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South Carolina has one meeting a year where any member
of the organization is allowed to attend (spouses are always welcome).
This meeting is usually at the same place and time around the 15th of April. At this meeting, officer elections,
selection/nomination of
Primary/Alternate delegates to go to the National BVA conference is chosen and the budget
for donations to our local blinded support groups and agencies are
discussed for distribution. Below lists this year's scheduled annual
meeting.
Annual
Meeting
The South Carolina Regional Group of the Blinded Veterans Association (SCRBVA)
meeting this year was a conference call. The Conference Call was
available for all members within South Carolina. The meeting was held on
6 May 2010 at 2:00 pm. The call did not last no longer than 45 minutes.
The following officers were elected:
President - Cheryl Gajadhar
Vice President - Alexander (Al) Beresh
Secretary – Noah Love
Treasurer
- Clarence (Gene) Huggins
Chaplain – Kenneth (Ken) Clark
Sergeant of Arms – Vacant
Cheryl Gajadhar volunteered to go to the National BVA Convention in
Washington, DC with an approved stipend of $1700.00 from BVA to curtail
high costs of the 4 day convention. There were no special speaker.
Additional comments addressed were:
(1) Need to find Sergeant of Arms to fill vacancy.
(2) Donation
of $500.00 went to the Columbia VIST Coordinator for Glaucometers for
satallite clinics in the surrounding areas of Spartanburg.
(3) No
mini reunion for ABRCAA this year.
(4) Some
states are not having any ongoing
conventions due to lack of participation and
funds. (Researching problem with an active resolution – to be
discussed at BVA convention w/other presidents).
(5) BVA to sponsor June and December
support group luncheons at Golden Corral (Columbia, SC). (Budget
$500.00).
(6) Newsletters – June (to all active
members only)
(7) Create a motivation drive of first
50 BVA members to receive a “complimentary BVA cap” by returning the
response card.
(8) The meeting was then adjourned.
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