[Nfb-kzoo] Revised meeting minutes!

[Emily Curl]

Hi Everyone! I wanted to make a revision to the meeting minutes. From listening to the recording, I thought Niki was Jacki. Sorry for the mistake. I have corrected it in this revision. 



Notes for the NFB Meeting January 20, 2011

 

Tyler opened the meeting. Tyler had nothing to report. Megan
opened a discussion about having a consistent meeting spot. She brought up the
issue there needs to be either a member vote or a board vote before we change
locations.  Tyler agreed with this point.
Tim brought up the point that we should have a location downtown. It would be
more accessible to new comers. Mangia Mangia was suggested for a downtown
location. Megan volunteered to call Mangia Mangia to gather information if it
would be an appropriate meeting space. The group agreed that Megan should book
the restaurant if it meets the needs of the group. There was no secretarial
report. Matt, the treasurer is working with PNC Bank and Tyler to sort out the
NFB account. The password cannot be reset online. Tyler presents on old news
with the topic of the goalball pizza party. At the November meeting we had
discussed adding a $5 fee for the pizza, but Tyler thought that would be
received with hostility. He thinks that the Mbaa may pick up  $150+ of the pizza bill. If this does not
happen, Leanne and Tyler feel the athletes should not be charged so they will
cover the bill. Megan discusses her concern that we may not have enough in the
account to cover that portion. The account may be overdrawn. Last year, we
spend approximately $400. Megan stated that we have around $200 dollars in the
bank at this time. Someone suggested we should take donations.  Ian suggested we should charge $3-$5 fee. The
athletes are being housed at Best Western. It was suggested that we could serve
hot dogs since there will be space to set up cooking equipment. Tyler stated
that even if we did charge $3-$5, we would still be paying at least $150 for
supplies.  Ian stated that we need to
find a way to show what benefit this pizza party will have for awareness of the
NFB. Will/has this party generate new members of the NFB? Niki said from the
female players’ perspective, the NFB wasn’t taken seriously last year because only
print was handed out. She also brought up the point that many people view
members of the NFB as anti-leader dog, Nazis. She suggested we should explain
how the NFB helps Blind and visually impaired people. Tyler said that we need
to focus on fundraising. Niki also suggested if we don’t want to participate in
the pizza party, the NFB could buy an $80 Tarsh ball to raffle at the
tournament to show support to the players. Leanne said that the meal on
Saturday night of the tournament was already in the literature.  The literature didn’t mention a price. The
idea of using hot dogs came up again. There was an issue with this since many
of the players are Jewish. Last year we paid $6.50 a pizza and left about a $40
tip. Tyler stated again that the MBAA should be dontating $200, and we could
give around $150 from the NFB. Tyler proposed a price cap of $150 from the NFB.
We would rely on outside donations for the remainder.  Megan also brought up the point that we would
only have $50 left in our account. Niki stated that most of the ladies who
would be playing at the tournament are of a stable income and would most likely
donate. Tyler proposed this price cut off and four people agreed. Angie started
a presentation on the i Phone. The i phone is touchscreen, but it has many
features that are accessible. It has a magnifier, voice over feature that
allows the user to hear what is on the current screen, and many other features.
It may be slightly complicated to learn at first, but once the user learns how
to use the features of the phone, it will improve the life of the user and make
their world more accessible. The i phone is only available currently with
at&t customers, but will be available to verizon workers and customers on
February 10, 2011.  Hailey also gave a
presentation about her business. She created tactile greeting cards Called
Heart Sight. She will be donating 10% of the cards profit to NFB programs. She
is creating a website and has placed advertising into the Braille Monitor. She
will offer cards that can be mailed. Her cards will start at $6.30 which
includes shipping plus the donation to the NFB. She passed the cards around for
the members to generate feedback. The cards will be labeled with braille. Matt
volunteered to help Hailey with her website. 
Tyler suggested that the cards be sent directly to the recipient instead
of the buyer of the card. Tyler proposed to dismiss the meeting. It was
seconded and the meeting was dismissed.