National Federation of the Blind of
Florida, Inc.
Board of
Directors’ Meeting
September 18, 2005
The Board of Directors
teleconference meeting of the NFBF was called to order by President Kathy Davis
at 8:13 p.m.
There was no official roll
call but board members present were as follows:
President: Kathy Davis
First Vice President, Dwight
Sayer
Second Vice President, Dan
Hicks
Treasurer, Tom Hartig
Secretary, Merry Schoch
Board Members: Betty McNally, Gloria Mills Hicks, Joe
Minichiello, and JD Townsend
Kathy called for the
acceptance of the minutes of August 23, 2005.
Gloria moved to accept, Dwight seconded, so moved.
Treasure’s Report submitted by Tom Hartig
Tom stated he did not have a
formal report due to the delay in receiving the bank statements; he will send a
report to board members early this week.
He reported he sent a check to Pam Allen in the amount of $2000.
Old Business
Leadership Retreat
Kathy asked Tom for a
financial report in regards to the retreat.
Tom reported the expenditures were approximately $2700; which is
approximately $250 under budget.
Tom is compiling a report
with evaluation results. The preliminary
overview of what is being sent in by attendees is that this was a very good
program. Tom will report the final
results after receiving back all the evaluations.
2006 State Convention - Hotel Bids
The Board discussed the
differences between the Rosen Centre and the Holiday Inn Resort regarding room
rates, taxes, menus, outside restaurant accessibility, banquet expenses, box
lunches, sound equipment, break out room availability, vendor expenses,
telecommunication expenses and other related convention issues.
The Board discussed not
having the reception and to just have the cash bar at the auction. No final decision was made.
Joe made a motion to accept
the Holiday Inn Resort as the site for the 2006 State Convention of the
NFBF. Before a second there was
discussion and the motion was withdrawn.
Gloria moved that we express
our interest to the Rosen but their needs to be more negotiating before signing
the contract and if not settled by Thursday, September 22, 2005 with the Rosen
then we will contract with the Holiday Inn Resort. Dwight seconded. Motion did not carry by the vote.
Joe moved we accept the
Holiday Inn Resort contract as the site for the 2006 State Convention of the
NFBF with some negotiation. Tom
seconded. Tom had a list of conditions
that he will present for negotiation to the Holiday Inn Resort. Motion carried.
New Business
NFBF Chapters
Kathy and the Board discussed
internal issues that some chapters are experiencing. The
Board will offer guidance and support to any chapter, but at present the Board
has decided not to interfere with internal chapter affairs unless there is no
other recourse.
Committee/Division Minutes
Kathy stated she believes it
is important for committees and divisions to share their minutes with the
Board. There was no further discussion
or a vote on this matter.
Teleconference Calls
There was discussion between
Dan and Kathy in regards to the Greater Daytona Beach Chapter using the
teleconference service and reimbursing the state.
Dan and Tom arranged some
procedural changes where Dan will set up the teleconference calls and Tom will
receive directly from the company the invoices and will pay them with the
Affiliate’s debit card.
Kathy stated at our next
Board meeting we will discuss the organization of a new chapter.
Meeting Adjourned @ 10:30
p.m.
Respectively submitted by
Merry C. Schoch