[MD-AtLarge] Meeting reminder and minutes

[nfbmd]

Hello all,

The next meeting of the At-large chapter will be on Tuesday, October 15.
The national president's message begins at 7:30pm and the meeting is from
8pm-9pm.  Since our meeting takes place on white cane awareness day, Chris
Danielson will talk about the white cane law, the purpose of this day and he
will share some of his travels as a blind person.  We will also talk about
the state convention and more! The call in number is 605-313-4818.  The
access code is 720125.  Please read the minutes below and make sure you come
to the call to get the latest information about the convention.   

 

At Large Chapter Meeting Minutes for September 17, 2019

The Presidential release was played at 7:30 PM 

The meeting was started at 8:00 PM by Margarete Woods President 

Approximately 10 members on the call 

 

October is meet the blind month and the At Large chapter will be holding an
Afternoon at the movies at the national headquarters on October 12th.  They
will be showing the movie called Scent of a woman. 

$10 donation, $5 lunch, other snacks to purchase, and a 50/50 raffle 

 

Daniel Johnson stated that the movie will be shown in Hagerstown on October
9th. 

 

A Senior Center in Baltimore which has four locations have asked the At
large chapter to come out and speak to them about blindness.

 

Carla McQuillan is our guest speaker tonight. She is our national
representative for the state convention. She joined the NFB after applying
for a scholarship. She runs 3 Montessori schools in Oregon. It's a hands-on
sensory teaching method. Carla explained how she dealt with parents who
thought a blind person couldn't teach their child. 

 

Daniel asked What does the national rep do, and Carla's answer was to do
whatever the president asks them to do, bring the national report to the
state convention, and do the banquet speech. Sharon, Ronza, and Carla shared
stories from past state and national conventions that they attended
together.

 

State Convention is November 8th through 10th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Baltimore.  Deadline to preregister and reserve a hotel room is October
12th.

 

Submitted by Danielle Earl 

 

 

Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy

National Federation of the Blind of Maryland

410-715-9596

 

The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not
the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

 

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