[NFBV-PWC] Information for board meeting

[Oscar Josue Montiel]

Hello:

Below is the information for the board meeting that is going to be held on
Saturday, January 16, 2021. For those who are helping out with Richmond
seminar, there is a meeting before the board meeting that’ll take an hour.
That information is also below.





Hey NFB Family and Friends,



Please read below for Saturday’s Meeting.  Please join us to learn what’s
going on in our Affiliate.



*National Federation of the Blind of Virginia (NFBV)*

*Meeting of the Board of Directors*

Saturday, January 16, 2021

1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Legislative Advocacy Preparation

2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Board of Directors Meeting (Open to All)

Meeting over Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09

One tap mobile
tel: +13017158592,,8297256345#  <%20+13017158592,,8297256345>
Telephone Dial: 1 (301) 715-8592

Meeting ID: 829 725 6345#

If needed the password is 20201940



Please arrive 15 minutes early so we are ready to start at 1:00 PM sharp.



   1. Call to order 1:00 PM
   2. Richmond Seminar Preparation – Tracy Soforenko
      1. Logistics for an effective meeting – Tracy Soforenko
      2. Priorities and the fact sheet – Derek Manners, Qudsiya Naqui, and
      Fred Schroeder
      3. Team assignments
      4. Other Logistics
   3. Insights from the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision
   Impaired- Raymond Hopkins, Commissioner





   1. Board of Directors meeting 2:00 PM
   2. Invocation
   3. Roll call of Members and introduction of guests
   4. Reading & Approval of minutes from NFB of Virginia Board of Directors
   Meeting November 1, 2020 – Mausam Mehta, Recording Secretary
   5. Treasurer's report - Mark Roane, Treasurer
   6. BELL Academy In Home Edition Update – Louise Walch, BELL Academy
   Coordinator
   7. Project RISE Update – Kathryn Webster, Program coordinator
   8. Addressing NFB Safety and Support – Kathryn Webster, Survivor Task
   Force Member
   9. Divisions
      1. Virginia Association of Blind Students – Jacob Ham, President
      2. Seniors Division – Nancy Yeager, President
      3. Merchants Division – Jimmy Cunningham, President
   10. Blind Parents Group – Jessica Read
   11. NFBV Committee Assignments and Reports



   1. Membership – Sandy Halverson
      2. NFB of Virginia James Nelson Scholarship – Jimmy Morris
      3. Public Outreach/Meet the Blind Month – Corlis Jones and Uricka
      Harrison
      4. Fundraising - Earl Everett and Renee Valdez
      5. McDonald Fellowship Program- Mary Durban and Jennifer Blinsmon
      6. Chapter Leadership Institute – Joe Orozco and Domonique Lawless
      7. Convention Operations & Logistics – Joe Orozco
      8. Communications – Jackie Bruce
      9. Legislative - Washington Seminar – Deepa Goraya
      10. Diversity and Inclusion – Uricka Harrison and Chris Walker
   1. 2021 National Convention
   2. Reminder of the need to have chapter pledges to the following by the
   May Board meeting:
      1. White Cane Fund
      2. Jacobus tenBroek Fund
      3. Shares Unlimited in the NFB (SUN)
      4. Jernigan Fund
      5. NFB Camp.
   3. 2020 Resolutions Follow up – John Halverson





   1. Other business
   2. Date and location of next Board meeting - May 1              .





Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595

Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com


Peace,

Jacki Bruce

Corresponding Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
mailto:jackibruce6 at gmail.com <jackibruce6 at gmail.com>
tel:(757)291-1789 <(757)291-1789>
www.nfb.org
www.nfbv.org

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