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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Walter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your email. I opted not to discuss your idea specifically, because I thought we agreed to form a separate committee to implement your idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I say “implement” because this is something a few of us have considered. My business primarily serves children, and a few of us have connections at either the County Offices of Education here in Ohio, the Special Service Teams (formerly the SERRC Centers), OSSB, etc. We also have programs like BELL that are geared to young children learning braille. Deborah: Could you chime in on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Walter Mitchell via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 30, 2015 8:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Walter Mitchell<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] Notes from tonight's membership committee meeting, Sunday June 28<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I apologize for not making the last meeting. My church event (youth convention) was concluding on that day and I did not get home until after 8 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I appreciate the report. Please keep up the good work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I hope that soon we will talk about the effort to atrack children and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Much Love,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Walter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List<br><b>Cc:</b> Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Notes from tonight's membership committee meeting, Sunday June 28<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello All.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a rundown of our chapter membership committee meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christopher Sabine, Dale Barta and Lisa Hall attended. Deborah Kendrick expressed at the NFB Chapter meeting on June 27 that she was unable to set up a P.O. Box for the Chapter due to other commitments. Christopher Sabine has had extensive discussions with two past members, John Christianson and Marion King, regarding their participation in the chapter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John is currently a resident of the Autobine Community in Lebanon. While he has attended some meetings in the past, he indicated that coordinating transportation from Lebanon is very difficult. He indicated that there is at least one other visually impaired resident at Autobine. Pat Eschbach, who is currently affiliated with the Miami Valley Chapter, is also a resident of the community.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marion King, another longtime member, also expressed interest in staying abreast of membership activities. However, she indicated that she is unable to physically attend meetings because of age and mobility limitations. Marion expressed appreciation for reaching out to her.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christopher agreed to connect with Paul Dressell and see if he could connect with both these members on a regular basis to keep them abreast of Chapter activities, as both members are well acquainted with the Dressels. Christopher also agreed to ask Paul if he has any contacts at Autobine or other retirement communities who could be willing to share information and coordinate transportation to Chapter meetings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dale expressed that we should have a “movie night” at Clovernook to introduce employees and others to the Federation. Lisa expressed that Scott Walters, Clovernook’s current Orientation & Mobility specialist, has a library of audio described movies that could be shown. Christopher Agreed to connect with the Recreation Committee concerning this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christopher has also emailed Deanna Lewis concerning an updated membership list; Deanna indicated that she should have this sent out before Convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, August 21 at 7:30 by phone conference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>