[il-talk] [Iabs-talk] Chicago chapter minutes for june meeting

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Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Sep 11, 2013, at 5:43 PM, "David Meyer" <datemeyer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> NFBI CHICAGO CHAPTER MEETING
> June 8, 2013
> Exchequer Pub and Restaurant
> 226 S. Wabash, Chicago
> 
> CALL TO ORDER
> 
> Chicago Chapter President David Meyer called the meeting to order at 1 PM. 
> Thirty-one people were in attendance, including first-timers Dan Peters, Ken
> Borst, and Viola Scott.  Joyce Robinson thanked everyone for the help she
> received after her house fire.  Dave Meyer reported that his wife, Teresa,
> lost her sister.  Dave thanked all of the people who expressed their
> sympathy with calls, cards, and attendance at the funeral.  Blaise Burch has
> throat cancer but is doing well.  Leanne Mayne reported that her neuropathy
> has grown more severe. Syed Yousufuddin has gotten married and is moving to
> Tennessee due to his job.  Johnathon Chang has graduated from the University
> of Illinois and Julia Chang is about to enter as a freshman.
> 
> PAM G.'s MEDICAL CORNER
> 
> Pam Gillmore said that she wants to give back to the chapter because so many
> people were supportive during Don's illness.  She will share bits of medical
> information with chapter members.  Regarding prescriptions: BID means twice
> a day, TID means three times a day, QID means four times a day, and PRN
> means as needed.  To avoid unnecessary sticks, remember where your best
> veins are for blood drawing.  If it's okay with your diet, take a seasoning
> product to improve the taste of hospital food.
> 
> PROGRAM
> 
> Steve Hastalis, Gina Falvo, and Bob Widman talked about NFB national
> conventions.  Steve talked about legislation that has emerged from NFB
> resolutions.  Gina described a visit to the exhibit hall.  Bob gave a
> rundown of a typical convention banquet, the culmination of convention week.
> 
> Patti added that first timers should attend the Rookie Roundup on the first
> evening of convention.
> 
> SECRETARY's MINUTES
> 
> The minutes of the April 13 chapter meeting were approved.
> 
> CONTRIBUTIONS
> 
> President Meyer explained that the chapter board recommended contributions
> to four NFB funds.  The chapter voted to contribute $1,000 as follows: $300
> to the White Cane Fund, $300 to the tenBroek Fund, $200 for NFB Sun Shares,
> and $200 to the Jernigan Fund.
> 
> STATE REPORT
> 
> NFBI President Patti Chang reminded everyone that the Illinois Caucus will
> take place at 7:30 AM on July 3.  Members have volunteered to cover and
> report on all of the meetings at national convention.  T-shirts will be sold
> during convention as an Illinois fundraiser.  Illinois will host a BELL
> program from July 29 to August 9.  The application deadline has been
> extended to June 15.  We have hired two teachers, but we need volunteers to
> help.  Debbie Stein and Cathy Randall are coordinating the volunteers.  We
> especially need people to go on field trips so that we'll have a one-on-one
> ratio with the kids.  Casandra Certeza, Glenn Moore, Steve Hastalis, Bruce
> Paul, Marco Giannotti, Mary Grunwald, Hilda Sandifer, Denise Avant, and
> Patti Chang all volunteered.  Dutch tenBroek will attend our state
> convention.  Patti is trying to get a man named Samir Doshi who is a bank
> vice president to speak.  There will be a veterans panel and a rehab panel. 
> Hotel rates are $99, which includes breakfast.  Anyone needing financial
> assistance can apply to the Chappell Fund.  Debbie Stein explained that
> James Dickman and Ronen Young have been accepted as NFBI interns.  The
> Scholarship Committee has chosen five winners: Stephanie Collins, Adrienne
> Falconer, Alexa Schwichow, Alex Taikwel, and Nicole Yarmolkevich.  Patti
> recently attended the Merchants' Convention, BLAST.  There will be a gift
> certificate order in September.  The next state board meeting will be held
> on August 17th in Bloomington, where Cary Supalo is starting a new chapter.
> 
> NATIONAL REPORT
> 
> NFB President Marc Maurer reported that Joe Ruffalo will interview Scott
> White of Newsline on the next Thru Our Eyes online broadcast.  At national
> convention the Jernigan Institute will collaborate with the Smith-Kettlewell
> Video Description Research and Development Center to host two stakeholder
> focus groups on advanced concepts in video description.  Participants must
> register in advance.  Those interested should contact Beth Braun at
> bbraun at nfb.org.  Anil Lewis explained the work of the Imagination Fund and
> urged everyone to support its initiatives.  He also urged people to sign the
> fair wages petition, urging the repeal of Section 114C of the Fair Labor
> Standards Act.  Dr. Maurer described a sheltered workshop in Iowa where
> disabled people worked for decades at 41 cents an hour.  The Equal
> Opportunity Commission sued the group that was running the shop on behalf of
> thirty-two workers.  They have just received a judgment of $240 million. 
> Most likely it will never be collected, but the sweatshop will close and
> stay closed.  The workers were being kept basically as prisoners, without
> health benefits, without the choice to leave.  Amazon has announced that it
> has an accessible application at long last.  It works on some Apple devices,
> but it doesn't work as well as Amazon claims.  This is Amazon's first step
> toward accessibility, but it has still got a long, long way to go.  We need
> to keep up the pressure! This spring the NFB hosted the Jacobus tenBroek
> Symposium and a conference on tactile graphics.  The National Scholarship
> Committee met and selected the 2013 winners.
> 
> FUNDRAISING
> 
> Ken Staley said we will not have a spring candy sale this year because not
> enough people signed up.  We still have ten tickets left for the Sox-Twins
> game on August 10.  We make $12 a ticket, selling them for $25.
> 
> OLD BUSINESS
> 
> Steve Hastalis and Jemal Powell gave detailed instructions for getting to
> Kamiski Park since the Red Line is not running.  The chapter will hold its
> annual picnic by the Landmark Café at the Lincoln Park Zoo at noon on July
> 13.  For information, call Jemal at 708-557-7979.
> 
> NEW BUSINESS
> 
> We are still waiting to receive a check from our Beggars Pizza fundraiser.
> 
> ADJOURNMENT
> 
> The meeting was adjourned at 2:40.
> 
> Respectfully submitted,
> Debbie Stein, Secretary
> 
> 
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