[NFBV-Winchester] January, 2022 meeting minutes

[Chris Walker]

Chapter members and friends,
Please find attached the document for the January, 2022 meeting minutes. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, February 19 at 10 AM.
If you would like to put anything on the agenda, please let me know. Thank you.




Chris Vinson Walker
President, Winchester Chapter
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
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MINUTES OF THE WINCHESTER
CHAPTER OF THE N.F.B.

January 15, 2022

The meeting was called to order by President Chris Walker at 10:01 AM.
including phone attendees and guests, there were 13Members present .

We did have four guests.  Visiting us from the Potomac Chapter were
Sandy Halverson and her Husband, and also two members of our local
lions Club

Chris Walker led our members in the NFB Pledge.

We had an Ice-breaker minute, introducing ourselves.  We were asked to
tell our goals for 2022.

At this time, we gave Sandy Halverson the floor so she could tell us
about the Silverbell Program.  It is based on our Bell Project.
Instead of focusing on children, the Silverbell program will focus on
Seniors, who are loosing their eyesight enough to feel unable to
function as they always had in the past.  Plans for the program were
coming along nicely.

Plans are firming up for three Silverbell weekends: the first in mid
Spring in Northern Virginia, the next in the Richmond area, and the
final one in the Tidewater area.  At the close of each weekend, the
participants would have in their hands, the contact information to
receive more training from the folks at VDVI.

Mary Green began reading the minutes from the June meeting, but nobody
could hear her over Zoom.  Jim Walker took up where she left off
andThey were approved as read.

Jim Walker gave the Financial Report for November-December.  It was
approved.

We already knew that the Richmond Seminar will be via the Zoom
platform.  With the COVID sickness numbers still rising, they elected
to have the Washington Seminar the same way.  Anyone who is going to
participate in either one, should check with Chris for Seminar contact
instructions and schedules.

Chris went over the Chapters outreach efforts for the past two months.
He has continued contact with the groups in last months minutes.  A
representative from N-W-Works is going to attend our next meeting and
do a short presentation.

There was some discussion about our National Convention.  So far, it
will be mostly in-person.  Chris will let us know if that changes.
Meanwhile, anybody planning on attending should make plans with Chris.

The subject of Chapter dues came up.  Since our membership is going
through a period of flux with members joining and dropping out, Chris
proposed not taking dues for 2022.  After some discussion, Jacki Brown
made a motion, as follows: No dues will be collected for 2022.  Any
new members who joined after July first 2021, and paid dues, and
anybody who has already paid 2022 dues, will be considered to have
paid dues for 2023.  Jim Green seconded this motion, we voted and it
passed.

Chris was asked about Wayne Williams.  He told us that Wayne was
nearly recovered and would be fine before long.

 Chris told us a circus was coming and we should think about
 attending.  Why, we asked?  This will be a handicapped accessible
 circus, coming to northern Virginia sometime in May.  He will keep us
 posted.

Plans for the Apple Blossom Parade have not changed.  They are still
planning on an in-person event and we are still planning on being a
part of it.

Chris also told us that he has been contacted by the Lions club about
a Golf Tournament they hold in May.  They are asking if we would like
to form a collaboration on this project.  He would inform us of what
our involvement would be at a later date.

The meeting adjourned at around 11:29 AM.

Respectively submitted,
Jim Green
Recording Secretary
 
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