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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><a name="_Hlk503023298">Hi Federation leaders,<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Please find below the packed agenda for our Monday, January 15, 2024 Board of Directors meeting. If you have anything additional to add to the agenda, please reach out to me no later than Thursday (1/11) at Noon. Our meeting is in the gymnasium in the DBVI Recreation Center as part of the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>While the board meeting is casual dress, the attire at the General Assembly building for our Tuesday legislative appointments is business attire. Remember, we are representing all blind people and the common clothing for Men is a jacket and tie. If you are like me, I had to check to determine which of my suits still fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>National Federation of the Blind of Virginia (NFBV)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Meeting of the Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Monday, January 15, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>We are conducting this meeting as an in-person meeting with no access via Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Location: Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Recreation Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='color:#202124;background:white'>401 Azalea Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='color:#202124;background:white'>, Richmond, VA 23227</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=I><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Call to order <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Roll call of Members and introduction of guests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Reading & Approval of minutes from NFB of Virginia Business Meeting November 5, 2023 – Sandy Halverson on behalf of Christine Grassman, Recording Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Treasurer's report - Mark Roane, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>2024 National Convention <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Dates and location; July 3-8, Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Center <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Fundraising at the Virginia Table – Renee Valdez<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=5 type=I><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>McDonald Fellowship / Jernigan Scholarship – Mary Durbin<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Reminder of the need to have chapter pledges to the following by the May Board meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>White Cane Fund<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Jacobus tenBroek Fund<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Shares Unlimited in the NFB (SUN)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Jernigan Fund<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>NFB Camp. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=7 type=I><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Administrative Matters<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Addressing Any Appearance of Conflict of Interest for individuals receiving compensation from NFBV– Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Upcoming Policy Updates<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Updating the Mileage Reimbursement Rate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Additional matters<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Richmond Seminar Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>2024 Legislative Priorities <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Team assignments - Stewart Prost<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Description of new General Assembly Building – Mark Roane<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=9 type=I><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Programs<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Silver Bells Update – Sandy Halverson<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>STEM2U and BELL Academy Update – Louise Walch <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Project RISE – Joe Orozco <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><a name="_Hlk503018665">NFBV Committee Assignments and Reports<o:p></o:p></a></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=10 type=I><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'>Membership – Jacki Bruce <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'>NFB of Virginia James Nelson Scholarship – Jimmy Morris <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'>Public Outreach/Meet the Blind Month –Uricka Harrison and <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'>Communications – Teisha Gillespi<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>e.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Fundraising - Renee Valdez <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>f.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Renee Valdez<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=10 type=I><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=7 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'>Legislative – Bonnie O’Day<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503018665'></span><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Convention Operations & Logistics – Joe Orozco, Chair and Stewart Prost Deputy Chair<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Divisions<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Students – Noah White<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Seniors – Patty Droppers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Merchants – Yasiah Hurtado<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Virginia Parents of Blind Children – Tim Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk503023298'>Other business</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=12 type=I><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Next Meeting, Saturday, May XX – Location TBD<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>