[nfbwatlk] Results of the Seattle Chapter Elections

[Kristina Lawrence]

Sorry... I am going back to my "maiden" name of Colcock. By the end of
February the change should be done. That's all. Hope to see you soon
Lauren.

Kris

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Lauren Merryfield
<lauren1 at catliness.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> What do you mean, soon to be Colcock?
> Thanks
> Lauren, who is evidently missing something
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristina Lawrence" <tishgifts at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:22 PM
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Results of the Seattle Chapter Elections
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>> Hello All,
>>
>> We had a great meeting on Saturday and truly appreciate the attendance
>> of Mike Freeman our affiliate president. The meeting started with
>> introductions and telling sharing which candy bar they had brought.
>> Yep, our members were asked to bring their favorite candy bar. During
>> introductions, they told which candy bar they had brought and why. At
>> the end of the meeting, we drew a number and the person holding that
>> number took the entire of bag of candy home with them... or at least
>> that was the idea. Mary Helen Schrieber was the winner and she turned
>> around and sold each candy bar for a $1 and raised $10 for the
>> chapter. Go Mary Helen.
>>
>> Doug gave our treasuerer's report and Noel gave a report on the
>> Braille Challenge that will be happening around the state. Rita talked
>> about the happening of the King County Elections Disability Advisory
>> Committee and Mike Freeman gave an update on the happenings of the
>> state. We also listened to the Presidential Release and reviewed the
>> Book Fair that happened at the begining of the month. I gave a short
>> overview of the history of Braille and butchered the French names
>> mercilessly.
>>
>> We had our annual elections and the results are as follows:
>>
>> President: Kris Lawrence (soon to be Colcock)
>> 1st Vice President: Rita Sazntay
>> Snd Vice President: Kay Burrows
>> Treasuerer: Doug Johnson
>> Secretary: Marci Carpenter
>> Board Member #1: Mike Mello
>> Board Member #2: James Jannings
>>
>> We also talked about the upcoming Wine Tasting at E.B. Foote Winery on
>> March 14th. Cost of admitance is $20 for non-members and $15 for NFB
>> members. Details will be coming out soon.
>>
>> It was well attended and we had two new attendees, Drew Davis and
>> Kelly O'Brian. Welcome to them and I look forward to seeing them at
>> our meetings on a regular basis.
>>
>> See you all soon!
>> Kris Lawrence
>>
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