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May 2021

5/10/2021

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May 2021 PPDB Meeting Minutes 
Call to Order: 8:00 PM by president Tammy Kitterman 
Present: Tammy Kitterman, Johnine Bickauskas, Julia Murray, Patti  McGowan, Molly Black, Sandra Salerno, Special Advisor Juli  Baumgarner, Gordon Boe, Lisa Lopatofsky 
Guest: Rhonda Tyree 
Approval of April 2021 Minutes:  Lisa L. motioned, Gordon B.  seconded, all in favor of approving 
Treasurer’s Report: Gordon Boe 


Lisa motioned to approve, Johnine seconded, all in favor of approving  April 2021 treasurer’s report. 
COMMITTEE UPDATES: 
Membership – Tammy Kitterman - One new member for the month of  April 
Outreach – Patti McGowan/Molly Black – Working closely with Sandra,  Lisa, and Johnine to prepare the presentation for FLC. Molly will send  the agenda to the board along with the link to register for FLC.
Fundraising – Gordon Boe and Johnine Bickauskas - Discussion tabled  until completion of strategic planning. 
Nominations – Molly Black – We are pleased to welcome Julia Murray  as a guest to our meetings until July when she will reach age 18 and  can be officially voted on as a board member. Meghan Myers is working  on her 2 letters of recommendations and we plan to vote on her  application at the upcoming June meeting. 
NEW BUSINESS: 
1. Strategic Planning - Rhonda Tyree was introduced at the  beginning of the meeting and provided a summary of her offering as a  consultant for the strategic planning related to PPDB. She has kindly  offered to charge us only for the face to face hours and the preparations  and meeting follow up will be provided pro-bono. She asked us to  identify 3 board members who would be interested in forming a steering  committee. Johnine, Lisa, Moly, and Juli will be joining the steering  committee. Gordon motioned to approve to spend $500 on 4 hours of  strategic planning. Sandra Seconded and all were in favor and the  motion passed. Strategic planning will take place in August. 
OLD BUSINESS: 
1. Facebook/IG/Twitter - Tammy is waiting to receive government  docs to add the Facebook page as a non profit fundraiser. 2. Collaboration with John Reiman - We will table this until the fall.  John has offered to provide a workshop for the PPDB  
membership related to caregiver self compassion.  
3. FLC - The board voted on allocating a one time $100 stipend to the  first 25 PPDB member families who request this to be used  as childcare for their dependent who experiences deaf blindness so they may attend the virtual conference. Gordon  motioned, Lisa seconded, and all were in favor of passing  this. Lisa has created a google document for the families to  use to apply. This will be shared on the Facebook and  
Listserv page and is only available to current members. The  free memberships will be placed on hold until after the FLC  in June. 
GOOD OF THE ORDER: 
Gordon B. Shared a very touching poem with the group.
ADJOURNED: 9:20 PM 
Respectfully Submitted, Sandra Salerno 
PPDB Secretary

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