[Nfbv-announce] Fwd: May 6 NFB of Virginia Board of Directors Agenda

[Chris Walker]

Please find the agenda for our Saturday, May  6 Board of Directors meeting
below and attached. All are welcome.



*National Federation of the Blind of Virginia*

*Meeting of the Board of Directors*

Saturday, May 6, 2017

11:00 A.m. - 2:30 P.M.



Location: Library and Resource center, Virginia Department of the Blind and
Vision Impaired

395 Azalea Avenue

Richmond, Virginia 23227





   1. Call to Order and Invocation by Corlis Jones



   1. Roll Call and Introduction of Guests



   1. Reading of Minutes from the January 16, 2017 meeting of the Board of
   Directors by Jennifer Shields, Recording Secretary



   1. Treasurer's Report by Mark Roane, treasurer



   1. BELL Program Update by Sandy Halverson
      1. . Harrisonburg - July 30 – August 11
      2. Arlington - July 30 – August 11



   1. Pre-Employment Programs for Transition Age Students – Tracy Soforenko
   2. NFBV Leadership Fellows Program – Earl Everett



   1. 2017 National Convention



   1. Jernigan Fund drawing tickets – Mary Durban
      2. National Committees
      3. Independence Market volunteers
      4. Virginia Table volunteers
      5. Products to Sell – Domonique Lawless
      6. McDonald Fellowship Mentoring -Mary Durban
      7. Virginia Caucus (Tuesday July 11 at 10 pm)
      8. Door Prizes
      9. Contributions

                                                               i.      White
Cane Fund

                                                             ii.      tenBroek
Fund

                                                           iii.      SUN
Fund

                                                           iv.      Jernigan
Fund

                                                             v.      NFB
Camp





   1. Membership Committee Activities, Sandy Halverson, Chair
      1. Mailing List Subscriptions – Tracy Soforenko
      2. New Greater Alexandria Chapter – Brian Miller
      3. Formalizing the At Large Chapter – Patrick Johnson
      4. Other Membership updates - Sandy



   1. Proposal to Change the NFB of Virginia Scholarship Program – Brian
   Miller, James f. Nelson Scholarship Committee, Chair
   2. Communications Committee – Chris Walker
   3. Fundraising Committee:  Domonique Lawless
   4. Legislative Committee – Deepa Goraya and Jeannette Gholson, Co-chairs
   5. Chapter Presidents Retreat – Uricka Harrison
   6. Public Outreach – Corlis Jones and Uricka Harrison
   7. Convention Operations & Logistics Joe Orozco, chair
      1. 2017 State convention
      2. 2018 Richmond Seminar
      3. 2018 State Convention
   8. National Fundraising
      1. Car Donation Program – Robert Parsons
      2. Green Drop- Lynn Lesko
   9. Newsline®, John Halverson
   10. G. Affiliate Advocate, Stewart Prost



   1. Division Updates



   1. Virginia Association of Blind Students – Robert parsons
      2. Virginia Parents of Blind Children – Laurie Wages
      3. Virginia Association of Guide Dog Users – Michael Valentino

                                                               i.      Uber
Monitoring Program

   1. Seniors Division – Nancy Yeager
   1. Merchants Division – Harold Wilson
   2. Why and How to access Some of our new national materials



   1. Other Business



   1. Date & Location of next board meeting – August 5 or 12 in Richmond





Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595 <(202)%20285-4595>

Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com
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