<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hi again Chris,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Must be getting old. Forgot to attach the minutes. Here they are.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jim</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">MINUTES OF THE WINCHESTER</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">CHAPTER OF THE N.F.B.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">September 18, 2021</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The meeting was called to order by President Chris Walker <span dir="ltr">at 10:00 AM</span>.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">including phone attendees, there were 14Members present .</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We did have three guests, Bill Emos, Jim Taylor and Dorthry Fontaine.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We gave them a brief overview of the NFB.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Wayne Williams led our members in the NFB Pledge.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We had an Ice-breaker minute, introducing ourselves. We were asked to</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">tell our favorite candy, that didn't contain chocolate or peanut</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">flavoring.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Janet Lincoln read the minutes from the June meeting. They were</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">approved as read.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jim Walker gave the Financial Report for August. It was approved.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Wayne gave us a report on how we could up-grade our communications</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">with our over-the-phone members. After discussion, we chose to go for</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">the most advanced system to use during the meetings. It was more</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">powerful than the cheaper models, and we thought it would be worth the</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">extra money. A motion was made by Jacki, seconded by Dan for this</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">purchase, and it passed.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Chris reminded us it was time for the election of Chapter officers.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Except for electing Wayne Williams as our new Vice-President, all the</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">previous officers were re-elected by acclamation. Sad to say we still</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">needed a Corresponding Secretary due to Charlie Brown's passing away.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Chris said the Lions Club had contacted him about a ribbon Cutting</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">celebration opening the Winchester Sensory Trail. They encouraged our</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">members to show up at this event on September 26. Chris will send out</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">more information as he gets it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We talked briefly about the NFBV State Convention. this one was to be</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">an in-person event, but because of the resurgence of the Pandemic, the</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">in-person part was dropped. The whole event would now be via the Zoom</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">platform. Chris would see that we got the info on this as soon as he</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">did.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Realizing we were nearly out of time, we discussed the "Walk with a</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Blind Person," event, scheduled for October 9Th. It is to be part of</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">the "Meet the blind," month, which has been changed to "blind</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Achievement Month." We were leaning toward having a table on the</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Loudoun Street Walking Mall, But rejected this idea.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jacki talked about the Silverbell Project. It is coming together</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">nicely. The main concern at the moment, is finding folks willing to</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">volunteer to help. she will keep us informed.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The meeting adjourned <span dir="ltr">at around 11:27 AM</span>.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Respectively submitted,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jim Green</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Recording Secretary</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Chris Vinson-Walker, </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">President </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Winchester Chapter</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Virginia </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">chrisvinson1@gmail.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">540.303.0080 </span></div><div>www.nfb.org </div><div>www.nfbv.org Find us on Facebook</div><div>Winchester Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia</div><div>Follow us on Twitter</div><div>NFBVWinchesterChapter</div></div></body></html>