[Cinci-nfb] Changing Chapter meeting day and time?

[Marianne Denning]

Is the meeting at 5:00 or 6:00?

On 11/10/14, Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Our next currently scheduled meeting is Monday November 24 at 5:00 p.m. at
> Washington Platform.
> If you can get there at 5:00 to ea beforehand, it would help.
> I will talk to the staff, although we did so a year or so ago, so no
> guarantees about the distractions!
> Deborah
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Tollebooth via Cinci-nfb
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:20 AM
> To: Deanna Lewis; NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List
> Subject: Re: [Cinci-nfb] Changing Chapter meeting day and time?
>
> When is our next currently scheduled meeting?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 10, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Deanna Lewis via Cinci-nfb
> <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I would totally be in favor of switching from Washington Platform to
>> the Library or somewhere else downtown. It is very distracting when
>> people are eating, paying, and asking the server for things during the
>> meeting. Plus, there is never enough room at the main table, so many
>> of us do have to sit at side tables. There is also a lot of background
>> noise which makes it difficult to hear each other.
>> Saturdays seem to work out well for me. I know a lot of the people
>> that I've invited to the NFB meetings have said that they'd prefer the
>> meetings to be on Saturdays, instead of during the week. Just my two
>> cents, I think it would be wise to have an official discussion and
>> vote on this at our next meeting.
>> Hope you all had a nice weekend!
>> Deanna
>>
>>> On 11/10/14, Walter Mitchell via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I will agree with the majority, I only ask that if we move to a
>>> Saturday that we meet a little later in the day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Walter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Sheri via Cinci-nfb
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 10:24 AM
>>> To: Cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Cinci-nfb] Changing Chapter meeting day and time?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I would like to start a conversation to switch our chapter meeting
>>> day and time to Saturday afternoon around 1:00. Even further, I would
>>> propose leaving Washington Platform.
>>>
>>> My personal reasons for this change are that I will be starting
>>> school again and, although my classes will be online, meeting during
>>> the week may be hard. For Jessie and I, dealing with the weekday
>>> traffic downtown is not fun. Saturday is more relaxed and gives us
>>> more time to get there. Why move out of Washington Platform? We are
>>> running out of room for one reason. We are cramped now in that one
>>> side. The other reason is that it has become more of a distraction
>>> than a pleasure to meet at a restaurant. Members ordering food and
>>> drinks during the meeting, having their food delivered and paying the
>>> bill while the meeting is going on has gotten to be very disruptive.
>>>
>>> Maybe the library the library would work out better.
>>>
>>> Anyway, what do you guys think? Is there enough interest to make a
> change?
>>>
>>> Let's talk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sheri Albers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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