[DSM-Iowa] July 13th chapter meeting

[Sharon Omvig]

Thanks for your  note this morning. I want to let you know Elim is spelled
this way. And Lutheran is spelled this way. I thought we had a great
meeting Saturday and was so happy about the vote to move the meeting place.

On Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 9:25 AM Becky, Young via DSM-Iowa <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Good morning!
> I just wanted to give a recap of Saturday’s chapter meeting.
> I first want to say, that I hope to see more of you in August.
> For those of you who weren’t there, we talked about national convention
> and what we enjoyed about it or what was our favorite thing. We talked
> about state convention and encouraging people to attend. I talked about the
> KJLSp Program, and my graduation.
> We are very proud to have our one and only Iowan receive a National
> scholarship. Congradulations to Enrique Mejia.
> Enrique talked about his experiences at National convention. Spending time
> with his mentors and other students. He talked about his socializing
> experience.
> Starting in August on the second Saturday. Our chapter meeting is going to
> be held at Hope Elam Lutheren Church. The address is 2500 University
> Avenue. The bus stops right  there. The bus runs every 30 minutes on
> Saturday. The doors will be set up on an automatic lock and unlock. I will
> give you those times after I firm it all up with Mike. I think this is
> going to be an excellent place for us. Most of the time we will be having
> our meetings in the commons area. Except when the commons has already been
> booked. Mike said that we would have use of the Commons from August of
> 2023. To August of 2024.with the exception of December which is our
> Christmas party. And we will discuss that at the next meeting. This was
>  voted on and approved by the chapter unanimously. The church isn’t going
> to charge us a fee. They are based on donation only.  A motion was made and
> seconded that we use the chapters portion of the 50-50, to contribute
> towards the donation. The motion passed unanimously. Anyone who wants to
> contribute to the donation is welcome.
> As always if you have any questions, or need to speak with me about
> another matter, please contact me off list at my information listed below.
> Thanks stay cool, and enjoy your summer. Becky Young, President
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, Des Moines chapter
> Phone: 515-553-9270
> Email <byoung at nfbi.org>
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