[MD-AtLarge] March Minutes and next meeting

[Jason Polansky]

Do you think I would benefit from the at large chapter or could I bring
anything to the table? Are there any students or young adults who call in
regularly? It sounds like there was a good meeting last month and this one
will be good too.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 4:48 PM nfbmd via MD-AtLarge <md-atlarge at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
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> The next meeting of the At-large Chapter will be on Tuesday, April 19.  We
> are having a special guest speaker:  Ever Lee Hairston.  Ever Lee is a
> member of the Board of the Directors of the National Federation of the
> Blind.  She is also the author of “Blind Ambition – One Woman’s Journey to
> Greatness Despite Her Blindness.”  Some of you will remember Ever Lee.  She
> was the National Representative when we had our State Convention in
> Annapolis.
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> Remember the call-in number is 641-715-3272.  The access code is 720125.
>
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> Many thanks to Danielle Earl for filling in and taking minutes for the
> March meeting.  Please read the minutes below.
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> Minutes for the At large chapter of the National Federation of the Blind
> of Maryland
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> March 15, 2016
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> The Presidential Release was played at 7:30 PM.
>
> The NFB President made the following announcements:
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> ·         It is Read across American Day and the NFB has made a video to
> commemorate this day.
>
> ·         Amazon has signed an agreement with the NFB to make their
> reading content accessible to the blind.
>
> ·         Preregistration is now open and will close on May 31st for this
> year’s convention in Orlando, Florida from June 30th to July 5th.
>
> ·         You now can apply for the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship for
> National Convention.  Deadline is April 15th.
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> ·         The NFB has published a book called the Power of Love, which
> are essays by Kenneth Jernigan.
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> The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 PM via conference call by
> Marguerite Woods.
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> There was around 15 members in attendance
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> Marguerite and Sharon Haskins-Brown shared their experiences and what they
> learned from the iPhone workshop that they attended on Wednesday, March 9
> th at the Library.
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> Marguerite announced that Steve will share information about different
> phone Apps at an upcoming meeting.
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> Dana spoke about the case involving Yasmin, who sued Montgomery County
> with the help of the NFB.  The Judge ruled in her favor.
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> Sharon Maneki gave us an update on the bill and case regarding rights of
> blind parents in custody disputes.
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> At last month’s meeting they talked about doing something differently and
> during this meeting a few members shared something that they did out of
> their comfort zone.
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> At this meeting there were two guest speakers from the Baltimore Sheriff’s
> Office, Major Harper and Captain Cruise, to give guidelines on safety.
> They spoke on the following topics:  buddy system, purses, people at your
> door, local police security survey, Smoke detectors, fire safety, cooking
> habits & safety, heat safety, preventing falls, outdoor home safety,
> stairwell and stair safety, and sign up for direct deposit.  There was time
> for questions
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> The meeting was over at 9:10 PM.
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> Submitted by Danielle Earl
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> *Sharon Maneki, *President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
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> 410-715-9596
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