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April 2018

4/23/2018

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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
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February 2018

2/26/2018

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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
 

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December Full Board Meeting minutes

12/11/2017

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Called to order at 7:37pm and welcome by Kristina Kezmarsky, President

Members present: 
Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Tammy Kitterman, Vice-President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lill, Treasurer
Molly Black, Board member
Gabe Radzik, Board member
Gordon Boe, Board member
Patti McGowan, Board member
Jackie Brennan, Professional member
Juli Baumgarner, Professional member
Member excused: 
Molly Black, Board member

Member absent: 
Gabe Radzik, Board member


Approval of the October 9, 2017, PPDB full board meeting minutes.
Tammy made the motion, Patti second the motion, and motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report:  
We’ve been charged bank fees for receiving paper statements. Shelley is going to call the bank about a reimbursement. 

Old Business:
Updates from Medical Marijuana Groups to donate to PPDB:
No word, but Bob’s group broke ground on 2 locations that will be opened in 2018. Once they are open we hope to hear something about funding. 

Brochures: Rebecca Fogle, Director of the East Office of PaTTAN printed 250 copies of our brochure free of charge. Juli did research on printing brochures and received fairly good prices.

Molly would like to exhibit again at Dan Miller’s Disability Conference (if approved by the board). Juli made the motion, Jackie second the motion, and motion carried.

New Business:
PA Cannabis Health and Wellness Fair (October 20, 2017) 
Kristina is going through the process of applying and documenting the steps. She will scan the info from the fair and distribute to the board. There’s also a ton of information on Pennsylvania’s safe harbor site https://www.pa.gov/guides/Pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-program/.

Membership special
Gordon suggested offering a pay for 1yr and get the 2nd year free deal. Notifications will be sent to the DB listserv. Kristina and Saneeka will send copies to the schools for the blind in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. We’ll also add it to Facebook and Twitter. 

Saneeka suggested we find a way to allow external sources to donate money to PPDB. Kristina will follow up with a friend from PNC bank about linking our bank account to receive funds from other sources (e.g. United Way). Saneeka will try to get information over to Kristina about what’s need to secure payments. We’re hoping it’s a simple process. 

We’re going to try the free conference system for the next Full board meeting. 

Gordon volunteered to vet and review the websites from the request Saneeka receives from various people to add links to our resource page.

Patti and Juli will review the Hopscotching Your Way Through Transition guide and make some quick updates. The guide is being reviewed at a national or international level. Once it’s updated Saneeka can make links etc. in the guide interactive.

Patti asked about adding an option to our website that will allow for donations. Saneeka will research adding a donate button on the website.

Meeting adjourned at 8:51pm
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October Board Meeting Minutes

10/9/2017

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Full PPDB Board Call:
Date:   October 9, 2017
Participants:  President Kristina Kezmarsky, Treasurer Shelley Lill, Molly Black, Patti McGowan, Juli Baumgarner, Gabe Radzik, 
Excused:  Saneeka Macon, Tammy Kitterman, Jackie Brennan, Gordon Boe 
Topic:  Full Board Call
Next Phone Call or Meeting: 
December 11, 2017
Discussion Notes:  
  • President’s Welcome:  Kristina Kezmarksy-Welcomed the board. Roll Call, moved forward with PPDB Business
  • Approval of the August 14, 2017 PPDB Full Board Minutes:  Full Board- Juli B. made a motion to accept the minutes, Molly B. 2nd the motion, August 14, 2017 Minutes approved by PPDB Board Members
  • Treasurer’s Report:  Shelley Lill
  • Beginning balance 1890.00
  • 50.97 for 1&1
  • 2.00 service charge
  • 24.50 for Tammy Kitterman (stamps)
  • Deposit of $144.00 making ending balance $1956.53 
  • Old Business Updates:
  • Fundraising: No Updates 
  • Membership: Tammy and Patti will begin to prepare in November for the December Membership Drive.  Juli suggested including a pdf of the new brochure with our drive and will help look into making the brochure accessible
  • Out Reach:  Molly: Shared good traffic during the Transition Conference in July.   Molly will exhibit PPDB at the HELIX conference November 14, Vendor Day on behalf of PPDB.  Possibility to exhibit at the 5th Annual Dan Miller Children and Youth Disability Summit March 22 or 23, 2018 ( add to future agenda)
  • Social:   Molly shared that the Tactile Carnival will be in York, PA October 21, 2017.  Discussion about Tactile Carnival and updates –possibly be a part of FLC 2018 and would look for PPDB Board Members to help after DB Project Staff if needed
  • Brochures:  Molly and Juli:  Molly and Juli worked with Sue Shaffer and have shared the final draft with the board.  Juli had information on prices of brochure, however PA Deaf-Blind Project has offered to print 250 Brochures for free.  Once completed PPDB will need to thank the Project.  Gabe made the motion to take to vote, Shelley 2nd the motion – 8 votes as YAYS, (including Gordon and Tammy evote) Molly will proceed with the Project for printing in hopes to have in time for the HELIX Conference.
  • New Business:
  • Update from Tammy and Bob Veinovich and The Healing Center
  • 60 letters were sent about 20 were returned.  Tammy has not heard back from Bob’s partners and their responses.
  • Kristina emailed the new Superintendent for permission to use the facility at WPSBC and we can have the ok to email and allowed if available.​
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August Board Meeting Minutes

8/14/2017

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August 14, 2017

Call to order:  Kristina

Present:  Kristina, Patti, Jacki, Molly, Shelley, Juli, Tammy, Saneeka, Gordon

Approval of June’s minutes:  Molly motioned for approval; Tammy seconds the motion

Treasurers report:  Shelley

Tammy:  spoke about the licensing of marijuana dispensaries.  Her contact, Bob with The Healing Center, would like to sit down with her to discuss PPDB writing letters to other dispensaries to see if they will contribute their state required 3% donation to a community group to PPDB.  The Healing Center has agreed to give PPDB 3% of their profits.  At this time, PPDB is not being asked to do anything in return for the Healing Center’s 3%.  Before we agree to work with other dispensaries, we will need to make sure a similar relationship continues.  Should a dispensary ask PPDB for something in return, it will be brought to the board for review and approval.  
                
Patti:  Asked how we would get a list of names of the licensed dispensaries.             
Tammy:  the list is available on pa.gov website.
(Tammy will handle writing the letter with Bob.  Shelley would like to partner with Tammy to assist in working with Bob and other licensed dispensaries.  Kristina offered to join Tammy when she meets with Bob and other dispensaries.) 

Molly:  spoke about her conference.  She said it was great and she was able to talk about PPDB to the attendees.  She recommended that we get new brochures.  The current ones are very outdated.  She said we are also short on pens.  The next conference Molly is to attend is the Helix Conference in November. 
                
Juli:  Will get an estimate on new brochures.  Molly and Juli will reach out to Sue Schaffer to see if she had an updated brochure, as she was working on one before the change in EC. 
Fall outreach:  ideas for the Bridgeville trampoline park.  Tammy will get pricing and send it to PPDB via email.  PPDB discussed doing the activity during the winter break so more families can attend.  

The special needs nights are the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
                Jacki will look into an Overbrook activity.
                Kristina will introduce herself and PPDB to the new acting superintendent of WPSBC and ask if we can use the WPSBC facilities in the future.

New teleconference.  Full board discussed the idea.  EC will use the same free teleconference that NFADB is using to see how it works and the quality of the call.  If it goes well, the EC will present the suggestion to the full board for a vote to switch companies.
Newsletter for the PA DB Project:  Patti and Molly asked for something from PPDB to include in their newsletter.  When PPDB schedules the Bridgeville trampoline park we will give the information to Patti and Molly before SEPTEMBER 22ND so they may be able to include it in their newsletter.
Sharing of information between PPDB and DB project:  Jacki will share the advocacy emails between the groups.
Old business:  Saneeka will privately reach out for the missing website information.
Kristina read the upcoming shout out list
 
Gordon asked a question:
How was the FLC?  Kristina talked about the ice breaker and the spiderweb with yard. Molly and Patti talked about the reason for the spiderweb and our speaker Coach Cody.
                
Asked for the agenda sooner if possible and to make sure the phone number is correct on the email.
                
Saneeka suggested sending her an email with any ideas for the agenda at anytime not just before the conference call.
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June Board Meeting Minutes

6/12/2017

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PPDB BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 12, 2017
Called to order at 7:43pm and welcome by Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Members present:
Kristina Kezmarsky, President Tammy Kitterman, Vice-President Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Molly Black, board member
Gabe Radzik, board member Gordon Boe, board member
Patti McGowan, board member
Jackie Brennan, professional member
Juli Baumgarner, professional member Members excused:
Shelley Lil, Treasurer
Jodi Reeves, board member (resigned)
Meeting minutes: Approval of April 10, 2017 minutes. Saneeka made the motion, Tammy 2nd the motion. Motion carried minutes approved
Treasurers report - email Treasurer for details
New Business:
• NFADB Liaison update - There was a NFADB meeting on 5/30, and they wanted to know if the EC board and general board members would be interested in receiving training.
• NFADB sent approximately 40 brochure to be distributed at FLC. Patti and Molly aren’t sure if they will be added to the swag bags and left out on the PPDB table for people to grab.
• PPDB magnets for sale at FLC: The board decided to sell the magnets for $5
• PPDB raffle basket at FLC: Every board member is asked to donate to the basket. Kristina purchased a grill as her donation. Kristina is going to confirm with Shelley if members should send checks payable to
PPDB or Kristina c/o PPDB. Please send gift cards, cash, or checks to: • Kristina Kezmarsky

The board agreed we should sell the chances for $1. The raffle winner will be announced during lunch. Shelley and Kristina will be sitting at the PPDB table Friday night to welcome the families. They’ll have the basket on display Friday night and they’ll also sale the tickets. Kristina ordered the tickets and will bring them to FLC.
• Outreach and social activities for the summer? We’ll look to do something at OBS in the fall.
• Saneeka update on OBS swim. We had 13 people in attendance and everyone had a great time.
Family Learning Conference (FLC)
  • There are 7 new families this year. Patti ask if some “veteran families” of PPDB will help her and Molly especially to make the new families feel welcome. There are 26 families confirmed to attend. Molly and Patti will review the family list and determine what families to connect with Tammy, Shelly, and Kristina. They’ve also asked that Tammy, Shelley, and Kristina listen out during the Friday night welcome session when the families share a little about their families and see if you all connect with a particular family.
  • Thanks to Juli on behalf of PPDB is volunteering her time on Saturday to facilitate Sib Shop Experience Work Shop all day.
    Old business:
    Saneeka awaiting board bios and updated phone and email address and talent inventory from the full board.
    Shout-out assignments
June Kristina July Tammy August Jackie September Juli October Molly November Gordon December Jodi
Next PPDB Full Board Meeting: August 14, 2017 7:30pm 

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PPDB Board Meeting Minutes

4/10/2017

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PPDB BOARD MEETING MINUTES
April 10, 2017
Called to order and welcome at 7:35PM by Kristina Kezmarsky, President

Members present: 
Kristina Kezmarsky, President
Tammy Kitterman, Vice-President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lil, Treasurer
Gordon Boe, board member
Patti McGowan, board member
Jackie Brennan, professional member
Juli Baumgarner, professional member
Members excused:
Molly Black, board member
Jodi Reeves, board member 

Members absent: 
Gabe Radzik, board member

Meeting minutes: Approval of February 13, 2017 minutes. Gordon made the motion, Jackie 2nd the motion. Motion carried minutes approved
Treasurers report
New Business:
PPDB at FLC - Kristina and Shelley will represent PPDB at table. 

Cogswell Macy’s Act 
There was a letter that the DB Coalition shared concerning Pat Toomey and the Senate Sponsorship of Cogswell-Macy. As a parent group it would be great to have a point person for this effort from PPDB. We need an EC or general board member lead this effort or lead the “Advocate” committee. We are zeroing in on three states to seek Senate Sponsorship of Cogswell-Macy. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida--we think we have a good chance.  We are hoping to get information out to appropriate people who would be willing to contact Senator Toomey when he is home on recess April 12-21st.   

Current Committees:
Do we want to keep all or some of the current committee? Yes
Do we want to add new ones?  Not at this time
Should we combine Grant writing and Fundraising? Tammy and Juli will work on Grant writing and Saneeka and Kristina will work on Fundraising. 
Should we consider adding a Website and Social Media committee? We’ll keep the website and social media separate, but we’ll ask Molly if she will take over Twitter. 
Should we consider adding a Advocate committee? Jackie will help with Advocacy, Tammy and Patti (and tentatively Jackie) will help with Membership.   

Executive Committee (EC):
The EC board meet 1-2 weeks before the full board meeting to help comply the agenda for the full board. The calls are not open to the full board and there’s aren’t any plans to open them up to the full board. 

New Brochures:
We need updated brochures. I believe the registered address has to be changed from the Sue Shaffer’s address to Kristina Kezmarsky. Tammy and Saneeka will check with Molly and Sue to determine how many brochures we have left. 

Old business:
Every will send their information to Saneeka for board bios and updated phone and email address. 

What is the status of our grant from DDC? 
After agreement from both the grant committee members and approval from the Executive Committee, PPDB will be requested that PADDC terminate the October 2015 Grassroots grant awarded.

Shout-out assignments 
January        Shelley
February    Gabe
March        Sue
April        Patti
May        Saneeka 
June            Kristina
July        Tammy
August        Jackie
September     Juli
October        Molly
November     Gordon
December     Jodi

Next PPDB Full Board Meeting:  June 12, 2017 7:30pm
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PPDB Board Meeting Minutes

2/13/2017

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PPDB BOARD MEETING
February 13, 2017
Role call at 7:33pm by Patti McGowan - Vice President
Called to order and welcome 7:34PM by Sue Shaffer - President


Members present: 
Sue Shaffer, President
Patti McGowan, Vice-President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lil, Treasurer
Kristina Kezmarsky, board member
Tammy Kitterman, board member
Jackie Brennan, professional member
Juli Baumgarner, professional member
Members excused:
Gabe Radzik, board member


Guest members: 
Molly Black, board member elect 
Gordon Boe, board member elect
Jodi Reeves, board member elect
Andrea Johnson


Meeting minutes: Approval of December 2016 minutes. Patti made the motion, Jackie 2nd the motion. Motion carried minutes approved
Treasurer Report:  Shelley Lill, Treasurer
Starting balance January     $2438.90
West conference call     $14.76
1/1 Internet            $44.58
Ending balance         $2379.56
Committee Updates:
  • Outreach Committee:  Kristina Kezmarsky
  • Bowling Day @ WPSBC on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. There are 8-10 families signed and confirmed to attend. We’ll provide beverages and food.
  • Molly Black and Patti McGowan will exhibit PPDB at the State Representative Dan Miller’s 4th Annual Children & Youth Disability and Mental Health Summit & PEAL Conference  March 22, 2017
  • Spring Swimming Day at Overbrook School- Day TBD, but Jackie’s going to target April or early May. Saneeka and Andrea will help with the event and get the word out.
  • PPDB will be asked to exhibit at FLC 2017 at the Penn State June 23rd & 24th. Tammy and Kristina offered to represent PPDB, as long as there aren’t any speaking engagements. 
  • Nominations:  Jackie Brennan
    • Jackie announced the slate. Gordon asked if the number of board members is capped at 10 or 11 members. After reading through and interpreted the bylaws we “the board” determined the number of elected board members does not limit us to 10 members. 
    • Molly Black, board member elect 
    • Gordon Boe, board member elect
    • Jodi Reeves, board member elect
    • Sue made a motion vote on the board member elects
    • Kristina 2nd the motion, entire board in favor no nays
    • Motion created, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS
-New Business:
  • Outreach ideas for Central PA  - There’s a children’s museum in Gettysburg or York that might be a good outreach event. Sue will talk to Gabe about it. 
  • Shout Out Schedule - Saneeka added the new board members to the list. See the updated schedule below. Please remember to email your Shout-out the saneeka.macon@gmail.com to be added to the website in addition to posting on the PPDB list-serv and the PPDB Facebook page.
  • Gordon suggested we add bios of the board to our website - Saneeka ask that you send the following by February 28: 
    • Name
    • Title
    • Email address
    • 3-5 lines who you are, where are you from, and how/why you’re apart of PPDB or who in your life is deafblind.  
  • Saneeka give us an update on the 2 new sections of the website, Minutes and Shout-out, I will be adding the new board members to the Shout-out list, see below. 
  • Sue asked if members attending the Bowling Day 2/18/17 would take picture of participate to be added to the website, but be sure to get a complete photo release form. Contact Sue to a photo release form.
  • Patti suggested we all take a look at Andrea’s Facebook page that’s especially for parents and caregivers. The page is a closed group that requires approval to view and post, but Patti fines the content helpful and informative.    
  • Saneeka asked the board to send her a quick email to confirm she has the correct email address on file.  
  • Next PPDB Full Board Meeting:  April 10, 2017  7:30pm
Good of the order
Gordon’s grand daughter Kayla had a little boy and Gordon and Mary welcomed their 1st great grandson.


Shout-out assignments - EDITED
  • January    Shelley
  • February    Gabe
  • March    Sue
  • April        Patti
  • May        Saneeka 
  • June        Kristina
  • July        Tammy
  • August    Jackie
  • September    Juli
  • October    Molly
  • November    Gordon
  • December    Jodi​
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PPDB Board Meeting Minutes

12/12/2016

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December 12, 2016 


Called to order 7:33PM by Sue Shaffer - President


Members present: 
Sue Shaffer, President
Pattil McGowan, Vice-President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Shelley Lil, Treasurer
Kristina Kezmarsky, board member
Tammy Kitterman, board member
Jackie Brennan, professional member
Juli Baumgarner, professional member
Members excused:
Gabe Radzik, board member


Meeting minutes: Approval of October 2016 minutes - Saneeka made motion, Patti 2nd motion carried
TREASURER’S REPORT: Shelley will send the updated treasurer’s report to the board. 
Topics:
  • Our next PPDB Board Call, Feb. 13, 2017 and will be our annual membership meeting. 
  • Sue will advertise 30 days out. We’ll be looking for President, Vice President and fill open board seat.
  • Assigned tasks to advertise and call for nominations: We’ll do separate notices for nominations, early Jan 1st week PPDB board Jan 13th annual meeting.
  • Brochures- They’ve been updated. There’s a panel on the back that is blank. It can be lift blank     or we could use as a testimony section with quotes (family member, broad member, general     member, or siblings. Patti will talk to Hunter and ask if he’d like to add advocacy quotes.   
  • Membership Update- Tammy posted the membership info on list-serv, Patti posted on Facebook,     and we’ve received a new membership submitted via the website.  
  • Affiliate Update - TX, NY, and PA are looking at mini scholarships for affiliates
  • Outreach or social activities - Bowling at the Pitt school for the blind. 
  • The trampoline park in Bridge Mill PA that has special needs night. 3 hours for $20 on 1st & 3rd     Tuesday of every month (guardian included in price). If there’s a party of10 or more special     arrangement/accommodation can be made. There’s another venue that offers 1 hour     jump/    bounce on an Sunday.
  • Tammy will check with Todd about hosting an event.
  • Jackie will check Overbrook about hosting an event.


  • New assigned schedule for 2017 SHOUT- OUTS


Please add your shout-outs to our Facebook page as well as the PPDB list-serv.


  • December ’16     Saneeka
  • January              Shelley
  • February            Gabe
  • March                Sue
  • April                   Patti
  • May                   Jackie
  • June                  Sue                
  • July                   Juli
  • August              Kristina
  • September       Tammy
  • October            Saneeka
  • November        Shelley
  • December ’17  Gabe​
It's time to nominate new Board members for the PPDB Board of Directors. If you are interested in running to serve for a 2-year term or wish to nominate another PPDB member, please submit the nominee's name and contact information to Sue Shaffer, PPDB President _ shaffersms@GMAIL.COM by Friday, February 10, 2016. Our General membership meeting and Board elections will be held on Monday, February 13 at 7:30 PM.  


We will need nominations for both President and Vice President as Patti and I have maxed out our terms. 


Good of the order:
Family to family community (f2fc) put out communication that families  could join around the country.
  • school age
  • early intervention
  • adult children of Deafblind
  • lost a child of Deafblind
So far Catarina and  Gabe joined


Membership
The membership drive will beginning Jan 1st, the “holiday” promo will start in December. We’ll share on the PPDB and Project DB List-serv's and PPDB Facebook page.  

R   E   M   I   N   D   E   R   S

BOARD MEETINGS ARE THE 2nd Monday BIMONTHLY  @ 7:30pm.   
Phone number: 1-877-329-4135  
Passcode: 8642553#

December  12, 2016 @ 7:30pm
February 13, 2017 @ 7:30pm
April 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm
June 12, 2017 @ 7:30pm
August 14, 2017 @ 7:30pm
October 9, 2017 @ 7:30pm
December 11, 2017 @ 7:30pm
February 12, 2018 @ 7:30 pm

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PPDB Board Meeting

10/10/2016

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PPDB BOARD MEETING
October 10, 2016 ​

Called to order 7:40PM by Sue Shaffer - President

Members present: 
Sue Shaffer, President
Saneeka Macon, Secretary
Juli Baumgarner, professional member
Tammy Kitterman, board member
Members excused:
Patti McGowan, Vice-President
Shelley Lil, Treasurer 
Jackie Brennan, professional member

Members absent:
Gabe Radzik, board member
Kristina Kezmarsky, board member

Meeting minutes: Approval of August 2016 minutes - Juli made the motion Saneeka and Tammy 2nd.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Shelley will send the updated treasurer’s report to the board.
Agenda:
Old business

Outreach 
Nothing new since Molly’s exhibit on behalf of PPDB at the Transition Conference in July. She sent her report via email to the board in August.
Is there a board member that would like to join the outreach committee? Please consider joining outreach, that way Patti could dedicate her time and efforts on membership. 


Conference call with NFADB Affiliates
Edgenie sent a doodle to prepare for a conference call with the state affiliates and NFADB. Still waiting for a follow-up. Shelley is our liaison. 
 
Membership
The membership drive will beginning Jan 1st, the “holiday” promo will start in December. We’ll share on the PPDB and Project DB Listservs and PPDB Facebook page.  

New Business
Brochure edits
The updates are complete.

Membership Drive
See above.

Good of the order
Sue is the family liaison for the CHARGE Foundation. She’ll give an update to the board when she finds out what her roles and responsibilities will be. The first meeting is scheduled for 10/23/16.

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