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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cincinnati Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Meeting Minutes for June 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The June 2018 meeting of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio was convened by President Sheri Albers at approximately 2:01 P.M. on Saturday June 23 2018 at the Washington Platform Restaurant in Downtown Cincinnati. In attendance were: Sheri Albers, Lisa Hall, Lillie Pennington, Emily Pennington, Tammy Smith, Christopher Sabine, Paul Dressell, Walter Mitchell, Jean Selvidge, Gloria Robinson, Annie McEachirn Carson and Anthony King. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Walter Mitchell moved to approve the May minutes as emailed. Gloria Robinson seconded, and the motion passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Emily Pennington presented this month’s Treasurer’s Report. Walter Mitchell moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Christopher Sabine seconded. The motion passed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There was no Membership Committee report this month. Christopher Sabine reported that a meeting has been scheduled for June 26 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Walter Mitchell gave a report from the Fundraising Committee. He expressed that this month’s $5 Italian Dinner held at Clovernook’s Procter Center on Saturday June 16 was a great success. The Chapter was able to raise $371 from this event with additional contributions from Chapter members. In Particular, Walter expressed thanks to Gloria Robinson and Anthony King for their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Annie McEachirn Carson gave an update on preparations for the Meet the Blind Month event which is currently scheduled for Monday October 8 2018. She reported that 3CDC has granted the Chapter a permit to hold the event on October 8, and the process of securing tables and chairs for the event is still ongoing. She expressed that she needs to confirm that the date will not conflict with the National Industries for the Blind conference before sending out notices to the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Clovernook Center and have the event added to the Fountain Square Calendar. She also expressed that she needs to form a committee to organize the event, as she is unable to participate due to her current job. Annie requested that anyone interested in serving on this committee should reach out to her directly. Lisa Hall expressed that she believed the National Industries for the Blind Conference will be in November this year and not present a conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sheri Albers gave a legislative report. She expressed that the Ohio Legislature has begun its summer recess, so there will be no further hearings on Ohio’s parental rights bill—H.B. 309--until the next legislative session in the Fall. However, this also means that Ohio House Bill 271, which would require people with disabilities to provide notice to a potential defendant before filing a discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, has also been tabled. This—and the upcoming lame duck sessions of the legislature at the end of Gov. John Kasich’s term of office—will allow the affiliate more than ample time to express its opposition to this bill. Sheri also reported that S. B. 144, the bill to establish a council to govern Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), has passed and is now law. The new law requires that OOD be governed by a council of 15 members. Though an amendment requested by the Ohio Affiliate reserving a sixteenth seat for a member of the National Federation of the Blind was squashed, J. W. Smith, Professor of Communications at Ohio University and Past President of the Ohio Affiliate, was nominated to a three-year-term on the council beginning this month, according to a press release from Gov. Kasich’s office shared on the Ohio-Talk Listserv prior to today’s meeting. Matt Sauer, Accommodations Coordinator at the University of Cincinnati’s Disability Service Office, was also nominated for a three-year term, according to the release.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sheri led a discussion for those attending National Convention, which is set for July 3-8 2018 in Orlando, Florida. She gave a reminder that attendance at the Ohio Caucus scheduled for July 4 is mandatory and required to obtain a seat at the convention banquet. Information on the location of Ohio’s exhibit table and local transportation for eligible paratransit (ACCESS) riders was also shared with a promise to post to the Ohio-Talk Listserv. Sheri asked all convention attendees to review the new National Code of Conduct, nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies introduced at the 2018 Washington Seminar and previously posted to the Ohio-Talk listserv. The NFB National Office has set up a national hotline to report allegations of sexual harassment, and all members are being asked to report potential incidents of sexual harassment or other forms of discriminatory conduct to National Office. Sheri expressed that she will post information to the Ohio-Talk and Cinci-Talk Listservs prior to Convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Walter Mitchell gave a report from the Diabetes Action Network (DAN) concerning a policy change at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Research (CMS) allowing Medicare reimbursement for users of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices (CGM’s) who use smartphones, ensuring accessibility for Blind users of CGM’s through smartphone apps. Walter expressed that representatives from CMS and Dextro, a leading provider of CGM’s, will be speaking at National Convention. Information will also be available through the DAN Listserv through monthly DAN conference calls announced on the Ohio-Talk Listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sheri announced that an 80<sup>th</sup> Birthday celebration for Paul Dressell has been tentatively scheduled for Friday August 3 2018 from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. in the Third Floor Community Room of the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 2045 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lisa Hall announced that the Clovernook Center will release Braille schedules for all NCAA college football conferences in August. They will be available for $10 from the Clovernook Center. The cost includes shipping. Lisa will post further information to the Cinci-Talk and Ohio-Talk Listservs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This month’s blindness topic was, “At this point in your life, would you undergo treatment to restore or get your sight?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Chapter decided to hold its next meeting on Saturday July 28 2018 at 1:00 P.M. at the Washington Platform Restaurant in Downtown Cincinnati.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The June 2018 meeting of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio was adjourned at approximately 3:21 P.M. on Saturday June 23 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Respectfully Submitted,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Christopher Sabine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cincinnati Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>