2023 ACB Fall Board of Directors Meeting Saturday, September 30, 2023

• Call to Order: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Roll Call and Introduction of Guests: Denise Colley, Secretary
• Review and Approval of Agenda: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Review and Approval of Minutes: August 15, 2023, Telephonic - Denise Colley, Secretary

• Mission Moment: Deb Cook Lewis and Dan Spoone ACB Media Podcasts

• Consent Agenda: Deb Cook Lewis A. Advocacy Update Report: Clark Rachfal/Swatha Nandhakumar B. Resource Development Report: Bill Reeder, Jo Lynn Bailey Page, and Kolby Garrison C. Prospect Development Approach to Fundraising – Bill Reeder D. Membership Services Report: Cindy Hollis E. Braille Forum Editor’s Report: Sharon Lovering F. Financial Statements: Nancy Becker

• Convention and Survey Feedback Report: Janet Dickelman, Convention Committee Chair and Rick Morin, Information Technology and ACB Media Manager

• President’s Report: Deb Cook Lewis A. Committee Chairs and Assignments B. WBU and FCC Update C. 2024 Informational Board Budget Meeting: Proposed Date - Nov. 28th D. 2024 Board Budget Meetings: A Revenue and an Expense Meeting - Proposed Dates -Dec. 4th and Dec. 11th E. Support the Holiday Auction

• Staff Reports: A. Executive Director B. Advocacy C. Resource Development D. CFO

• Financial Summary for 2023 Year-to-Date: Michael Garrett, ACB Treasurer

• Review and Approval of the 2024 Legacy Endowment Drawdown: Michael Garrett and Nancy Marks Becker
• Board of Publications (BOP) Report: Penny Reeder, BOP Director
• Review and Approval of Mastodon Presence: Deb Cook Lewis and Dan Spoone
• Review and Approval of Changes to Community Event Platform Expectations & Guidelines: Deb Cook Lewis and Lucy Edmonds

• ACB Enterprise Services Board Report and Elections: Michael Garrett, ACBES Board Chair A. Jeff Thom, George Holliday, and Terry Pacheco (remainder of Dan Spoone’s term) terms are expiring

• ACB Demographic and Diversity Report: Deb Cook Lewis and Nancy Marks Becker

• Discussion on the 2024 DC Leadership Conference: Deb Cook Lewis, Dan Spoone, and Clark Rachfal
• Committee Reports (as needed): ACB Officers and other committee liaisons
• Adjourn

ACB Board Workshop Friday, September 29, 2023

• Introductions and Welcome: Deb and Dan
• Presentation on the Big Data Report Project: Dr. John Crews; Professor Ohio State University
• Medicare Expenditure Reimbursement Model for Rehabilitation Services: Lee Nasehi; CEO, Vision Serve Alliance 
• Review strategic plan: Deb Cook-Lewis and Dan Spoone
• Review of budget process: Dan Spoone and Nancy Becker

Agenda: The October 3, 2023 Meeting of the ACB Board of Publications

• Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny]

• Roll Call [Zelda]

• Approval of Minutes from the September 5, 2023 Meeting [Zelda]

• Public’s Point of View ]Guests]

• Editor’s Report[Sharon]

• Braille Forum Boiler Plate: Where should it consistently appear in the magazine? What information should be included? [Penny, Sharon, All]

• BOP Web Page on ACB.org: How can we make it happen? What information should it include? [Penny, All]

• The ACB Publications Policy Manual [Jeff, Penny, All] Should we appoint an ad hoc committee to take a look at Section 15, to clarify the BOP’s role with respect to social media,? To review all of the manual to determine if there are policies that need to be re-visited?

• The FY-2024 Braille Forum Budget: What recommendations should we make to the ACB Board’s Budget Committee? [Penny, Deb and Katie, All]

• The ACB Voices BLOGG Updates on Member at the Mic and Scholarship Winner at the Mic [Anthony, Katie]

• The Procedure for creating, updating, and sustaining Member at the Mic [Anthony, Cheryl, Cachet, All]

• BLOG reviewers for October, November [All]

• BOP Training Responsibility [Penny, All] Possible topics

• ACB Media Report [Rick]

• Other Topics? ]All]

• Adjourn. Next BOP meeting: November 7, 2023.

Board of Publications Meeting Agenda: September 5, 2023

• Welcome and Review of Agenda – Penny Reeder, BOP Chair
• Roll Call – Cachet
• Approval of Minutes from August 1, 2023 Meeting – Cachet
• Public’s Point of View: We welcome hearing from our guests.
• ACB Braille Forum Editor’s Report – Sharon Lovering, Editor

• ACB Braille Forum Themes – BOP; We have identified themes for October: White Cane Safety Day, Revisiting Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment; November: Audio Description, Thanksgiving; December: International Relations Committee; January: Looking ahead, affiliate plans for coming months; February: Voting for people who are blind in this election year, Black History Month and Civil Rights for Everyone. Let’s think about themes for March, April and May!

• The ACB Voices BLOG – Anthony Corona and BOP: Member at the Mic, an interview with Jamaica Miller, and who is scheduled next? – Anthony. Other submissions: Which BOP members will review proposed Voices submissions in September? Scholarship winners interviews, an Update – Anthony; Ad hoc Member at the Mic committee updates – Anthony, Cheryl, Cachet; Recruiting BLOG writers from affiliate leaders at Quarterly Editors’ Meeting – Zelda, Penny

• Quarterly Editors’ Meetings: Are we all set for the September meeting? Any concerns about subsequent meetings? – Zelda

• BOP and the ACB Annual Budget: Beginning to think about our Recommendations to the ACB Budget Committee – Penny, Katie, Deb, Sharon, BOP

• ACB Media – Rick Morin
• Public Affairs Committee Update -- Katie
• Additional topics – BOP
• Adjourn. Next meeting: October 3, 2023.

2023 ACB Telephonic Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Broadcast on ACB Media Six 8:00 PM ET – 11:00 PM ET 1.  Call to Order:  Deb Cook Lewis, President 2.  Roll Call and Introduction of Guests: Denise Colley, Secretary 3.  Review and Approval of Agenda:  Deb Cook Lewis, President 4.  Review and Approval of Minutes: June 30, 2023, Schaumberg, Illinois (Pre-convention), Denise Colley, Secretary 5.  Mission Moment: Deb Cook Lewis and Dan Spoone ACB celebrates all who contributed to the success of the 2023 ACB Conference and Convention in Schaumberg, IL. This includes every ACB staff member, the convention steering and program committees, our fabulous volunteers both members and people from the Schaumberg community, our IL host committee and so many, many more. It felt like we were all back together again even though many of us attended virtually. 6.  President’s Report:  Deb Cook Lewis A. Fall Board meeting dates: September 29-30 in Jacksonville, FL B. Update on Committee chairs and assignments C. Board discussion of a request from some members that we not hold a convention in Jacksonville, FL due to political considerations. A vote will be taken. D. Board resolution to change signatures on all ACB and ACBES bank accounts that end in 9070, 9062, 9222, 9118, and 9097.  Removing Eric Bridges and David Trott and adding Michael Garrett and Dan Spoone. 7.  Executive Director Report:  Dan Spoone A.   Review and approval of ACVREP letter pertaining Resolution 2023-16 B.   Other updates 8.  Review and Approval of the 2023 Resolution Priorities and Assignments:  Deb Cook Lewis, Jeff Thom, Clark Rachfal and Swatha Nandhakumar 9.  Election of the Budget Committee:  Elected members for 2022 were David Trott, Deb cook Lewis and Jeff Bishop.

1. Election of the Chair of the Public Relations Committee: Current chair is Deb Cook Lewis

2. Election of Executive Committee: Officers will be sent an additional Zoom link and Board members will use the Board meeting link. All will reconvene for the results. This portion of the meeting will not be streamed.

3. Adjourn

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2023 ACB Preconvention Board of Directors Meeting Friday, June 30, 2023 Broadcast on ACB Media One

9:00 AM CT – 4:30 PM CT

1. Call to Order: Deb Cook Lewis, Interim President
2. Roll Call and Introduction of Guests: Denise Colley, Secretary
3. Review and Approval of Agenda: Deb Cook Lewis, President

4. Review and Approval of Minutes: April 25, 2023, (Telephonic): Denise Colley, Secretary

5. Mission Moment: Deb Lewis and Dan Spoone ACB Applauds the amazing collaboration between staff and volunteers to bring about our first hybrid leadership conference and the currency rally. The rally itself was a landmark experience which most definitely got the attention of the US Treasury Department, and the conference received overall positive reviews. The format was also a first with plenary sessions, breakout groups, tours, and social activities, exhibits and so much more. The hard work of our ACB Advocacy committee along with all staff members and other volunteers working together made the difference.

6. Consent Agenda: Deb Lewis A. 2023 YTD - Financial Statements: Nancy Becker B. Braille Forum Editor’s Report – Nutshell: Sharon Lovering C. Advocacy Update Report: Clark Rachfal D. 2023 Resource Development Report: Bill Reeder and Jo Lyn Bailey-Page E. Membership Services Report: Cindy Hollis F. Audio Description Project Report: Tabitha Kenlon G. Communications Report: Kelly Gasque

7. Convention Report: Janet Dickelman, Convention Committee Chair

8. President’s Report: Deb Lewis A. ACB Voting Task Force (3.0) Ad Hoc Committee will be extended. An additional workgroup will be established to propose format for future conventions. B. Auction Committee - Thanks Board for Donations C. Next Telephonic ACB Board of Directors Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, August 15 at 8:00PM ET

9. Lunch Break: 12:00 to 1:30

10. Staff Reports A. Executive Director: Dan Spoone B. Advocacy Director: Clark Rachfal C. Associate Director of Development: Jo Lynn Bailey-Page D. Manager of Membership Engagement: Cindy Hollis E. Communications Manager: Kelly Gasque F. Chief Financial Officer: Nancy Becker

11. Financial Narrative for 2023 Year-to-Date: David Trott, ACB Treasurer

12. ACB Enterprises & Services Report:
    Michael Garrett, ACBES Chair

13. Board of Publications (BOP) Report: Penny Reader, BOP Director

14. Update on Status of the 2022 Resolutions: Clark Rachfal, Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Director & Swatha Nandhakumar, Advocacy & Outreach Specialist

15. Committee Reports (as needed): ACB Officers and Other Committee Liaisons

16. Adjourn

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2023 Candidates Forum held June 25, 2023 sponsored by Blind Pride International, Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee and Guide Dog Users Inc.

Candidates for ACB Officer positions answer questions as well as the two candidates for an expected position in the Board of Publications.

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Constitution and By-Law Amendments and Resumption of Resolution 2023-16, June 23, 2023 Full Archive

Unedited archive from the June 23, 2023 ACB Conference and Convention Business Meeting held at 7 PM Central where the following Constitution and By-Law Amendments were heard and debated:

2023-01 Proposed amendment to Bylaw 5A to make the ACB treasurer a mandatory member of the budget committee.

2023-02 Proposed amendment to Bylaw 6D to Set the time for the appointment of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee to coincide with that specified for the resolutions committee; setting a new deadline of sixty (60) days before the opening of the convention for submission of constitution and/or bylaw amendments to the committee; and striking the sentence referencing submission of amendments in ASCII format.

Debate of resolution 2023-16 resumed after being postponed on 6/22/2023.

Resolution 2023-16 - ACVREP and OT Certification Submitted by: Michael Byington and others

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Unedited archive from the June 22, 2023 ACB Conference and Convention Business Meeting held at 7 PM Central where the following resolutions were read, debated and voted on.

Resolution 2023-13 Ride-sharing and communication Submitted by: Guillermo Robles, Steve Bauer and the California Council of the Blind

Resolution 2023-14 Ride-Share Denials of Service to Guide Dog Users Submitted by: Guide Dog Users Inc.

Resolution 2023-15 AIR TRAVEL ATTESTATION FORMS Submitted by: Guide Dog Users Inc.

Resolution 2023-16 - ACVREP and OT Certification Submitted by: Michael Byington and others

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Unedited archive from the June 21, 2023 ACB Conference and Convention Business Meeting held at 7 PM Central where the following resolutions were read, debated and voted on.

Resolution 2023-07 Amendment of Older Americans Act Submitted by: Association on Aging and Vision Loss

Resolution 2023-09 Large Print Books and NLS Submitted by: The Council of Citizens with Low Vision International

Resolution 2023-10 Funding Increase for the Older Individuals who are Blind Program Submitted by: Jeff Thom and Association on Aging and Vision Loss

Resolution 2023-11 Vending Facility Equipment Submitted by: California Council of the Blind

Resolution 2023-12 Funding of Visual Interpreting Services Submitted by The California Council of the Blind and Robert Acosta

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