[Cinci-nfb] National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati Meeting Minutes for November 2016

Dave Perry daveperry509 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 19:14:03 UTC 2017


Great job with the minutes!

Dave Perry,

The greatest vision resides within the eyes of every Heart!

> On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:05 AM, Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati
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> Meeting Minutes for November 2016
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> 1.       The November 2016 meeting of the National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati was convened at approximately 2:15 P.M. on Saturday November 26 2016 at the Washington Platform Restaurant in Downtown Cincinnati by President Deborah Kendrick. In Attendance were: Deborah Kendrick, Joy Thomas, Paul Jordan, Paul Dressell, Emily Pennington, Lilly Pennington, Elif Emir Oksuz, Judy Rudick and Christopher Sabine. A motion was brought to accept the October meeting minutes as emailed. The motion passed, and the minutes were approved.
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> 2.       Emily Pennington presented the monthly Treasurer’s report.  Lilly Pennington moved to approve the report. Judy Rudick seconded, and the motion passed.
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> 3.       Deborah Kendrick began the remainder of the meeting by asking Christopher Sabine and Paul Jordan to discuss their experience as first and second time attendees at the Ohio NFB State Convention, which took place from November 10 to 13 in Cleveland. Christopher reported that he liked the general sessions and Anil Lewis’s banquet speech. However, he expressed that the highlight of State Convention for him was the mutual support members gave each other on the van rides to and from the Convention site. In particular, Christopher mentioned a new member recently adjusting to Blindness. More experienced members were able to talk him through the process of working with the Social Security Administration and the Ohio Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired, help him configure his IPhone for use with VoiceOver and offer other basic techniques for adjusting to his vision loss. Christopher expressed that he believed this type of mutual support outside the Convention venue was as important as the Convention itself.  Paul Jordan expressed that he had an “absolute blast” with the play. Others agreed that the play was one of the best ever performed at a State Convention. Paul also expressed that he especially enjoyed Sunday Morning General Sessions; particularly Emily Pennington’s speech entitled “Why I am a Federationist”. He appreciated the opportunity to speak about his experience attending National Convention for the first time and was very impressed with the number of attendees, especially first-timers. Deborah provided other attendees with the opportunity to share their convention experiences. Emily expressed that she is happy that the Ohio Student Division is being revitalized and came out of that process feeling “very refreshed.” She expressed that though Convention Hospitality was hectic, the chapters involved in managing it had a good system in place for accommodating attendees despite the lack of seating. The food was good, and the Chapters managed the event efficiently. Finally, Emily expressed that she was impressed with the variety of speakers at this year’s State Convention.
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> 4.       Deborah announced that Elif Emir Oksuz has been elected President of the newly revitalized Ohio Student Division. Elif expressed that the Division has a board, but she will be leading revitalization efforts. The Ohio Student Division is an affiliate of NABS, the National organization of Blind Students which is a division of the National organization. Paul Jordan reported that he is currently President of the Ohio Diabetes Action Network and Treasurer of the Ohio Affiliate’s Senior Division. Emily Pennington is also Treasurer of the Ohio Association to Promote the Use of Braille (OAPUB). She replaces Aleeha Dudley, who has relocated out of state. Deborah Kendrick is now secretary of OAPUB.
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> 5.       Committee Reports:
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> a.       Deborah began this section of the meeting by reminding the membership that there is currently no one to lead a fundraising committee and expressing concern that the Chapter’s coffers are being depleted. She expressed that she could help (and lots of members could help). Deborah asked that members reach out to her to share ideas of fundraising activities or lead a committee. Paul Jordan agreed to assist with this. Later in the meeting, Elif recommended that the Chapter sign up to receive donations from Kroger gift card purchases. Deborah agreed to follow up from a previous email Elif sent on this topic.
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> b.      Judy Rudick reported that there is no activity from the “We Care / Benevolent Fund”. Christopher Sabine indicated that he has emailed Judy regarding efforts to coordinate regular visits to Marion King and other local Federationists unable to attend meetings. He reported that a membership committee meeting has been scheduled for November 28 at 7:00 P.M. by phone conference and invited Judy to participate.
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> c.       Christopher Sabine gave a report of the Membership Committee meeting. He reported that due to Thanksgiving and State Convention, a meeting has not been scheduled until Monday November 28 at 7:00 P.M. Jay Tolle is currently confirmed as sighted co-administrator of the Cincinnati Chapter Facebook page. During an extensive conversation with Jay, he and Christopher expressed that the Cincinnati Chapter page is currently not integrated with the Ohio Affiliate. The Ohio Affiliate also has Instagram and Twitter Feeds that are not being shared with the Cincinnati Chapter. This means that the feed of the Live Stream of the State Convention was not shared directly with fans of the Cincinnati Chapter Facebook page, and there was no direct link from the Cincinnati Chapter Page to the live stream and other activities of the affiliate. Elif Emir Oksuz suggested that we ask the Ohio Affiliate to include the date and time of meetings of the Cincinnati Chapter on the Ohio Affiliate web site and Facebook page. She expressed that other States’ affiliate web pages have done this. Lilly also asked if the Chapter had a Twitter feed. Christopher expressed that it does not; Lilly agreed to create one for the Chapter. The other topic on the agenda for the Membership Committee was collaboration with the WE Care Benevolent Program to arrange for regular visits to Marion King and John Christianson. Deborah agreed that this should take place. She took this opportunity to announce the establishment of a new NFB Chapter, the National Federation of the blind of Greater Butler County, by Rachel Kuntz. Deborah recommended that Christopher reach out to Rachel to see if she could organize visits on her end. Deborah also asked Paul Dressell if he is in a better position to visit Marion King in the next month, since he has moved and has better access to transportation. Christopher gave a synopsis of Marion’s location and transportation options from ACCESS and Metro. Paul agreed to make another visit to Marion in the near future. Emily Pennington moved that Paul receive reimbursement from the We Care / Benevolent Fund for transportation. Lilly Pennington seconded, and the motion passed.
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> d.      Christopher presented the report of the Recreation Committee at the request of Annie McEachirn Carson, who was absent from today’s meeting. The Recreation Committee meeting was convened by telephone conference with an opening prayer on November 17 2016 at 7:00 P.M. In attendance were: Annie McEachirn Carson, Kim McEachirn, Walter Mitchell and Deanna Lewis. The first item on the agenda was the Christmas Party, currently scheduled for December 10 2016 from 1:00 to 4:30 P.M. at the Red Lobster Restaurant at 3564 Springdale Road. Annie McEachirn Carson is working on obtaining accessible menus, which will be sent out to registered attendees one week prior to the event. 30 members have registered to attend the Christmas Party as of the November 17 Recreation Committee Meeting. Walter Mitchell has reached out to the recipient of this year’s donation drive, the Camp Washington United Church of Christ at 2950 Sidney Ave, a location originally selected by Deanna Lewis. Suggested donations include non-perishable food items, household items and clothing. Walter Mitchell will deliver all donated items following the Christmas Party to the Camp Washington United Church of Christ. It was also agreed that Annie will conduct a Christmas performance during the event which will include a male narrator. Walter Mitchell agreed to play guitar with others playing music during the event. The November 17 Recreation Committee meting adjourned with prayer on November 17 2016 at 7:35 PM.
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> e.      Elif Emir Oksuz announced that she will be holding an auction to benefit the Ohio Student Division in conjunction with the Christmas Party on December 10. At the recommendation of Brian Duarte, National Liaison to the Ohio Student Division, Elif has prepared a basket of items for auction. After discussing with Annie McEachirn Carson, it was agreed that the items will be auctioned online and presented at the Christmas Party. The auction is set to take place from December 1 to December 9 on the NFB of Cincinnati Listserv. Auction items include a set of Yankee Candles, a set of scents from Victoria Secret, specialty tea bags and jewelry hand made by Lilly Pennington.
> 6.       Lilly Pennington announced that applications for the National NFB Scholarship are now live.
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> 7.       Christopher reported that a resolution he drafted to the Ohio affiliate to involve the Federation to resolve accessibility issues concerning the Cincinnati Bell Connector, Cincinnati’s new streetcar route,  has been passed. Deborah gave a summary of the resolution, which addressed three major concerns: the inability for a Blind person to determine the exact locations of the 18 stops on the streetcar line because their locations are presented visually on a map, the inaccessibility of the kiosks where riders purchase tickets and the inaccessibility of the IPhone app used to plan routes and purchase rides on the Metro Bus and the Cincinnati Bell Connector to VoiceOver users. The resolution called for the Ohio Affiliate to reach out to leaders of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, the organization that operates metro and the Cincinnati Bell Connector, to resolve these issues to enable blind riders to purchase tickets and use the streetcar. Deborah will follow up with representatives of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority and involve Christopher in discussions.
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> 8.       Christopher moved to adjourn the meeting. Elif Emir Oksuz seconded, and the motion passed. The November 2016 meeting of the National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati was adjourned at approximately 3:30 P.M. on November 26, 2016.
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> Respectfully Submitted,
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> Christopher Sabine
> Secretary
> National Federation of the Blind of Cincinnati
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> Respectfully Submitted,
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> Christopher Sabine
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