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Our Committees

This is the CCLVi Committees page.  You will find the names of the Committees, the Chairs’ names and their contact information, committee members’ names, and the monthly meeting details. Please reach out to us with your interests or concerns.

Committee Open House Zoom Calls

These were recorded as weekly  CCLVI Open Houses on Zoom about all of our committees in September through October, 2021.

To keep informed of our varied topics and discussions of our weekly Zoom events, signup for our CCLVI-Chat list. To join the list, please send an email to CCLVI-Chat+subscribe@acblists.org  or to our Webmaster at CCLVIWebmaster@gmail.com

Zoom Recordings

To listen to the recordings just click this link https://cclvi.info/leadership/committees/open-house-rec/

 

CCLVI Committees

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To learn about each CCLVI Committee, click this image to visit the Open House Recordings page.
  • Advocacy and Legislation
    • Chair, Joyce Feinberg
    • Patti Cox (President), Pat Tusing, Paul Lewis, Christine Chaikin, Kathy Freidman
    • Meetings:Fourth Tuesdays, 7 pm Eastern
  • Awards
    • Sara Alkmin, Immediate Past President, Tom Frank, Public Relations Committee Representative, Zelda Gebhard, Membership Committee Representative.  (Committee members determined by Board Motion,)
  • Constitution, Bylaws and Resolutions
    • Chair,  Sara Alkmin
    • Patti Cox (President), Terry Pacheco, Zelda Gebhard, Renee Zelickson
    • Meetings:  third Thursday 8:30 PM Eastern
  • Convention Planning
    • Co-Chairs, Sara Alkmin & Melanie  Alt Sinohnui
    • Patti Cox (President)
    • Meetings:   4th  Tuesday, 8:30 PM Eastern
  • Credentials
    • Chair, Zelda Gebhard, CCLVIMembership@gmail.com
    • Debbie Persons, Treasurer, Melanie Alt Sinohui, Secretary. (Committee members determined by Constitution & By-Laws.)
  • e-Communications
    • Chair, Kathy King CCLVIWebmaster@gmail.com
    • Patti Cox (President), Charles Cronin, Joyce Feinberg, Zelda Gebhard, Kathy Farina. Terry Pacheco, Samantha Hubbard, donna Williams, Natalie Couch
    • Committee Meetings: 1st Wednesday of the month, 8 pm Eastern
    • SubCommittees
      • Listservs/Groups.io/Constant Contact – Joyce Feinberg, Kathy King, Charles Cronin, Samantha Hubbard
      • Social Media – Samantha Hubbard
      • Podcasts  – Kathy King, Kathy Farina, Joyce Feinberg
        • Let’s Talk Low Vision Team, Terry  Pacheco, Christine Chaikin and Tom Frank (Public Relations)
        • Vision Access
      • CCLVI Zoom Team- Terry Pacheco zoomcoordinator@cclvi.org
        • Facilitators – Tom Frank, Penny Valdovinos, Kathy Farina, Tom Lealos, Patti Cox, Kathy King, Kathy Farina, Terry Pacheco, Melanie Alt Sinohui, and more.
        • Hosts- Terry Pacheco, Penny Valdovinos, Allison Smitherman, Kathy Farina, Donna Pomerantz, Zelda Gebhard, Patti Cox, and more
  • Finance & Budget
    • Chair, Debbie Persons debper40214@gmail.com
    • Patti Cox (President), Kathy Farina, Tom Frank, Zelda Gebhard, Terry Pacheco
    • Meetings: Second Sunday, 8 pm Eastern
  • Fundraising
    • Chair, Kathy Farina
    • Patti Cox (President),Jim Pulsoni, David Trott, Penny Valdovinos, Renee Zelickson
    • Meetings:Third Sunday, 7 pm Eastern
  • Genensky Award
    • Chair, Renee Zelicksonh
    • Patti Cox (President), Donna Williams, Charles Cronin
    • Meetings: First Tuesdays, 8pm Eastern
  • Membership Image states, “Join or renew your membership.’ Includes a group of people reading out to bring another person into the community! Click to visit the membership page.
    • Chair, Zelda Gebhard Zelda.Gebhard@cclvi.org
    • Patti Cox (President),Karen Mongiello, Debbie Deatherage, Christine Chakin
    • Meetings: Second Wednesday, 8 pm Eastern
  • Publications
    • Chair, Melanie Alt Sinohnui, VisionAccess@cclvi.org
    • Patti Cox (President), Christine Chaikin, Kathy Casey, Valerie Ries-Lerman, Cheryl McNeil Fisher
    • Meetings: Fourth Wednesday, 7 pm Eastern
  • Public  Relations
    • Chair, Tom Frank
    • Patti Cox (President), Christine Chaikin, Zelda Gebhard, Valerie Ries-Lerman, Renee Zelickson
    • Meetings: Third Monday, 9:30 pm Eastern
  • Resolutions
    • Chair,  Renee Zelickson
    • Patti Cox (President), Terry Pacheco, Zelda Gebhard
    • Meetings:  third Thursday 8:30 PM Eastern
  • Scheigert Scholarship
    • Chair, Charles Cronin
    • Patti Cox (President),Marja Byers, Kathy Farina, Angelo Lanier, Leslie Spoone, Ralph Smitherman, Allen Casey, Brian Petraits, Allisom Smitherman
    • Meetings:Third Wednesday, 7:30 pm Eastern
  • Youth and Outreach
    • Chair, Amanda Brinton
    • Patti Cox (President), Christine Chaikin, Zelda Gebhard, Leslie Spoone
    • Meetings: TBA

CCLVI Podcasts & On-Demand Audio Content

Let’s Talk Low Vision

      • Our monthly low vision resources and support series, is recorded on  a live Zoom call and then made  available via podcast, our website, telephone, and more.
  • Webpage: Let’s Talk Low Vision page
  • Listen Now: Link to Episode Archive
    • Facilitator/host, Dr. Bill Takeshita
    • Planning Team: Dr. Bill Takeshita, Terry Pacheco, Christine Chaikin and Tom Frank (Public Relations)
    • Production, CCLVI Podcast  Subcommittee of the eCommunications Committee

 

Vision Access (VA is CCLVI’s newsletter)

 

Special  Topics  Zoom Call  Recording

Click this link to visit and enjoy our growing library of discussions on special topics that we have recorded on our Zoom calls. We lightly edit them and then posted to our website. They range from technology topics to strategies  for living with low vision. https://cclvi.info/media-podcasts/special-recordings/

 

 

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