Joe Orozco

 

X.           Accessible Mail In voting- John Halverson and Christine
Grassman

 

XI.          Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Training - Tracy
Soforenko

 

XII.         2021 National Convention

 

a.           Registration and schedule

b.           National Scholarship Applicants 

c.           Ways to make the convention a more connected event.

d.           Virginia Caucus

e.           Banquet Gatherings

f.            Promoting the convention

g.           Door Prizes

h.           Chapter and Division Contributions- Mark Roane

i.            White Cane Fund

ii.           tenBroek Fund

iii.          SUN Fund

iv.          Jernigan Fund

i.            Helping First Timers - McDonald Fellowship co-chairs - Mary
Durbin and Jennifer Blinsmon

j.            Helping everyone Feel Welcome at the virtual convention.

 

 

XIII.       Division Updates

a.           Virginia Association of Blind Students - Jacob Ham, President

b.           Virginia Seniors Division - Nancy Yeager, President

c.           Virginia Association of Blind Merchants - Jimmy Cunningham,
President

d.           Virginia Parents of Blind Children - Beth Sellers

XIV.       NFBV Committee Reports

a.           Membership Committee Activities, Sandy Halverson, Chair

b.           Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Chris Walker and Uricka
Harrison, Co-Chairs 

c.           NFB of Virginia Scholarship Program - Jimmy Morris, James f.
Nelson Scholarship Committee, Chair 

d.           Communications Committee -Jackie Bruce, Communications
Committee Chair

e.           Fundraising Committee:  Earl Everett and Renee Valdez,
Co-Chairs

f.            Legislative Committee 

i.            Richmond Legislative Update - Stewart Prost

ii.           Washington Legislative Update - Deepa Goraya

g.           Public Outreach - Corlis Jones and Uricka Harrison

XV.        Other Functions

a.           NewslineR, John Halverson

b.           Affiliate Advocate, Stewart Prost

 

XVI.       Other Business

 

XVII.      Date & Location of next board meeting - August 7 via Zoom

 

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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