<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Chapter members and friends,</div><div>Please join us this Saturday if you're able. Please read over the different things that we will be voting on. Since I am the Chapter delicate please let me know if you have any questions or concerns since I will be representing the vote.</div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">Chris Walker</span><div><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">540 303 0080</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">chrisvinson1@gmail.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">National Federation of the Blind</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;">Winchester Chapter Virginia</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.333334px;"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "tracy.soforenko--- via NFBV-Announce" <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> July 30, 2023 at 10:00:24 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Sarah Patnaude via NFBV-Announce <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBV-Announce] Agenda and Materials for Saturday (8/5 NFBV Board of Directors meeting</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tracy.soforenko@gmail.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: Wingdings; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">From Tracy Soforenko, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Hi Virginia Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">We have planned an exciting August 5 NFB of Virginia Board of Directors meeting. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will conduct this meeting entirely over Zoom.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will be using the Virginia affiliate Zoom account but ask people to arrive early so we can ensure that logistics are working and that individuals are named appropriately. Since we will be conducting some important votes at the meeting, it is important to know if you are serving as the voting delegate from your chapter or division and to communicate this fact as you arrive. As a result, we kindly ask all delegates to arrive by 12:50 PM ET for the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We welcome everyone to participate in our Saturday, August 5 Board of Directors meeting. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Date: Saturday, August 5 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ET<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you have feedback, you can provide it via one of the following mechanisms:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Provide it through the chat feature within the Zoom app to our Zoom Host, Colin Bruce. Chat will only go to the host and co-hosts.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Text in your comments and questions by texting Jacki Bruce at 757-291-1789<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Unmute during the meeting, but just when you want to speak. Say your last name to request the floor, then wait to be recognized.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><h1>Virginia Affiliate Zoom Details:<o:p></o:p></h1><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09">https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">tell: +13017158592,,8297256345# <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Telephone Dial: 1 (301) 715-8592<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Meeting ID: 829 725 6345#<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If needed the password is 20201940<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Meeting Agenda:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><a name="_Hlk489307260">National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></a></h1><h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Meeting of the Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">August 5, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><a name="_Hlk481356248">Meeting Agenda:<o:p></o:p></a></span></h1><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk481356248"></span><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">. Call to Order and Roll Call.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Secretary's Report, Christine Grassman, Recording Secretary <br>Approval of Minutes from May 13, 2023, Meeting of the NFBV Board of Directors.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">. Treasurer's Report, Mark Roane<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Museum of the Blind People’s Movement & Virginia affiliate contribution – Tracy Soforenko and Patti Chang<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">We have attached one of the reports from the understandings analysis completed earlier in the museum feasibility process. Additionally, for those who might have missed the discussion at our national convention during General Session II on July 4, you can watch it on You Tube. You will want to proceed to <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fc0r8XodU"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fc0r8XodU</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">When you access this link, you will get to a 3.5-hour video. The presentation starts at about 2:56 so you will want to find the pause button, then shift tab back to the seek slider and once in that control, right arrow to advance to 2:56, then tab to the play button. I found it a little tricky but definitely workable with JAWS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="5" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Policy and Administrative Matters (note that these policies were provided to voting delegates last week)<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 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Youth Protection Policy (draft attached)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Whistleblower Policy (draft attached)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Conflict of Interest Policy (draft attached)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Records Management Policy (draft attached)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Best practices for affiliates and chapters on grants versus reimbursements. - Tracy Soforenko to share some of these recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="6" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">NFB of Virginia James Nelson Scholarship - Jimmy Morris<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">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 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Silver Bells Program – Sandy Halverson<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Project RISE Update – Joe Orozco<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="10" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">The 2023 NFB of Virginia State Convention <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:99.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Nature and structure of the in-person convention with streaming of General Sessions and the banquet - Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Interactive discussion of ideas for Agenda Topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Registration and Fees – Joe Orozco and Mark Roane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:99.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Marketing Plan – Jackie Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">e.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Auction and Other Fundraising – Renee Valdez and Earl Everett, Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">f.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Convention Committee Appointments (Audit and Resolutions) and – Tracy Soforenko</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:20.25pt;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="11" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Committee Updates<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Membership - John Halverson, chair<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Communications –Jackie Bruce, chair<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Legislative - Bonnie O’Day and Deepa Goraya<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Public Outreach/Meet the Blind Month –Corlis Jones, Stewart Prost, and Uricka Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Fundraising – Earl Everett and Renee Valdez, Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Renee Valdez, Chair <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">McDonald Fellowship & Jernigan Scholarship – Mary Durbin, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="12" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Divisions <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Virginia Association of Blind Students – Alli Kelso<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Parents Division – Beth Sellers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Seniors Division – Patty Droppers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Merchants Division – Yasiah Hurtado<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="13" type="I"><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">Other Business<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk489307260">XIII. Date and Location of Next Meeting. Sunday, November 5 at the Doubletree Williamsburg </span><o:p></o:p></p><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></div></blockquote></div></body></html>