[NFBA-Phoenix] Fwd: Minutes from the Meeting of July 14, 2018

[Brad Kuhn]

These are the minutes for the July 14th meeting out. The phoenix chapter. Keep in mind, these are not approved until this Saturday’s meeting but they are here forward for review. Thank you Sharonda for taking on the position of secretary in Ben‘s absence. If you have any changes that need to be made to you for approval, have them ready for Saturday’s meeting

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> From: Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
> Date: July 30, 2018 at 1:02:43 PM MST
> To: "papa.ks.kafe" <papa.ks.kafe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Minutes from the Meeting of July 14, 2018
> 
> NFB Meeting
> Phoenix Chapter
> July, 14, 2018
> 
> The meeting was called to order at 9:52 A.m. Both the pledges were led
> by Arlen Keen. Prayer requests were given and the invocation was
> offered by Jordan Moon.
> 
> Roll call was then taken. There were 13 members present; 2 guests; and
> two on the telephone. This brought the total to 17 participants in the
> meeting. The Treasurer’s report was then read. It was motioned by
> Carrie Taylor and seconded by Arlen Keen for its approval.
> 
> President Kuhn talked about a New policy of the Affiliate to have
> members declare a primary chapter. This would not stop people from
> being members of more than one chapter, but it would allow them to
> have voting rights in their primary chapter only. He then asked each
> person to declare their primary chapter. Members who declared Phoenix
> as their primary Chapter are as follows:
> 1.    Carrie Taylor
> 2.    Emanuel Caddy
> 3.    Marion Baker
> 4.    Sharonda White
> 5.    Joe Goode
> 6.    Jordan Moon
> 7.    Mark Hamblin
> 8.    Arlen Keen
> 9.    Michael Smith
> 10.    Joy Harris
> 11.    Monica Nunez
> 12.    Donna Silba
> 13.    Brad Kuhn
> 14.    Tom Johnson
> Lori kirsop declared her primary Chapter as West Valley.
> 
> In the absence of the chapter secretary, Ben Bloomgren, the June
> minutes were read by Sharonda White. After a number of corrections
> were made by various members, Arlen Keen moved to approve the
> corrected minutes and Joe Goode seconded and the motion passed.
> 
> Old Business:
> National Convention -- Both Lori and Jordan attended the National
> Convention. Jordan gave a report. He stated that the attendance was a
> little less than 2500; this may be due to the Convention being in
> Orlando for seven years in a row.
> Arizona sold sweatshirts. We ordered 500 and sold almost half. The
> cost of purchasing the sweatshirts was about $8,000; We have already
> made more than $6,000 back.
> Arizona was again in charge of Youth Track, where they had scavenger
> hunts and other fun activities for the youth. Lastly, Jordan
> encouraged us to listen to the banquet speech and the Presidential
> report for this year. Next year’s Convention will be in Las Vegas, NV
> at the Mandalay Bay hotel.
> Lanyards -- Jordan sold three lanyards and the $15 was turned in to Donna.
> 
> State Convention -- The dates are August 30 through September 2, 2018.
> President Kuhn asked us to bring up the idea of adding $5 to the cost
> of registration in order that every attendee would have their
> important tickets placed into one of the Phoenix lanyards. Money
> accumulated by this fundraiser would then be returned to the Phoenix
> Chapter since this is our fundraiser. Joe Goode promised to bring this
> to the Arrangements committee at their next meeting.
> Jordan added that there will be a dynamic seminar included in this
> year’s Friday lineup. It will include networking opportunities,
> workshops, and more.
> Door Prizes: President Kuhn recommended that the Chapter donate five
> of our 50/50 Cold Hard Cash raffle books as door prizes. This would
> definitely promote the raffle with the $1000 winner to be drawn in
> December. This was approved by the Chapter with Joe Goode motioning
> and Mike Smith seconding the motion.
> Convention Assistance -- Last year, we were able to assist about 13
> people with meals. This year, the President would like us to help with
> two out of three meals for people interested. The President will post
> an inquiry on the listserv for those needing meal assistance to this
> year’s State Convention. Those who are active participants in the
> Chapter will be considered first.
> 
> Fundraising:
> Cold Hard Cash – Arlen passed out books of raffle tickets for the Cold
> Hard Cash 50/50 raffle. The name of the winner will be drawn the third
> Saturday in December. Tickets are being sold for $20 per book, or $5
> for one ticket. President Kuhn stated that the tickets were $78.77 to
> make. There were 250 books printed.
> President stated that he believes that the person selling the most
> tickets should get a prize as well as the person who sold the winning
> ticket.
> He also stated that the person who sells $400 worth of tickets should
> get a book put in the drawing with their name on each ticket.
> 
> Christmas Party – We need to begin searching for potential places for
> the Christmas party. Last year’s party was at Claim Jumpers and most
> people felt that it was quite suitable.
> 
> New Business:
> Next Meeting  –  President Kuhn stated that he polled the Board and a
> majority felt that we should move the meeting permanently to Cocoa’s.
> He further went on to say that he feels that meetings at SAAVI tend to
> attract only SAAVI students, and there are more people who might come
> if the meeting was not at SAAVI. Furthermore, he felt that SAAVI was
> not able to accommodate the amount of people he wishes to attend each
> meeting. Though some Chapter members objected to the move and not
> being allowed to put forth a motion for anything different than
> Coco’s, the President ruled that this was our permanent meetingplace.
> If we wanted to change in six months, we could let him know.
> 
> Meet the Blind Month – The chapter is planning a day at the Zoo. This
> will hopefully be a day that parents can bring their children. As of
> now, the dates have not been nailed down, but the President will have
> the date by our August Board Meeting. He has been in communication
> with the Zoo, and they have promised to have as much in braille and
> tactual graphics as possible by the date scheduled. Both October 6 and
> 13th are potentials.
> Another activity is also being planned at Swift. The President has
> spoken with Debra Smith about us having a table there during October.
> We would be allowed to sell raffle tickets, lanyards, candy bars.
> Monica Nunez volunteered to help out at the table for this activity.
> In addition, the VA has White Cane Month in October. It was
> recommended that our Chapter participate in this. Joy Harris
> volunteered to help out in this activity.
> 
> Bell Academy – The Phoenix BELL program will be starting on Monday.
> Jordan reminded us that this is an NFB activity, and not a SAAVI
> activity. We have 13 students so far this year, with two coming from
> Minneapolis, MN. The Chapter was asked to help out with lunch on
> Tuesday, July 24. It was approved that the Chapter would give up to
> $50 for the lunch, with Arlen motioning and Monica seconding the
> motion. President Kuhn felt that all the chapters should participate
> in donating on 7/24, and asked Jordan if he would solicit funds from
> both East Valley and West Valley to help with the cost of the lunch.
> Jordan stated that he would call the Chapter Presidents.
> 
> Philosophy – President Kuhn stated that we would be doing Philosophy
> at our next month’s meeting at 11:30. It is slated to be until 12:30
> p.m.
> 
> Fundraising – Arlen Keen brought up the possibility of having another
> Chipotle fundraiser. 50% of the proceeds go back to the Phoenix
> Chapter. President Kuhn felt this was a great idea, but suggested that
> we look for a more central location, which would allow more people to
> participate, which would in turn bring us more money.
> Arlen also suggested that we plan a night out activity for Meet the Blind Month.
> 
> Membership Committee – They did not meet this month, due to the Chair,
> Teresa Sanchez, not feeling well. It was also announced that Teresa
> would be the person serving on the Affiliate Membership Committee.
> 
> 
> The meeting was adjourned at 11:53 A.m.
> Submitted by Presiding Secretary, Sharonda White
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sharonda White
> National Federation of the Blind of Arizona (NFBA)
> ----------
> Skype: sharonda2004
> Twitter: shari_rocks
> facebook.com/Sharonda.Greenlaw
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