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Florida Council of the Blind
Executive Committee Meeting
June 2, 2026

The meeting was called to order by President, Mikey Wiseman on June 2, 2026 at 07:00 PM. Present were President Mikey Wiseman; 1st Vice President, Cassandra Jessie; 2nd Vice President, Shelley Sawyer; Recording Secretary, Elizabeth Bowden; Membership Secretary, Chantale Napier; and Treasurer, Sheila Young.  Guests were, former membership secretary Sally Benjamin, former treasurer, Mark Lear, and Administrative Assistant Kati Lear. 
  
Mikey thanked Sally Benjamin and Mark Lear for participating in this meeting to assist with transition of new officers. 

Treasurer's Report: It was agreed that Sheila will take over treasurer tasks at the beginning of July.  Mark will continue to use the Office Depot account to get office supplies for Kati as needed.  Sheila will need to pay for services from the accountant, John Dickenson.  Mikey and Mark have received paperwork to complete deposit of $50,000.00 for the account this will complete all work to be done for that task. 

Approval of Minutes: Sheila Young motioned approval of minutes from May 15, 2026.  The motion was seconded by Shelley Sawyer and passed unanimously.

Transitioning email accounts: Chantale and Sheila will be given access to the email accounts for their respective offices as soon as possible.  An email address for our yearly documents will be requested from Anette Carter as well as the changing users for the treasurer and membership email addresses.

FAASB: Faasb's next meeting will take place this month.  It is expected that other consumer organizations will join the meeting. 

Committee Chairs: Some committee chairs will change due to resignations during convention.  Ryan Mann will chair the Technology Committee.  Alicia Eidson will replace Cachet Wells as co-chair of the Activities Committee.  Sheila will be resigning as chair of the Education, Leadership and Scholarships Committee, and Mary Tyson has agreed to chair that committee.  Marsha Bukala will replace Debbie Grubb as chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee.  A meeting is planned for committee chairs to take place before our next meeting.  New liaison officer assignments will be changed as needed.  

Attempts are still being made to contact James Warth to finalize dissolution of the Tampa chapter.  Mikey will attempt to contact him to complete this task.  

Thanks to the Oceanaire Seafood Room Orlando:
Sheila Young motion that a thank you resolution be given to staff at the Oceanaire Seafood Room in Orlando
   for assisting the executive committee.  The resolution was seconded by Cassandra Jessie and was unopposed.  

Convention rap up: Kati Lear reported that we registered approximately 150 people for convention.  Most people attended meetings in person.  The hotel bill for convention was approximately $20,000.00.  Rough calculations indicate that FCB was able to meet the cost without using funds not raised for that purpose. 

Speak4: FCB will arrange with ACB to assist FCB in advocating against the law suit SPEAK4 - FLORIDA V KENNEDY.  Members will be notified via the FCB list when action is needed.  

ACB Convention: Everyone is getting ready for national convention.  Mark Lear and Sheila Young will represent FCB.  A community call will take place to instruct FCB members regarding convention participation and voting.  FCB will offer the stipend to attend convention this year and the committee has already received applications, and the deadline has passed.    

There being no other business items, Cassandra Jessie motioned for meeting adjournment.  The motion was seconded by Shelley Sawyer and was unopposed.  Meeting end time was 08:45 PM.  

Respectfully Submitted
Elizabeth Bowden
Recording Secretary 
Florida Council of the Blind