Serving the blind and low vision population of South Central Kentucky
A chapter of the Kentucky Council of the Blind
SCKCB Minutes for January 16, 2008.
In the absence of President Imran, the meeting was called to order by Vice President Milliman at approximately 7:10 p.m. at the Alive Center in Bowling Green, KY. Members present were Justine Spencer, Ron and Palma Milliman, Leslie and Mitchell Plumlee, Max and Sue Robinson, Cheryl and Mark Cross, Mitchell and Simon Reed, Erika and Braden Cutright, and Andrew Head, Rachelle Stayer and Jackson and Tommy Blackford.
Since we had some fairly new members present, everyone introduced themselves. Vice President Milliman informed us that our scheduled guest speaker from Community Action, Donna Tooley, was unable to attend. Instead, she will attend our February meeting. Secretary, Palma Milliman, read the minutes of our November meeting. Leslie Plumlee made the motion to approve the minutes and Mark Cross seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. Max Robinson gave the treasurer's report. We have a current balance of $11,765.72. Sue Robinson read the list of donors to our fund drive. Our fund drive totaled to $4,594.00. Max also mentioned that he had posted a list of everyone who had paid dues on the SCKCB list, and after this meeting dues would be $10.00 instead of $8.00. A motion was made to approve the treasurer's report as read, and the motion passed unanimously.
Old Business:
The status of the proposed SCKCB Grant Program was discussed at some length. At the request of VP Milliman, Palma Milliman read the proposed guidelines for the SCKCB Grant. Max Robinson made the motion to accept the guidelines and Mark Cross seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The Grant Committee will be composed of three members. Ron Milliman will be the chair and Sue Robinson will be a committee member. The third member will be someone from the community. A discussion ensued over how the endowment funds currently in our checking account at the American Bank & Trust, should be invested. Ron Milliman said that he and Max Robinson would investigate the options. A motion was made by Justine Spencer and seconded by Mitchell Plumlee to empower Ron Milliman and Max Robinson to investigate the investment options for our endowment fund and to make the decision as to which option is best and to execute whatever is required to invest the funds in the selected investment option. The motion passed unanimously.
New Business:
Ron Milliman suggested that we order some special print and Braille Valentine cards from the National Braille Press to send to all of our recent donors. Palma Milliman described the Valentine that she had printed off of the NBP web site, and passed it around for the members who could see it. Max Robinson made the motion to purchase the Valentines, and Leslie Plumlee seconded. All agreed and the motion passed.
Rachelle Stayer gave a report on Jackson's progress since their return from China. Jackson seems to be doing extremely well, and is responding to his surroundings, which he was unable to do before the stem cell treatment he received in China. That was very exciting news!
Ron Milliman gave a brief update on Lisa McKinley's baby, as well as, Kimberly Parsley's progress, which he gleaned from Kimberly's blog. They are both doing fine.
Ron reminded everyone about the ACB National Convention, which will be held in Louisville, KY this July 5 - 12. He encouraged as many members as possible to make plans to attend the convention this summer. This was followed by a brief announcement about Mitchell Reed's new house. She will be having an open house this Saturday, January 19, and the public is invited. Kim Parsley interviewed Mitchell about her new house for the Echo, which is a publication that Kimberly edits for WKU.
The date of our next meeting is February 20. The meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Palma Milliman, Secretary