Chapter President David Anspach brought the meeting to order shortly after 1:00 pm, on Saturday, February 16, 2008, and immediately started by leading the pledge of allegiance, assisted by Chuck Huber.
President Anspach then asked for a roll call of members present at meeting.
The following chapter officers were present:
President David Anspach, Vice-president Mike Lamb, treasurer Eric Davis, along with board members Tammy Anspach, Janice snow, and Scott Carlisle.
The following chapter members were present:
Melissa Johnson, Charlotte Bogadi, Linda Saunders, Judy Wood, Richard Breedlove, and Chuck Huber.
Secretary’s note: 6 board members and 6 chapter members were present, barely having a quorum according to the Pinellas Chapter Constitution.
Several guests were also in attendance for this meeting. Dynamic guest speaker Marilyn Stevenson from the Talking Book Library came to speak to the chapter. Also Vincent Mooring and Otis Wilson with his wife and son were present as guests.
President Anspach then called for the chapter to discuss the meeting minutes for January’s meeting. Janice Snow had 2 questions that appeared to be answered.
January meeting minutes Corrections:
Tammy Anspach brought up 2 corrections that needed to be made in reference to the passing of her grandmother. First, her passing was on November 9, 2007 and not November 3, 2007. The second correction is to the spelling of her grandmother’s name, which is properly spelled “Ruth Estel Bechtel”.
A motion was entertained by President Anspach to accept the January meeting minutes made by Mike Lamb and seconded by Charlotte Bogadi. Vote was taken and motion carried.
President Anspach called on Treasurer Eric Davis to give the treasurer’s report. The starting balance in the chapter general fund for January is $ 809.97, and the starting balance for January in the Memorial Fund is $ 1035.00. One check was written to John Carson, for $52.00 for reimbursement for food and beverages for the board meeting, and no deposits were made to either the general or the memorial funds. The ending balance as of February’s meeting for the general fund is $ 757.97 and the ending balance for the memorial fund is $ 1035.00. Motion was entertained by President Anspach to accept the treasurer’s report made by Melissa Johnson and seconded by Charlotte Bogadi; David called for a vote and motion carried.
President Anspach then introduced the dynamic guest speaker for this meeting. Marilyn Stevenson from the Pinellas Talking Book Library, located in Clearwater, Florida.
President Anspach then called on Eric Davis for an update on the Fund raising Committee after Marilyn Stevenson finished speaking to the chapter. Eric discussed how the yard sale is going to work, and a full discussion followed by the chapter. David entertained a motion Made by Melissa Johnson, to donate all unsold items to goodwill, seconded by Eric Davis. Vote was held and motion carried. Eric then when to report on other things discussed by the fund raising committee, such as the next bike ride, which the chapter tabled for further discussion in future.
President Anspach then called on Janice snow to give the report for the expanding horizons/Sunshine Committees. Janice reported that all is healthy and well so far, nothing to report for the sunshine committee. Janice asked if the chapter would like her to work on a speaker for the April meeting, and the chapter consensus was to say “yes,” then a full chapter discussion followed.
President Anspach then called on Mike Lamb for a report on the Outreach Committee. Mike had nothing particular to report at this time, however did discuss setting up a meeting of all committee members by telephone, which he tentatively set for February 26.
President Anspach then began speaking about the Events Committee meeting he attended with the state affiliate, and then opened a discussion about the annual Tallahassee trip scheduled this year for March 19 - 21. David then asked who would be able to attend to represent our chapter; David mentioned that Janice snow and Richard breedlove would like to represent the Pinellas Chapter. David then posed a question to the chapter about assisting those representatives with money to supplement cost of meals on the trip, as the affiliate will only pay for one meal. A discussion followed by the chapter about this topic, along with some concerns about transportation after the return trip from Tallahassee if DART is scheduled and the bus is late coming in from the trip. David entertained a motion made by Mike Lamb that each representative for the Tallahassee trip be given $ 60.00 for meals, with the provision that receipts and any additional funds be returned to the chapter, seconded by Melissa Johnson. David then called for a vote, motion carried.
President Anspach then opened a discussion on the fact that the State affiliate is looking to the Pinellas Chapter to host the 2009 State Convention. David mentioned that he and Mike Lamb were checking into hotel bids, and so far are not having any success. David then posed the question to the chapter, do we wish to throw caution to the wind and go for it, or do we just want to say “NO.” Following this question, a full chapter discussion followed about hotels.
Secretaries Note: The tape ended at this point, and no further recording of this meeting took place.
Respectfully submitted
John Carson, secretary
Pinellas Chapter
NFB of Florida