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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am pasting the minutes from our April chapter
minutes. Please take a look at them and let me know if there any changes,
corrections, or if the minutes look good to you.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Meeting
Minutes April 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Kirk called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM. Members attending the
meeting were Kirk & Cherri Wagner, Ryan McBee, Jerry Hathaway, Joyce Green,
Carolyn Brock, Jerry Garafolo, and Jack & Mary Ann Mendez. Kirk asked each
member to mention something that we don’t have to do anymore due to technology
advances or that has become more difficult or frustrating due to technology.
Joyce Green made a motion to accept the March minutes as circulated with Mary
Ann Mendez seconding the motion and the motion was passed by the members
attending the meeting. Joyce Green gave the Treasurer’s report for April with a
beginning balance of $1, 014.00 and the ending balance is $1,002.00. Jerry
Hathaway made a motion to have the Treasurer’s report approved as read with Mary
Ann Mendez seconding the motion and the motion was passed by the members
attending the meeting. Jack has not been able to get ahold of anybody dealing
with Newsline. Jerry Hathaway said that he will give Jack some contact person at
Newsline. Kirk asked the members if they are getting e-mails from national
office and from President Mark Riccobono. Kirk reminded members of the Code of
Conduct meeting. Joyce Green told us how impressed that she is with our
President Mark Riccobono has done so much work to solve the problem of member
conduct and victimizing members in the NFB. Kirk told us that the state
affiliate board are taking the RAINN training which is the vendor who is helping
our organization to improve leadership in dealing with these type of situations
that might come up in our chapter and affiliates. Carolyn brought a weird
incident that she had with a person that wanted to said that she had mythical
healing powers and Carolyn wanted to know if she had handled the situation well
and members said that she handle it as well as she possibly could in this
situation. Kirk suggested that any member bring topics to talk about situations
or blindness problems or issues that they come across to ask to put it on the
agenda to be discuss at a chapter meeting. It was suggested that we postpone
discussing the article in the Braille Monitor “Walking While Blind in Manhattan
During the Pandemic” by Peter Slatin (March, 2021 issue at our May chapter
meeting. Kirk played the April Presidential release. Kirk then adjourn the
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Jerry
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