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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here is an updated December chapter
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Minutes
December 19, 2020<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Kirk called the virtual meeting to order at 10:30 AM with the following
members attending Kirk & Cherri Wagner, Ryan McBee, Jerry Hathaway, Joyce
Green, Carolyn Brock, Jack & Mary Ann Mendez, and Jerry Garafolo. Joyce
Green made a motion to have the November minutes approved as distributed by
e-mail and seconded by Mary Ann Mendez and the motion was passed by the members
attending the meeting. Joyce Green gave the Treasurer’s report with a beginning
balance of $1,146.44 and the ending balance is $1,084.44. Jerry Hathaway made a
motion to have the Treasurer’s report be approved as read with Mary Ann Mendez
seconding the motion and the motion was passed by the members attending the
meeting. Jack paid his dues and join as a member of the chapter in August. Kirk
inform the members in regards of the motion that was passed last meeting about
requesting the Oregon affiliate state board to approve a donation of $250.00 to
National for the Freedom Scientific matching fund and the check is in the mail.
Kirk also told us that the State Affiliate board knew that our chapter has made
a donation to the National Freedom Scientific fund for $50.00. It is good to
remind members of the state board that there are donations that are beneficially
to be involved and participate as a chapter. Joyce Green suggested that the
state board have a discussion that all the things that the money that goes to
National that the state and the chapters send in does for us as members of the
NFB. Some new members are not aware of all the things that we are able to
accomplish collectively at the national level that members could not do by
ourselves. Kirk said that state affiliate has discussed this topic at recent
state conventions and it should be talk at each state convention so new members
can know how our donations can help blind persons throughout the country by the
programs of the National Federation of the Blind. Kirk played the Presidential
release for December. Kirk told us that they separate the question part of the
Presidential release into a mp3 file and is on the the national website for
members to listen to it. Kirk suggest that we continue our discussion in working
on increasing awareness of the Newsline program in Oregon at our January
meeting. Kirk brought up the subject dealing with the apology letter that was
sent to members by President Riccobono. We had a short discussion about the
issues brought up in the letter and decided that the chapter does not need to
address it at this time and and that we will keep an eye on this to see how it
goes and that might be some involvement as a chapter in some point of the
process. Kirk told us that he will get a list of person who had been members of
our chapter and ask Mary Ann to contact them to see if they want to come back
and rejoin membership in the National federation of the Blind. Cherri made a
motion that the chapter purchase NFB masks from the Independence Market for its
members and the motion was passed by the members attending the meeting. Kirk
said that he will order them from National and the chapter will reimburse Kirk
for the amount for the masks. Kirk adjourned the meeting and some members stayed
on to socialize with each other.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Submitted
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Jerry
Hathaway, Secretary<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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