HLAA Lake Country Chapter February 2010 Meeting

The Holidays are over, the weather is cooperating (so far) and it's time to start the 2010 HLAA Lake Country Chapter Hearing Loss Support Group Meetings again!  Here's what we will be doing at our February meeting.

Date:  Thursday, Feb. 11, 2020

Place:  Wales Community Center

216 W. South Street  Wales, WI  53183

Time:  6:30pm

We recently finished getting our Chapter a non-profit status via the National HLAA Organization.  When we started our group back in April 2008, we weren't sure how it was going to go, so we held off on doing the final paperwork that will now enable donations to be tax deductible.

Due to this, we will now start holding elections in February for a slate of officers for the Chapter.  At this meeting, there will be a discussion on what exactly the non-profit status rules are and how they pertain to us.  We will be asking for nominations from the members on who they would like to handle the business matters of the Chapter.  We are looking for 4 interested people.  After the nominations and discussion are completed, we will then hold an election.  This will be done by paper ballot and overseen by the current Chapter Co-Leaders which are Tami, Dick and Margo.

If you are interested in becoming one of the officers, your term will be for 1 year.  This does not mean that you will be 'on your own' when it comes to the 'running' of the Chapter!  We will open a checking account and continue having our meetings in the format that we've always used.

Looking forward to this 'next step' for our group!  And, since we are one of the 'teams' in the Milwaukee Walk4Hearing in May of this year down on the Milwaukee lakefront (May 16th), this will enable us to receive donations from those wishing to see us continue the programs and services that we've provided for the past 22 months. 

Anyone looking for hearing loss support, ideas or fellowship are welcome to attend our meetings.  There is no charge to attend and you do not have to be a member of HLAA.  It's a great group and we've solved alot of problems as well as addressed quite a few issues so far.  Looking forward to the future!

Have a great week!