Mid-Atlantic Regional Newsletter:
615 S. Adams Street
Arlington, VA 22204-2112
703-521-3745
E-mail: lottie.pete@verizon.net
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Group
Blinded Veterans Association
February 1, 2008
OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICE
The
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group of the BVA will hold its spring meeting for 2008 on
Saturday, April 12, at the Holiday Inn Central,
You MUST make your own hotel reservations by March 12 by calling the hotel at 804-359-9441 and refer to the booking code BVA-RG. Be sure to tell them that you are part of the Blinded Veterans Group to insure getting the $69 rate per night.
Please complete the enclosed Registration Form and send it to me in the enclosed self-addressed, free-matter envelope. There is a registration fee of $10.00 per person. Make checks payable to Mid-Atlantic Regional Group. Please indicate on the Registration Form if you need the agenda in Braille. Registration forms must be postmarked by March 20th as I need to give the hotel a count for lunch.
This meeting is called for the following business to be transacted:
1. Election of officers, all positions
2.
Election of delegates to the 2008 BVA National Convention in
3. Instruction of Delegates
4. Consideration of By-Laws changes
5. Other business as may be brought forth
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The morning session will include speakers on the new VA Continuum of Care, Audiology and the Blind, and Low-Vision Care at VA. There will be a buffet lunch served at 12 noon.
Following lunch, we will have the business meeting. As noted above, the afternoon will be full and varied.
For those
with any further questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 703-521-3745.
Hopefully I’ll see each of you on the 12th of April in
Pete Davis, President
Mid-Atlantic Regional President
Enclosures 1: Proposed By-Law Change
PROPOSED BY-LAWS CHANGE
The following proposed by-laws change is submitted for the consideration of the members present at the April 12, 2008, Regional Group meeting:
Article VI, Section 1, currently reads:
The Regional Group shall elect officers each year from among its Members and Associate Members in good standing at a meeting of the membership, and all Members and Associate Members in good standing shall be notified, in writing, in advance for the purpose for which the meeting is called (see Section 4 of Article VI above).
Change Section 1 to read:
The Regional Group shall elect officers bi-annually for a term of two years from among its Members and Associate Members in good standing at the called meeting, and all Members and Associate Members in good standing shall be notified, in writing, in advance for the purpose for which the meeting is called (see Section 4 of Article VI above).
Article VI, Section 3, currently reads:
Officers shall serve until their successors are elected or temporary officers are appointed. In no case, however, shall an officer serve a period exceeding eighteen (18) months without reelection.
Change Section 3 to read:
Officers shall serve until their successors are elected or temporary officers are appointed. In no case, however, shall an officer serve a period exceeding thirty (30) months without reelection.
Submitted by Pete Davis
President
April 12, 2008
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 MORNING SESSION
Invocation-Chaplain
9:30-10:15 The Continuum of Care and Low Vision Today
Dr. Jerome Radliff, O.D.
Evelyn Cabrera-Heatwole
10:30-11:15 Blindness and Hearing Impairment
Dr. Sandra See, Chief, Audiology and Speech Pathology, McGuire
Patricia Banks, Captel
Outreach Specialist,
Sandra Pierce, Acting
Deaf/Blind Coordinator for the
11:15-12:00 Vendor Presentations
12:00-1:30 Buffet Lunch
1:30-2:00 AFTERNOON SESSION
Claudia Perry, Field Service Program
Tom Zimpari, Legislative Update
Tom Eaton, MARGBVA Website Update
2:00 BUSINESS SESSION
Minutes of Last Meeting-Lottie Davis
Treasurer’s Report-Skip Sharp
Proposed By-Law Change-Pete Davis
Election of Officers
Election of Delegates to 63rd National Convention
Instruction of Delegates
Funding of Delegates
Expenditures:
Ad for 63rd National Convention
50/50 Tickets for National Convention
Banner for RG
Other Business:
Installation of Officers
Fall Meeting
President’s Closing Remarks
Adjournment
Regional Group Newsletter Archive
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