[DSM-Iowa] Important Info.

[rjray at q.com]

Greetings, 

 

Mary has listed some really great ideas for things to be doing both on ZOOM
and when we can meet in person. Hopefully that is going to happen one day in
the not too distant future. 

 

Shortly after convention is over we are going to start a couple of
gatherings on ZOOM. There are going to be mostly just simple groups to
discuss a given topic for example, one or more session may be a discussion
of what we see for the strengths and weaknesses of the new E-reader from the
library. Another one could be tips on making use of the Amazon First Oven.
Another could talk about the experiences people have had with the delivery
services. We will definitely do some on what is amateur radio and helping
people work toward passing the exams to become licensed. 

 

In the meantime, feel free to start new threads on both this list and on the
tall corn list. If you try starting a thread and there isn't any response
try another. These are our lists and we should use them. 

 

In other words, let us come together and exchange ideas and get to know one
another even better. As Sharonda said at the meeting Saturday, loneliness is
a bad thing. We need to defeat it.

 

Bob

 

From: DSM-Iowa <dsm-iowa-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mary McGee via
DSM-Iowa
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 2:18 PM
To: 'Des Moines Chapter List, NFB of Iowa' <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mary McGee <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DSM-Iowa] Important Info.

 

Hello, everyone!  This is indeed a good day!

First things first:  I support the $50 door prized; years ago, we did this
every year.  It was a good idea.  

              Thank you all for being so nice to me yesterday!  You gave me
hope that someday I'll be as much of a part of this fine group as I ever
was.  I had to quit attending meetings because, as a new employee at Wells
Fargo four years ago, I had to work two kind of odd shifts, meaning they
weren't weekdays and regular working hours.  Moreover, at that time I had
many debts and working the odd shifts paid more than not, so I took them.
Just before I caught the Rona and had to come home, I won a shift bid, so
now I'll work Mon. thru Fri. 8:00 - 4:30, i.e. "normal hours.  This means
I'll be able to attend all meetings.

              A little by way of introduction.  I live downtown at the Civic
Center Court apartment complex and we have a lot of ash trees in the
courtyard that look absolutely yellow now!  And the yellow is showering down
because so many of the leaves are falling.  It's quite nice, although it
isn't as colorful as Fall was in NE Iowa where there are more tree
varieties.

              I've been married to LeRoy for more than forty years, as some
of you know.  

              I took a strength-finder test at work and learned that my
strengths are strategic thinking and taking responsibility.  I'd like to
also believe I have a pretty good sense of humor.  My weaknesses/challenges
are not taking things personally and overcoming the fear that I'm never
"good enough" to belong with any group of other people.  

              I'm the textbook case, Sharonda, of the person who's been very
lonely because of this COVID mess!  Before this "new normal", I was
conquering my weaknesses pretty well.  This isolation hasn't helped, but
I'll keep trying.  Neither LeRoy nor I have any siblings, children, or other
family, so we have other.  

              Now to more important stuff:  ideas for ways we could do
little Zoom meetings in small groups where we have things in common or not.
I know there are plenty of others, but these are some I listed.  We could
have a nontraditional book club.  By that I mean, instead of reading one
book and discussing it, we could take turns introducing each other to ones
that we read and report on them and explain why we liked them.  I would join
that.  I'd also join a Bible Study group with a few more mature Christians
to lead the way.  Some people might like a recipe group or a life hack
group, where we could talk about techniques like not strangling your
Christmas tree while putting the lights on it.  LeRoy said he'd join an
amateur radio group like the IBARC of years ago and there are at least two
of you who'd be interested in becoming licensed HAMS.  These are
Zoom-possible things that could be done in evenings.

              Now, we come to things that probably no one wants to do yet,
but the future can look bright!  A New Year's Party with a Good-Bye Rona
theme!  A "Happy Birthday To US" party where we put twelve little slips of
paper in something with the names of the months on them and draw out a month
in which to have this function.  That month would simply be the month to
have it, but it would really be an annual bash to celebrate all of our
birthdays.  

              What do you think?  Delete if you don't like them, respond if
you do.  Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,

Mary

 

 

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