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Chapter Meeting Minutes 4/16/2011Meeting was called to order a 12:05 PM by President Denise Colley. In attendance were: Berl and Denise Colley, Zandra Brown, Howard Ferguson, Rich Dirk, Bobbie Rocket, John Guydish, Shirley Atwater, Dotty Simonsen, Julie Lynch, Terry Atwater, Diane Young, Kevin LaRose, Greg Jack, Gloria and Tim Walling, Gary Ernest, Shannon Murphy. The president reviewed the agenda. Minutes. The minutes for the March 19 meeting were sent out via the e-mail. (Note: the secretary apologizes for the lateness of the submission.) Denise offered the correction that the stipend for those attending the ACB Convention is $225, not $250. Motion: Moved by Greg, seconded by John that the minutes be approved as corrected, and the motion carried. Motion: Rich moved and Berl seconded that the Executive Committee advise the secretary how long before the next meeting the minutes of the previous meeting should be distributed in order to give all members a chance to review them and the motion carried. Treasurer’s Report. John’s report covers the period from February 26 through April 15, 2011. Beginning balance in the checking account was $50.59, deposits of $524, no disbursements, leaving an ending balance of $574.59. In savings we had a beginning balance of $6,376.89, interest earned of $.67, leaving an ending balance of $6,377.56. deposits were $500 chapter stipend from WCB and two dues payments totaling $24. WE currently have 32 paid up members. John remarked that the chapter could afford to pay for all the members dinners at the Christmas Party. Motion: Dotty moved and Kevin seconded that the Treasurer’s Report be approved and the motion carried. Direction of the Chapter. Denise held a meeting at her house for two and a half hours to informally discuss the future of the chapter. Fourteen people attended. Denise was encouraged by the strong attendance and deep concern for CCCB than was expressed by all. The following discussion points came out of this meeting. 1. Members would like more social activities such as baseball games, concerts etc. Dee Delgado and Tim Walling volunteered to become licensed to drive Inner Transit Vans and Zandra Brown’s partner Jim Jablonsky said he would serve as backup. Tim said he had contacted IT and obtained a contract Denise will need to sign and he as acquired three applications to become drivers and to attend classes that are involved. 2. There is interest in having regular low cost events such as a descriptive video night, or card playing night etc. The social committee will plan some of these activities. 3. There is interest in more opportunities to socialize and network at meetings. It is proposed to move the start time back to 11:30 AM, and to have lunch finished before the meeting starts, around 12:15 PM. Shannon is agreeable to this plan, we will try this experiment beginning with the May 21 meeting. 4. 4. We will try having members take turns being a designated greeter at each meeting to talk to potential new members and visitors as they come in and introduce them to the rest of the chapter. 5. We will try to have a luncheon once a quarter for new and potential members who would like to know more about the organization and get to know us better. 6. We would like to hold an Outreach day similar to the one that was recently held in Vancouver. Many potential members would be invited and they would have the opportunity to learn about local, state and national resources available to blind people. We will try to get address labels from WTBBL for all visually impaired library patrons in Thurston County and we will advertise in the Olympian and/or on KGY radio. 7. There was interest in restarting our support group that would be open to anyone who is visually impaired in Thurston County. Andrea offered to help get this started. At this meeting committees were formed. The Pedestrian Safety/Audible Signals Committee will be: Berl, Greg, Zandra, Barbara Sainitzer, Bob Tanna, Terry and Catherine Golding. Berl will serve as chair. The social committee will be: Kathy and Dan Matsen, and Tim and Gloria Walling. Kathy will chair this committee. Fundraising committee is: John, Gary, Rich, and Berl, with John serving as chair. Website committee is: Rich, Viola, and Berl. Rich will continue as Webmaster and Website Committee Chair. Membership and outreach committee will be: Jackie, Dee, Andrea, Diane, and Gloria and Tim, with Gloria serving as chair. Any one else who is interested in serving on any of these committees should contact Denise. Social. Gloria gave the report as Kathy was absent. Pizza party will be Saturday May 7, at 3 PM at Apollo’s Pizza. The restaurant claims there banquet room can hold 30 people. If we feel crowded again this year, we may need to look for another venue. Kathy will have a report next month about the winemaking project. Josh at the wine shop says we will need six or seven volunteers to help make the wine and some of them should be sighted. The place is very crowded on Saturdays so it is recommended we make the wine on a Friday. Those wishing to volunteer should contact Kathy at (360) 249-3248. .We will be making two kinds of wine, Chocolate merlot and peach Apricot. Members will sell the wine informally. We will have our logo on the bottles, and the label will bear the name Braille Mountain Wine. Prices will be preset with a built-in profit margin. Howard reported that Chambers at Panorama City is available on December 17. We will be in the Garden Room. Meal prices will range between $18 and $25 depending on the foods we select. Howard will be out of town in October in November, so he will need assistance in doing the liaison with the restaurant. He suggests starting with a Happy Hour at 4:30, dinner at 5:15, trying to be finished by 8:00 PM. Motion: John moved and Greg seconded that the Chapter pay for dinner for all members at the Christmas party, not to exceed $ $825. The motion carried. Candy Sale. Motion: Howard moved and Kevin seconded that the fundraising committee set dates for the candy sale during the second, third and fourth weekends in September, which is to say, Sept. 9-11, 16-18 and 23-25, based on availability of store locations. The motion carried. WCB update. Andrea has been accepted to participate in the spring Leadership seminar. The seminar is April 29 and 30, followed by the spring board meeting on May 1. These events will be held at the Executive Inn in Seattle. Requests for ACB convention stipends and loans are due by May 15. Inform Denise if you are interested in either. Shirley Taylor is the person handling the stipend requests for WCB, but she is in a rehab facility due to a broken leg her phone number is 206.546.6056. Stipend is $225, and members may borrow up to $700 to be paid back interest free over a ten-month period. Those wishing to apply for the first-timer award given by WCB to go to ACB Convention, need to have their application letter in to Julie Brannon by May 1. A new chapter has been established in Vancouver. Julie Brannon, Cindy Van Winkle and the Colleys organized an outreach day. Sixteen people paid dues to join the new chapter, they have met and elected their officers. The chapter will be known as the United Blind of Southwest Washington. Their first president is Brook Strand, who is a teacher at WSSB. The vice President is Beth Manning who was on the employment panel at WCB Convention last year. Secretary is Mike Higley and Treasurer is Chris Higley. They have prepared a constitution to submit to the WCB Board. The Colleys and the Wallings have also joined the chapter. Riverside Association of the Blind will continue as an active chapter. Legislation. The House and Senate budgets are both out. The senate budget is much friendlier to the WTBBL and the Heritage Center than the House budget. The house did amend the bill to remove WSL from the proposed HERITAGE Arts and Culture Department, but the budget does propose a 25 per cent cut to the state library’s budget which would dramatically effect WTBBL. The Senate budget has no cuts to WSL or the Heritage Center. Both budgets provide for a three per cent cut in all state employee salaries and additional furlough days for management. Members are urged to contact their legislators to urge them to support the Senate Budget’s provisions for WTBBL, WSSB and DSB> Call (800) 562-6000. The house budget is also the most damaging to WSSB. DSB fares better than the other two agencies in both legislative budgets. ACB News. The Idaho Council of the Blind has been established and will be presenting their charter to the ACB Convention in Nevada in July. ACB is working to get the Vehicle Donation Law changed. New staffing at ACB Radio will bring changes, possibly accepting advertising and reorganizing the four Streams. Web page. Rich will be posting monthly web use statistics to the list-serve. He will be asking the new committee chairs for updates and he will announce the new meeting time. He plans to train Viola and Berl in setting up the Assistive Listening Equipment. Announcements. Danny Matsen has suffered a serious heart attack, but surgery was successful and he is home from the hospital. Kathy thanks everyone for their calls and support. Motion: Gloria moved and Terry seconded that the chapter be authorized to spend $50 for a gift and card for Danny Matsen and the motion carried. Gloria and Tim offered to make sure this happens. On April 23 there will be an audio-described Performance at 2 PM. Of a musical called Nine to Five at the Fifth Avenue Theater in Seattle. Contact Andrea if you want a ticket. Next audio described performance at the Fifth Avenue will be Guys and Dolls on June 4. She is looking to get audio described performances at local theaters in Olympia. Book club. Kevin reported that the last meeting was on April 2, a discussion of Pilgrim AT Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Next meeting is April 30,at 2 PM at Apollo’s. Book to be discussed is the Good Earth, by Pearl Buck. Diane Young has opened an office for her Reflexology practice. She is at the Marston Wellness Center at Sixth and College in Lacey. She is one of thirty alternative medicine practitioners in this center. The office is in walking distance of the Lacey Transit Center. Call her at (360)438-6670. She is offering thirty per cent off for a first session. Berl suggested that the CCCB website could be used to publicize businesses operated by chapter members. Zandra is trying to compile a list of companies that deliver goods and services to people’s homes in the Olympia area. If you know of such businesses, contact her at zandrabrown@comcast.net. A membership roster is being compiled, let Denise know if you do not want your personal information on this roster. In response to members concerns, Rich will establish an announce only list which will not accept replies. Officers and other members will need to remember to send their official content to both lists. Computer club will meet after the chapter meeting. Motion: Terry moved and Greg seconded adjournment, and the motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 2:05 PM. Respectfully Submitted, Alan Bentson, Secretary |
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