Board of Directors’ meeting minutes
Directors
present:
Boes
called the meeting to order. It was noted
that Mary Lou Brooks let Boes know that she has a
class at this time during the fall semester; therefore she will probably not be
here until January’s meeting. Also noted
was the fact that there is not a quorum present today.
Correction
was noted in the June 2008 Board meeting minutes. Vance’s name had been omitted from the list
of Directors present; this was corrected on the June 2008 minutes by Gordon.
Treasurer’s report. Hodges reported the
savings account has just under $4500 in it.
Hodges noted he “shifted” some funds from savings to checking. Total as of the end of August in both
accounts is $8161.
Hodges
noted that Frank Wolf and Boes had handed in the
grant requests to the appropriate authorities.
Over the summer, the MBAA also received a check from Gilmore for
$1175. This is not the full match amount
requested. Hodges indicated he had
requested the full amount and received the $1175. Hodges noted he had received $866.35 from
donations from the Ann Arbor Track Club, made specifically to the MBAA. In addition, we are expecting our “share” of
the proceeds from the Track Club. Last
year, our share was approximately $4000.
Boes
asked Vance if he was interested in continuing to serve on the MBAA Board;
Vance’s term expires in 2008. Vance
replied that he would love to stay on the Board! Boes indicated he
would contact Mike Branch and
Hodges
noted that the budget submitted to the grantees was unbalanced by $1800. Also noted was the SEC budget in the grant
requests of $18,000. Hodges noted that
we really do need to hold the SEC budget to what it is stated in the funding
request. Goalball budget was $15,000 and
bowling budget $4000. Administrative
costs remain the same as last year.
Hodges noted coming up this month, we will need to pay $20 to the State
of
Vance
reported he will be speaking with the Portage Lions Club this coming Saturday
morning. He plans to give them copies of
our Annual Report, give them the history of the MBAA, as well as highlights of
what we do. He will also answer
questions.
Vance
reported the Annual Report is done!!
Thanks very much, Tom, for all your hard work!! Vance asked about having copies of the Annual
Report in alternative formats, such as Braille or audio recordings. Boes indicated
having the Annual Report available on our web site provides accessibility for
folks who need it. Coyne asked if the
Annual Report has been sent to the USABA.
Vance indicated he had not done that.
Coyne suggested he send it to the USABA—since they get a lot of
publicity. Vance will e-mail a copy to
the P.R. person at the USABA.
Vance noted
he had visited his eye doctor and had mentioned the MBAA to his doctor. The doctor had not heard of the MBAA and was
very intrigued to learn more. Vance
brought up the idea of sending a copy of our Annual Report to local eye doctors
to assist in publicizing our organization, along with a note to say we are
sending you this Annual Report so you may share this information with your
patients. This would not be a request
for money from the doctors. Vance
indicated he would work on sending out this information over the next couple of
months. Boes
noted that postage can be paid by the MBAA for mailing these documents.
Train the Trainers session. Boes
reported the session went very well. He
did this in August and there were 40 students in attendance. Boes discussed the
MBAA, eye diseases and how to explain to the visually impaired student how to
move from place to place. Boes brought up a student and demonstrated how to guide a
person who is blind if they need that assistance. Boes indicated he
was there about 40 minutes; there were few questions from the group.
Wall
Emerson asked if the MBAA had previously sent copies of the Annual Report to
teacher consultants of local schools to let them know about the MBAA. Vance indicated he will send some copies of
our Annual Report to KRESA to the Special Ed Department.
The next
MBAA Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 8 at
Respectfully
submitted,