PPDB
 
March 2019 Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
 
Date: March 11, 2019 
Participants:   Kristina Kezmarsky, President, Tammy Kitterman, VP, Molly Black, Secretary, Gordon Boe, Treasurer, Patti McGowan, Juli Baumgarner, Tina Hertzog
Excused Absences:  Lisa Lopatofsky, Shelley Lill

Topic:  Monthly Board Meeting

Next Phone Call or Meeting: April 8, 2019, 7:30 PM

Discussion Notes:
 
Call to Order:   Kristina Kezmarsky, President at 7:32 PM
 
To the Board:  Does anyone have a conflict with any of the following agenda topics?  None expressed.
 
Kristina requested a Motion for the approval of the February 11, 2019 meeting minutes.  Motion made by Tammy Kitterman seconded by Patti McGowan   Full Board – Approved.
 
Kristina requested a Motion to approve the Annual General Membership    Juli made the motion, and seconded by Patti.  Full Board – Approved.
 
Treasurer’s report:  shared by Gordon & Molly, as Shelley Lill, former Treasurer emailed the following information:
 
$111.87 deposit PayPal transfer - donation
$ 15.00 deposit (membership fee)
$ 50.97 deposit from 1and1 website 
Balance of $2022.06

Current News:
Molly reached out to Sandra Salerno regarding her nomination to the PPDB General Board, and she indicated that she would be interested in joining the Board.     Molly nominated Sandra to the general Board and Gordon seconded the Motion.
 
Kristina polled the Board as to how they vote for the addition of Sandra Salerno to the General Board:

Tammy: Yea
Molly:    Yea
Gordon:  Yea
Patti:       Yea
Juli:         Yea
Lisa: Excused
Tina:       Yea
Shelley: Excused
Kristina:  Yea
 
Conflicts of Interest forms for discussion:  Patti and Tammy – these forms are adapted from NFADB.  “Overview” will be changed to “Policy”.  Ask that Lisa, Tina and Sandra will review Modules, which the rest of the Board has already viewed and discussed.  The Board will follow this Conflict Policy as its guide.  Individual Conflict of Interest Statements Forms should be completed by each Board member, signed, scanned and returned to Molly.  Each line of the form should be completed whether there is a conflict or not.  Do not leave any line blank when completing the form. 
 
Juli has indicated that she would be available to discuss the information in the Modules for all new members, if necessary. 
 
A specific Conflict Policy will be placed on the Agenda for the April Meeting for discussion and approval. 
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New committees (recruit from general membership to play a role):  Molly suggested that we review what Committees we have and whether we need any additional.  She suggested that when Committees are updated and new ones formed, that the lead might look to general membership to help with committee work.   Molly will work with Patti to provide what Committee information we currently have on the Fundraising, Membership, and Outreach/Social Committees and report back next month.
 
Patti will send a copy of the Brochure to the Board and Tammy will to upload to website. (Completed)
 
Create an internal calendar/timeline of events for the board:  Full Board
Tammy will create a private calendar for internal timeline events for committee meetings, membership drive etc. on the website.  Tammy will forward link to full Board for the current Google account. (Completed) A discussion will occur next monthly meeting regarding the Google Suite and/or current drive account. 
 
Discussion was held regarding PPDB funds and should we allocate a specific amount or percentage towards training/marketing/travel etc. and how much of our budget should we not exceed.  Patti suggested we have a small finance committee to work with Gordon and a budget.  She can share examples of what NFADB has done.  If you are interested in joining this Committee please let Gordon know.  Kristina will join this committee.
 
Molly reached out to Becky Fogle, Director of PaTTAN East to have another 150 color brochures printed again this year:  Kristina will draft a ‘thank you’ letter and send it to Becky Fogle and provide Molly a copy.    If any other board member wishes to write a thank you letter to Becky, her address is:
          Rebecca Fogle, Director
          PaTTAN East
          333 Technology Drive
          Malvern, PA 19355
 
Future News:
 
Coming up is Rep. Dan Miller’s Disability Summit:  Molly and Patti are attending and will report back to the board at the next board meeting.
 
Juli will do a shout out focusing on Jackie and her long time work and how she was instrumental to PPDB and bringing the national agenda to PA.   Juli will contact Gordon to help her with the history of PPDB and Jackie’s involvement.  If anyone else has anything to add, please contact Juli directly.
 
Gift for Jackie: Please reply to the Board if you have any ideas on a gift. 
 
Discussion was held on when to do the nominations for President and Vice President.  They should stagger every other year opposite of Secretary and Treasurer.  This would become part of the internal calendar.  Patti asked whether Kristina or Tammy would take on an additional year so that the offices become staggered.  Gordon reported that it was originally the President/Secretary that were linked in terms and Vice-President/Treasurer.  Gordon said that he would work on a Policy statement for this. 
 
Shout-Outs:
March:  Juli
April:  Tammy 
May:  Kristina 
June:  Patti
July:  Molly
August:  Gordon
September:  Lisa
October:  Tina
November:  Shelley
December: Sandra
January:  Juli
February:  Tammy 
March:  Kristina 
 
For the Good of the Order:  Juli would like to ask everyone to finalize Toolkit #3 on the next meeting.   Board Agreed.
 
Action Plan/To Do:
Task:  Conflict of Interest Forms
Lead:  All Board Members
Timeline:  April 8th Meeting
Questions/Notes:  Leave no lines blank

Action Plan/To Do:
Task:   Set up a Google Suite Account
Lead:  Tammy
Timeline  :April 8th meeting
Questions/Notes:  If 501(c) (3) status is verified.

Action Plan/To Do:
Task:  Policy Statement for staggering terms
Lead:  Gordon
Timeline:  April 8th
 
Action Plan/To Do:
Task:  Toolkit #3
Lead:  April 8th
Questions/Notes:  Head up Review

Action Plan/To Do:
Task:  Current Committee Makeup
Lead:  Molly/Patti
Deadline:  April 8th
Questions/Notes:  Update

Action Plan/To Do:
Task:  Share NFADB Finance Committee examples
Lead:  Patti
Deadline:  March 31
Questions/Notes:  Forward to Gordon directly.

 Meeting Adjourned:  8:24 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Molly Black, Secretary

PPDB Annual Membership Meeting Minutes of February 19, 2019
 
Meeting called to order at 7:35 pm by Kristina Kezmarsky, President
 
Members Present:
Kristina Kezmarsky
Tammy Kitterman
Gordon Boe
Shelley Lill
Saneeka Macon
Lisa Lopatowski
Patti McGowan
Molly Black
Juli Baumgarner
Jackie Brennan
 
Member excuse/absent: N/A
 
New Business:
PPDB is celebrating our 10th Year.
We have made some wonderful changes and lots of memories over the past year.  A few of our committees would like to speak about their activities.
 
Outreach Committee:  Molly and Patti
The committee extends the mission of PPDB in a variety of ways:

1. A listserv for the purpose of posting information, questions and resources to its membership.
2. Monthly ‘shout-outs’ authored by its Board of Directors posted to the PPDB Listserv.
3. Facebook Page with posts of interest to its members and followers regarding:deafblindness, disability, education, medical, and other important matters.

Outreach committee events:

1. Dan Miller Disability Expo – March 2018
2. PD Deaf-Blind Family Learning Conference – June 2018
3. Transition Conference – July 2018
4. PTO Meeting at WPSBC – September 2018
5. Residential Program Presentation at WPSD – November 2018
6. Social Event at Indoor Trampoline Park – December 2018

 
Membership Committee:  Patti and Tammy
Lobbying is very important for our future membership goals.  We currently have 40 members and 36 lifetime members!  When a family joins PPDB under the lifetime membership, their children will continue to be covered into adulthood.  All donations to PPDB are tax deductible. 
Treasurer’s yearly report:  Shelley
Beginning Balance:
Deposits:
Spending:
Ending Balance:
 
Sib Shop:  Juli
Juli represented PPDB at the PaTTAN FLC in the sibling group ages 6-16.  It is important to engage siblings to allow them to share their thoughts, feelings, and interact with other siblings. 
 
At this time, I would like to open the floor to any and all nominations for General Board Member(s):  Full Board
 
Nomination of Lisa Lopatowski by Tammy Kitterman
Nomination seconded by Juli Baumgarner
 
Nomination of Tina Herzog by Shelley Lill
Nomination seconded by Kristina Kezmarsky
 
Lisa Lopatowski, present on the call, accepted her nomination of general board member of PPDB.
Proactively, should she be nominated, Tina Herzog, not present on the call, accepted her nomination of general board member of PPDB.
 
Kristina asked the full board to vote yay or nay to the nomination of Lisa Lopatowski.
Yay:  Juli, Patti, Jackie, Tammy, Gordon, Saneeka, Shelley, Molly, Kristina
Nay:  N/A
Welcome Lisa!
 
Kristina asked the full board to vote yay or nay to the nomination of Tina Herzog.
Yay:  Juli, Patti, Jackie, Tammy, Gordon, Saneeka, Shelley, Molly, Kristina
Nay:  N/A
Welcome Tina!
 
 
Jackie’s term on the General Board has ended.  PPDB would like to sincerely thank Jackie for her extraordinary contributions to PPDB.  PPDB would not be celebrating 10 years without Jackie Brennan.
 
 
Shout Outs:
March:  Juli
April:  Tammy
May:  Kristina
June:  Saneeka
July:  Patti
August:  Molly
September:  Gordon
October:  Lisa
November:  Julie
December:  Tammy
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:00-ish
Respectfully submitted,
Kristina Kezmarsky, President and volunteer note taker

Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by Kristina Kezmarsky, President 
 
Members Present:
Kristina Kezmarsky
Tammy Kitterman
Molly Black
Gordon Boe
Patti McGowan
Jackie Brennan
Juli Baumgarnen
Saneeka Macon
Shelley Lill
 
Kristina motioned for the approval of January 14, 2019 board meeting minutes
Patti seconded the motion for the approval of the January 14, 2019 meeting minutes
 
 
 
Treasurer’s Report:  Shelley
Starting Balance:  $1,849.41
In/Out:    02/05/19 conference line -$0.19
               02/19/19 deposit $10.00
               02/19/19 1and1.com -$50.97 
Ending Balance:  $1,808.25
 
Tonight’s discussion focused on the Modules relating to Board Business
Julie:  The biggest takeaway from the Modules are the 3D’s (Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, & Duty of Obedience)
 
DUTY OF CARE examples are:  active board members, structure/agenda, meeting minutes, responsibility, listserve/shout-outs, By-Laws, treasurers report.
Molly would like PPDB in the future to look into how we can allocate our current budget for training/marketing/travel etc and how much of our budget (dollar amount or % should we not exceed).
Patti added, to the topic of Duty of Care, that Board Members are ambassadors for PPDB.
PPDB should create an internal calendar of events for the board members so we can prepare for the Annual Membership Meeting, fundraising events, etc.
 
Julie:  The next of the 3D’s is DUTY OF LOYALTY
Transparency is key to duty of loyalty.  Make sure there are no conflicts of interest.  (we should add to the next agenda a topic to further discuss).
Patti suggested starting all of our meetings with “does anyone have a conflict with the agenda items.”  
Patti and Tammy volunteered to work on a conflict of interest form.  
 
Julie:  The last of the 3D’s is DUTY OF OBEDIENCE 
This concerns compliance, to carry out and stick with out mission policies and budget.
Molly inquired about liability insurance? 
Patti offered to speak on behalf of NFADB relating to this specific question.  NFADB has discussed liability insurance at great detail over the years and in their discussion some professions say ‘yes’ while other professions say ‘no.’
 
 
Upcoming News:
Kristina:  On February 19, 2019 is our Annual General Membership Meeting.  Does the board have any thoughts, questions, or comments?
Juli suggested resending the ‘save the date’ letter to the listserv for the annual meeting.
Tammy volunteered to resend the email.
 
Shout-Outs:
February:  Shelley
March:  Juli
April:  Jackie
May:  Tammy
June:  Kristina
July:  Saneeka
August:  Patti
September:  Molly
October:  Gordon
November:  Shelley
December:  Juli
 
Respectfully submitted,
Kristina Kezmarsky, President and volunteer note taker

PPBD Month Board Meeting Minutes
 
January 14, 2019
 
Meeting called to order at 7:32 pm by Kristina Kezmarsky, President
 
Members present:
Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Tammy Kitterman, Vice President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lill, Treasurer
Molly Black
Gordon Boe
Patti McGowan
Jackie Brennan
Juli Baumgarner
 
Member excuse/absent: n/a
 
Treasurer’s report:
Beginning balance $2009.87
Deposits $24.37
Go Daddy $133.86
Ending balance $1900.38
 
Approval of minutes:
 
Motions to approve full board meeting minutes for August, October, and December were made individually, motions second and carried. Let the minutes reflect approval to post the minutes to papdb.org
 
New business:
 
Website:
 
Tammy contacted GoDaddy.com and the transfer to their domain was successful. Tammy has assumed the responsibilities as PPDB webmaster. The board is encouraged to review their bios on the website, forward Tammy updated pictures and content.
 
Nominations, Elections, Board Terms and Tenures:
 
The role of secretary and treasurer are open for nominations. Shelley and Saneeka have completed their second terms in their respective positions. In March, President and Vice President, Kristina and Tammy, will have completed one term and are able to be nominated for a second term which sparked lots of discussion about the bylaws (amended bylaw from 2011 and 2015, which Saneeka sent to the board during the meeting). There were questions regarding the annual general board meeting. Juli recommended creating a committee to review the bylaw, look to create a foundational schedule, and produce a document or plan separate from the bylaw that will allow the board the flexible e.g. move the annual meeting to fit the current circumstances and environment Gordon, Jackie, and Tammy will meet to review the bylaws (over time) and bring their recommendation to the board. This newly created team will be known as the Bylaw Review Committee.
 
The PPDB board will hold the monthly board meeting on February 11, 2019 @ 7:30 pm.
 
Annual General Membership Meeting: Kristina, President, will send an email to general member and post the call for a general board meeting on the list serv. 
 
The PPDB board will hold the Annual General Board Meeting on February 19, 2019  @ 7:30 pm.
 
Discussion of Module/Toolkit #3: Discussion postponed until next meeting on Feb. 11. The board is encouraged the review the first and second modules before the meeting. Juli suggested we a spend 30 minutes discussing.
 
Good of the order: Juli, Gordon, and Jackie encouraged and thanked board members for their service and commitment. 
 
Shout outs
Jan: Gordon
Feb: Shelley
Mar: Juli
Apr: Jackie
May: Tammy
Jun: Kristina
Jul: Saneeka
Aug: Patti
Sep: Molly
Oct: Gordon
Nov: Shelley
Dec: Juli
 
Meeting adjourned 8:34pm
 
Respectfully submitted by Saneeka Macon, Secretary

PPDB Notes of December 10, 2018
 
Present: Kristina Kezmarsky, Jackie Brennan, Juli Baumgarner, Tammy Kitterman, Patti McGowan, Molly Black, Shelley Lill, Gordon Boe Excused: Molly and Shelley 
 
Absent:  Gabe Radzik
 
Meeting called to order by President, Kristina Kezmarsky at 7:40 p.m.
 
August and October minutes will be reviewed via email Tuesday, 12/11/18.
 
Treasurer’s Report Balance as of 11/30/18  $1885.63
 
Outreach Committee Tammy shared an update on the Trampoline Park outreach event, it was a success! We’ll looking forward to doing another event in the spring.
 
Tammy has a friend (Vanessa) that owns a web hosting business (evolve ). Tammy will set up a meeting with Vanessa and the EC board Thursday at 7 p.m.
 
Jackie will look at date for the Overbrook swim in the future.
 
Family Learning Conference The Project is still trying to finalize things. It will be at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, PA June 21-22, 2019
 
Membership We need to talk about recruiting and membership. We need to tighten up and make sure we are following the bylaws. The EC needs to revisit membership and the bylaws. We missed a year of membership and need to get on track with dates, and set up an annual meeting.
 
Kristina as president can make appointments so the EC and board need review the Annual General Meeting requirements and whether nominations for additional Board members is warranted. This will be an agenda topic for our next board meeting. 
 
New Business Should we start meeting monthly again for 1 hour? As a board we should discuss conversation the direction for the board, set goals for ourselves. 
 
Kristina will reach out to Gabe to see if he wishes to continue as a member of the Board of Directors, due to recent absences.   


NFADB Affiliate modules - Tammy asked to entire board to review the modules. She will send the modules to the board and we will discuss at our next board meeting.
Please review the legal responsibilities modules.
 
Good of the order As a Board, let’s check on one another and the family.
 
Upcoming Shout-Outs
January Gordon
February Shelley
March Juli
April Jackie
May Tammy
June Kristina
July Saneeka
August Patti
September Molly
October Gordon
November Shelley
December Juli
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
 

PPDB Notes of October 8, 2018
 
Present:
Kristina Kezmarsky
Jackie Brennan
Juli Baumgarner
Tammy Kitterman
Patti McGowan
Molly Black
Shelley Lill
 
Excused: 
Saneeka Macon
 
Absent:
Gordon Boe
Gabe Radzik
 
President, Kristina Kezmarsky, called the meeting to order at 7:36 PM
 
August Meeting Notes were unavailable to review, but will be made available at next scheduled meeting to be approved along with the notes of this evening. 
 
Happy Anniversary to us – we have now been in existence for 10 years!  A special thank you to Gordon Boe for spearheading our 501©(3) status and pushing us into being.
 
Congratulations to Patti McGowan as the new President of NFADB.  She reminded all that PPDB was the first Affiliate, and Tammy is our Liaison.  NFADB is up to 11 parent family groups across the nation as Affiliates.
 
Treasurer’s Report –
No deposits and no deductions, since last meeting so our balance remains $1931.49.  There is a $10 check that needs to be deposited and Shelley will forward that to Kristina for deposit.   There needs to be follow-up asap to verify whether we can use the donation button on our web page.  Shelley, Kristina and Tammy will follow-up with Saneeka to verify the use of PayPal account or any credit card since our Membership Drive is on the horizon.
 
Outreach Committee will send out another reminder of the 10 for 10 fundraiser.
WPSBC will be approached by Kristina to choose a date for bowling or swimming day. 
 
Tammy shared the Trampoline Park in Bridgeville, PA, is available for use by children with special needs on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6-8 PM, $20.00 plus a free family member or support person.  Tammy will ask about a group discount.  She suggested December 4th.     Tammy will create a Flyer and we will ask WPSD and WPSBC to send home with their students with deaf-blindness.
 
Overbrook will also schedule a date for bowling or swimming.   Jackie will check on a date in January.
 
Membership -  Patti & Tammy - January 1 – December 31.    Solicitation will take place to Lifetime Members to encourage them to donate $10 for 10.   Membership Annual Drive will begin in December.   Promotion this year is a suggested 10% Discount to go along with the 10 for 10 theme. 
 
Motion made by Kristina Kezmarsky to promote the 10% Discount for Lifetime membership and seconded by Tammy Kitterman.  Motion Passed. 
 
Kristina shared an opportunity on the emailed Agenda to attend “The Essentials of Special Needs Planning” and will share it on the listserv as well. 
 
Kristina will check with Gabe to see if he wishes to continue as a member of the Board of Directors, due to recent absences.   
 
A review of the Annual General Meeting requirements and whether nominations for additional Board members is warranted will be placed on next meeting’s Agenda. 
 
Shout Outs:
October – Saneeka
November – Patti
December – Molly
 
Meeting Adjourned at 8:30ish
Respectfully submitted,
Molly Black, volunteer note taker

PPDB August Board Meeting
 
Tammy, Patti, Juli, Saneeka, Gordon, Shelley, molly,  (Kristina, Jackie) Roll call
 
PPDB Full Board Meeting: August 13, 2018 at 7:40pm
Phone number: 515-604-9524 Access code: 965265
 
Welcome and Call to Order (Kristina)
 
Treasurer’s Report (Shelley)
 
Approve April and June minutes (Patti motion, Juli, second) Board will approve April minute via email
 
Old Business 
 
Outreach - Report from FLC (Molly) Regards to PPDB the basket was a success. The current board member introduced themselves.   26 families attended FLC 
Letter of Support from PPDB to the PA Deaf-Blind Project.
 
The Project is  writing for the new 5 year grant. PA DB projects grant ends at the end of Sept (9/30). To families that attend FLC there was a sample letter in the package (Patti trying to get an electronic copy). We don’t know who the letter should be addressed to nor what will be in the letter yet.  PPDB will fall under agency, (president or secretary of PPDB) and the family should be submitted letter and anyone that has benefited from the project. Molly or Patti will send to a request to the EC board. 
 
Two updates - Lynn Fox is leaving PATTaN and Michele Balynnski too. Jane Freedom is retiring. There will be new positions down the road. 
 
New Business 
 
Medical Marijuana--should we resend letters (Full board) Tammy send the letter she sent out were returned undelivered. So suggested we wait until the dispensers are up and running. (Pitt, Philly, and middle of the state areas have some opening) Shelly will try to get a list of the open dispensaries. Shelley will work with Tammy to get new letters out. 64 letter in total were sent Sept 2017.
 
Fundraising (Gordon) Send out a doodle, with ideas, the board will vote and talk about those things our next meeting.  
 
Good of the order
 
October 2008 (check the date) our 501c3 was created. We can come up with a campaign to play on the year. (August 2008)
Gordon will forward the email he has about the 501c and Patti will work with Molly on a flier and we’ll see what we come up with.    
 
Annual Membership meeting  (Jackie?) EC will review minutes to see when the annual membership meeting should be. 
 
Committee updates - Saneeka will reach out to Jackie about the OBS swim. 
 
Tammy will the DB list-serv. after Kristina sends shout-out for Sept
Families or parent families to families communities F2FC (sept-may) monthly conference call.
 
There are a number of opportunities for family to get involved and have a different way of networking. There will be also be info in Spanish for Spanish speaking family
9/19 modules (pattan) link to pattan.net (training calendar)
 
The State Deaf-Blind Projects are still anxiously awaiting the release of the next 5 year grant.  (It is really late this year)    
 
NFADB has announced their new NFADB Board Members post nominations which will begin October 1, 2018, 
 
They are:
President Elect:  Patti McGowan, PA
VP:  Diana Griffen, PA
Secretary:  Julie McGuire, Nebraska
Treasurer:  Jacqueline Izaguirre, TX
Affiliate Coordinator: Edgenie Bellah, TX
Mary Gyori, VT
Kim Houston, TX
Melanie Knapp, TX
Debra Pickens, NC
Myrna Medina, CA
 
NFADB is always looking for general members to be a part of their Action Plan Committees, the committee information can be found here: https://nfadb.org/ support-nfadb/volunteer/
 
Shout-out assignments
August  Tammy
September Kristina - 501c campaign 
October  Saneeka
November Patti
December Molly
 
Adjourned 8:27 pm

PPDB Full Board Meeting
June 11, 2018 at 7:30pm
 
Phone number: 515-604-9524
Access code: 965265
 
Welcome and call to order by Kristina Kezmarsky, President at 7:39pm
 
Members present Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lill, Treasurer
Molly Black, Board member
Patti McGowan, Board member
 
Member absent
Gabe Radzik, Board member
Jackie Brennan, Professional member
Juli Baumgarner, Professional member
 
Member excused Gordon Boe, Board member
Tammy Kitterman, Vice-President
 
Board meeting minutes We will approve April and June minutes at the next meeting.
 
Treasurer’s report Shelley Lill, Treasurer
 
New business Medical Marijuana: Discussed resending letters to the dispensaries we formally reached out to.
 
State Grant The state DeafBlind Project’s 5 year grant will be up soon. OSEP money is provided based on the number of DB students registered with the state. PATTAN will apply for the grant again, request are due by July. Letters of support are needed by families and supporting programs. PPDB as an organization should submit a letter. There will be an announcement at FLC to reach out to the Malvern office on behalf of PPDB. NFADB is having a contest for a new logo, it’s open to the affiliates.
NFADB’s general membership meeting is July 10, 2018.
 
Outreach FLC: Basket theme for FLC is Night at the movies. There are three new families this year and 28 families total.
 
Shout-out assignments
August  Tammy
September Kristina
October  Saneeka
November Patti
December Molly
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:12pm

PPDB Full Board Meeting
April 23, 2018 @ 7:30pm
 
Phone number: 515-604-9524
Access code: 965265
 
Welcome and call to order by Kristina Kezmarsky, President at 7:35pm
Members present:
Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Tammy Kitterman, Vice-President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lill, Treasurer
Molly Black, Board member
Gordon Boe, Board member
Patti McGowan, Board member
Jackie Brennan, Professional member
Juli Baumgarner, Professional member
 
Member absent
Gabe Radzik, Board member
 

• Approval of the February 26, 2018 board meeting minutes

 

• Full Board Treasurer’s report:  Shelley Lill, Treasurer
   
• New Business
   
  Deafblind International Conference: Jackie, Patti, and Tammy attended the DB conference. There were a large number of international professionals, caregivers, and parents in attendance. Perkins School for the Blind kicked off the conference, there were attendees from DBI, NFABD, Network of the Americas, and the DeafBlind projects from all over. There were attendees from Central America, DeafBlind adults, and consumers in attendance too. Perkins supplied interpreters for the DeafBlind attendees. The international attendees were surprised at our approach to conferences in the US—we provide tips for working with children—their conferences are compromised of readouts on research. There were a total of 20 countries represented at the conference.  Jackie shared that in Texas medicaid provides a wavier for DB adults to obtain an intervener to accompany them to events or appointments etc. As a parent group we should think about reaching out to lawmakers and work to get interveners certified and recognized. To get started, write a paragraph and send to Jackie. Include your wishes e.g. successes and frustrations—family stories can be really powerful. The state should recognize the role of an intervener and their credentials. Provide information to help policy makers understand the difference between an intervener and a para-educator. To help paint a picture of what its like for our kids Gordon suggested we explain what its like to have someone tell them what the weather is like, the news, what day it is, or the color of the walls.  

 

• NFADB affiliate meeting April 3, 2018: Tammy gave us a quick update and followed up on the email she sent earlier this month.
   
• Dan Miller’s Disability Summit: Patti and Molly There were informational sessions about music and parent/child interaction therapy, transitions for early intervention to school, assistive technology, and transition to adulthood. Dan is also looking at presenting to congress about FSP’s.
   
  
• Medical Marijuana No updates
   
  

Outreach Activities:  Saneeka will work with Jackie for an Overbrook swim in September.
 
Annual Meeting:  Jackie reminded the board that its time for our annual meeting, we should discuss in June. 
 
Fundraising:  Explore Lions Club for potential donations  
 
Outreach:  Family Learning Conference (FLC) - Should we donate a basket on behalf of PPDB again this year? Gordon suggested the EC board meet to discuss the theme. Molly made the motion Patti second
 
Could the executive board do a presentation and represent PPDB?
 
Shout-out assignments
May  Shelley
June  Juli
July  Jackie
August  Tammy
September Kristina
October  Saneeka
November Patti
December Molly
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:39pm

PPDB (rescheduled) Full Board Meeting:  February 26, 2018  7:30pm
Phone number: 515-604-9524
Access code: 965265
 
Agenda:

• Welcome and call to order:  Kristina Kezmarsky, President
• Approval of the December 11, 2017 board meeting minutes:  Full Board
• Treasurer’s report:  Shelley Lill, Treasurer

 
New Business:

• Medical Marijuana Groups updates:  Tammy Kitterman – NO UPDATES continuing to get envelopes back from the groups.  Need to wait until they up and running before doing another mailing.  K saw Bob a few weeks ago and was going to reach out to him again. 
• Outreach Activities follow-up:  Full board – had a cc with liason.  Board Recruitment dialog guide
• PPDB supplies for conferences etc (brochures, pens, post-it) Molly?
• Membership drives updates - Tammy and Patti  (Liz Murray – family tk has check and will deposit on Wednesday)
• Raising funds - Update or get information on allowing external sources to donate money to PPDB electronically. Saneeka and Kristina  - PNC BANK KRISTINA
• Hopscotching guide updates - What revisions or update suggestion should be made? Patti and Juli 
• Website updates – Saneeka  LOOKS GOOD

 
DONATE BUTTON ADDED
TK presenting to LIONS club on 3/6 introducing PPDB to them
Add Conference of the America 4/14 – 4/19 (EVENTS)
 
Shout-out assignments
February    Molly
March          Gordon
April          Gabe
May           Shelley
June           Juli
July           Jackie
August                Tammy
September Kristina
October               Saneeka
November   Patti
December   Molly