Serving the blind and low vision population of South Central Kentucky
A chapter of the Kentucky Council of the Blind
SCKCB Minutes for October 16, 2008.
The meeting started at approximately 7:11 p.m. at the Alive Center in Bowling Green, KY. Members present were Sue and Max Robinson, Sylvia Kersenbaum, Erica Cutright, Braden Ussery, Andrew Head, Ron and Palma Milliman, and David Welch and Nicole Pumyam(via Ron's cell phone). Vice President Milliman presided over the meeting in the absence of our President, Nancy Imran.
The first order of business was to approve the minutes from our previous meeting. Andrew Head made the motion to suspend the reading of the minutes, and to accept them as posted on our SCKCB list. Sylvia seconded the motion. The motion passed. Max Robinson gave the treasurer's report. The current balance in our checking account is $3,253.81. Sylvia made the motion to accept the treasurer's report, and it was seconded by Sue Robinson. The motion passed.
Old Business:
We had no assistive technology report this month, and we also suspended our report on our activity for White Cane Safety Day; since everyone present at the meeting participated in the event, we did not see a need for discussion about the event. however, Vice President Milliman made the comment that he felt the traffic to our booth, as well as the revenue generated from the activity, was down about two-thirds from last year.
Next, Sue Robinson, commenced with the second reading of our revised constitution. The third and final reading and vote on the changes will be at our next business meeting.
New Business:
David Welch proposed a fundraising concert to be held at the Plaza Theatre in Glasgow, utilizing the connection he has with the Jimmy Church Band. Ron played a demo recording of two different selections that David sent to him. We all agreed that it sounded pretty good, and that the concert could be potentially very profitable, with relatively little downside risk to the SCKCB. David knows many people in the music industry, and has put several concerts of this type together in the past. David told us that the Plaza Theatre seats 1,200 people, and that they haven't had a problem packing in from 800 to a full house for most of the concerts held there. Andrew Head made the motion to pursue the concert as a fundraiser, and the SCKCB would invest up to $1000 to cover the rental of the venue, probably the Plaza Theatre in Glasgow, and promotional expenses. Ron made it clear that we would keep our financial exposure to a minimum, but enough to make the fundraiser a success. The motion was seconded by Sylvia Kersenbaum. The motion passed unanimously.
There was a discussion about holding our November meeting by conference call, as suggested by Nancy Imran, since we did not have access to the Alive Center for November. However, for various reasons, everyone present thought that holding our meeting by conference call was a poor idea. Sylvia Kersenbaum made a motion to not have a November meeting at all. Max Robinson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. This was followed with a motion made by Max Robinson to not hold any of our meetings by conference call, which was seconded by Sue Robinson. This motion also passed unanimously.
Our KCB State Convention is scheduled for November 7th, 8th and 9th in Louisville, KY at the Kentucky State School for the Blind. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Especially, since two of our SCKCB officers are running for state office. Ron Milliman is running for KCB President, and Max Robinson is running for KCB Secretary. Elections will be held on Saturday morning, Nov. 8.
Our Christmas Party is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th at the Alive Center in Bowling Green at 2:00 p.m. Max moved that we allocate up to $125.00 towards food for our party. Erica Cutright seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Everyone agreed that because of inflation, our gifts for playing Dirty Santa should not exceed $12.00 this year, up from $10 in previous years.
Palma Milliman made a motion to create a new ex-officio position called "Honorary President." This position cannot be held by anyone older than twelve years of age, and must be considered a junior member of the SCKCB in good standing. The Honorary President's primary responsibilities are to be the "keeper of the official SCKCB gavel," and to call the meetings to order, to announce the passage or rejection of motions, and to declare the meetings adjourned, in each instance by no fewer than three raps of the official SCKCB gavel. The Honorary President will be nominated by any member of the SCKCB and elected by a simple majority vote during a regular meeting of the membership. The Honorary President's term shall be for six months and may be renewed with no term limits. Sue Robinson made a friendly amendment to the motion to restrict the responsibilities of this new ex-officio position to simply keeper of the official SCKCB gavel and to opening and closing the meeting with no fewer than three raps of the gavel. Palma accepted the friendly amendment to the motion. David Welch seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Then, Max Robinson made a motion to limit the age from 12 to 10 years old. The motion died for lack of a second. Sylvia Kersenbaum proceeded by nominating Braden Ussery as our new, and first, Honorary President. Sue Robinson seconded the nomination, and Braden Ussery was elected as our new Honorary President by acclimation. This was followed by Braden adjourning our meeting by three wraps of the official SCKCB gavel! The meeting was adjourned at 8:22 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Palma Milliman, SCKCB Secretary