[Cabs-talk] May 2019 board meeting minutes

[Cricket X. Bidleman]

Hello,
Please find below, and attached, the May 2019 CABS board meeting
minutes. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Best,
Cricket

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Cricket X. Bidleman (she/her/hers)
Stanford University | Class of 2021
BA Candidate | Communications
Accessibility Consultant | Stanford University Computer Science
Director of Communications | Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU)
Communications Intern | AIRA
Secretary | California Association of Blind Students (CABS)



May 2019 Board Meeting Minutes

Call begins: 20:05
Call ends: 20:58
Next meeting: Monday, June 17th, 2019
Next meeting time: 20:00; 8:00 PM PST
Phone number: (712) 770-4130
Access code: 868746

I. Roll call:
A. Board members present: Cricket Bidleman, Trisha Kulkarni, Mary
Church, Natalia Ratcliffe
B. Members and guests: Aaron Espinoza, Rochelle Houston, Robin from
AIRA, Vejas Vasiliauskas, Gelena from AIRA
II. brief message from AIRA
A. People can sign up for Aira without any email, using only phone
number, at aira.io/app.
B. Back-to-School Program: this year’s program closes soon, and
applications open in early May. Gelena is trying to approach many
state student affiliates to get as many students as possible. AT&T has
been funding the last couple of years, but additional resources may be
added. If you know of any students interested in applying, they can
visit aira.io/bts. This is an interest form, so that students can get
an email notification when the application opens.
C. Los Angeles promotion: AIRA access is a plan by which businesses
can provide AIRA service free to those who want to use it at those
locations. Robin at AIRA is activating about 1,000 locations for free,
to encourage people to use AIRA at access locations. The more the
service is used, the more quickly the AIRA access network can be
expanded.
III. Southern California Reception update
A. The second annual reception had six new people and a couple of
members attending. The guest speaker was Paul Howard, a Department of
Rehab counselor.
B. Six or seven new people, about fifteen attendants in all.
C. improvements for future: time speeches and activities better, so
that the schedule is a little bit more full.
IV. Pacific Regional Seminar
A. This will happen the weekend of August 9th-11th. CABS will be
hosting the seminar at the Enchanted Hills Camp in northern
California.
B. This is a great opportunity to network with students and mentors.
It will be at the Enchanted Hills Camp in northern California.
C. The fee to attend is $100 per student. This does not include
transportation or room and board.
D. The seminar will happen from August 9th through 11th. People will
convene at the San Francisco Lighthouse on Friday morning.
Transportation to Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa Valley will be provided
on Friday at noon.
E. The camp has low ropes courses and other opportunities for team-building.
F. It may be possible to get funding from the Department of Rehab.
Contact Matt, Trisha, or someone on the planning committee if you need
help writing a letter to justify this.
G. Mary suggested doing social media outreach and in particular,
getting short testimonials from students who have benefitted from
these types of events.
H. Registration for the seminar is now open, so let Trisha Kulkarni
know as soon as possible if you’d like to go. We are competing with
other states for spots at the event, so please register. The URL is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdOdTKMsn_sQNSa7JYLUOLrWVPkRDxtVpXJCMfGB__f5Si0g/viewform
V. Committee updates:
A. Membership: The membership committee will be working on promoting
the seminar as much as possible, both on and off social media.
B. fundraising: The main focus is coming up with ideas for national
convention. California is planning to sell snack bags for $5 apiece.
You don’t have to be on the fundraising committee to help sell, so
please come help sell if possible! The committee will also be
discussing ways to fundraise for the Pacific Regional seminar.
VI.
A. balance from candy fundraiser minus reception expenses: $466.52
B. The total balance, including what we already had, is $1,181.52.
VII. Questions, comments, adjourn
A. motion to adjourn was made by Aaron Espinoza and seconded by
Cricket Bidleman. Meeting adjourned at 8:58 PM.
B. The next board meeting will be on Monday, June 17th at 8:00 PM Pacific.
Meeting adjourns: 20:58
Next meeting: Monday, June 17th, 2019
Next meeting time: 20:00; 8:00 PM PST
Phone number: (712) 770-4130
Access code: 868746
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