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GCB Awards, Guidelines and Committees
Leadership and Fund Development Committee
Chairman, Bill Holley- The President of each chapter will be represented on this committee
Phone: (706) 410-4945
EMail: gcbill850@yahoo.com
Membership Committee
Co-Chairs, Keith Morris- The First Vice President of each chapter will be represented on this committee
Phone: (706) 595-1465
EMail: mkumorris@yahoo.com
Phil Jones
Phone: (678) 957-6676
EMail: brilman1952@bellsouth.net
Public Relations/Technology Committee
Co-Chairs, Steve Longmire- The Second Vice President of each chapter will be represented on this committee
Phone: (404) 234-5820
EMail: info@sunbright.biz
Amanda Wilson
Phone: (770) 547-4700
EMail: moonrocks@bellsouth.net
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Co-Chairs, Robin Oliver- The Secretaries of each chapter will be represented on this committee.
Phone: (706) 549-1020
EMail: gcbfyi@yahoo.com
Joe McNeil
Phone: (706) 322-3311
EMail: jdmcneil@knology.net
Finance Committee
Co-Chairs, Jerrie Toney- The Treasurers of each chapter will be represented on this committee.
Phone: (706) 227-6142
EMail: jmt2@bellsouth.net
Kathy Morris
Phone: (706) 595-1465
EMail: mkumorris@yahoo.com
Legislative/Transportation Committee
Co-Chairs, Valarie Leighton- The Members-at-Large will be represented on this committee with any volunteer from membership.
Phone: (912) 398-9985
EMail: valveepbaseball@yahoo.com
Adam Shapiro
Phone: (404) 874-3005
GCB Awards Guidelines and Committees
It is time once again to read over the GCB Awards Guidelines and nominate those members you think deserve to be recipients of these awards. The deadline this year is June 15, 2011. The committees and chairs with their contact information are listed after the Guidelines.
GCB Awards Guidelines
1. All awards committees shall be appointed at the January board meeting.
2. Nominations for all awards shall be submitted to the respective award committee chairpersons in writing (including e-mail) no later than June 15, 2011.
3. Nominations shall include the name of the candidate, plus the reason the candidate deserves the award.
4. Each award committee chairperson shall read to his/her committee members all award nominations.
5. The decision for selecting the award recipient shall be made by all members of that committee.
6. Criteria for the Rhoda Walker Award, suggested by Rhoda's sister, Helen Wasileski: The recipient can be a blind or sighted individual.
Services rendered must be of non-paying status. Services may be any endeavor in the field of teaching, service, and betterment of life for the blind. The recipient must provide public awareness through speaking, seminars, and/or demonstration. There must be involvement of the educational field/teaching braille. The recipient must push any innovation involving blindness or blind people.
7. The committee for selecting the recipient of the June Willis Guiding Eyes Award shall be legally blind.
8. The sighted recipient of the June Willis Guiding Eyes Award (who must be a GCB member) shall be known to GCB members through attendance at GCB state activities, and through his/her willing assistance and service to
the blind and visually impaired.
9. The Walter R. McDonald Award shall be presented to an outstanding visually impaired individual who has, through his/her leadership and service, contributed significantly to the betterment of the blind and visually impaired community, and who has demonstrated by deeds and achievements his/her dedication to the principles incident to blindness espoused and practiced by the late Walter R. McDonald. The recipient may or may not be a member of the Georgia Council of the Blind.
10. The recipient of The Gerald Pye Community Service Award must be an active legally blind member of GCB in good standing. He or she must have demonstrated superior service to his or her community in a number of ways that exemplify the work of Gerald Pye. The candidate must be nominated in writing by a GCB member who knows first hand of the candidate's community services. Examples of this service must be included in the written recommendation.
11. All GCB awards shall be presented periodically at a GCB state convention.
Awards Committee Co-Chairs
Judy Presley
Phone: 706-878-2962
Email: hoyal@windstream.net).
(June Willis Guiding Eyes)
(Gerald Pye Community Service Award)
(Rhoda W. Walker)
(Walter R. McDonald)
(Scholarship Awards)
Chair, Debbie Williams
Phone: 770-595-1007
Email: Debbie_teaches@comcast.net
1477 Nebo Road
Dallas, GA30157
The deadline for receipt of scholarship information is June 15, 2011.
Scholarship applications may be obtained from Chair, Debbie Williams, at the address above, or via the Web Site: Click Here to Visit the GCB Web Site
Banquet Committee
Chair – Atlanta West Chapter, Banquet Committee.
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