<div style="white-space:pre-wrap">I'll try my best to be on the call on the 19th. School ends May 10th.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 7:43 PM nfbmd via MD-AtLarge <<a href="mailto:md-atlarge@nfbnet.org">md-atlarge@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi Jason,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I think you should try it out. The same people don’t call up each month. You will be welcome.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">When does school end. All the best.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Sharon Maneki, </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">President<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">410-715-9596<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> MD-AtLarge [mailto:<a href="mailto:md-atlarge-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">md-atlarge-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Polansky via MD-AtLarge<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Maryland At Large Chapter List <<a href="mailto:md-atlarge@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">md-atlarge@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jason Polansky <<a href="mailto:jpolansky.nfb@gmail.com" target="_blank">jpolansky.nfb@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MD-AtLarge] March Minutes and next meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 4:48 PM nfbmd via MD-AtLarge <<a href="mailto:md-atlarge@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">md-atlarge@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Remember the call-in number is 641-715-3272. The access code is 720125. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks to Danielle Earl for filling in and taking minutes for the March meeting. Please read the minutes below.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Minutes for the At large chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 15, 2016 </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Presidential Release was played at 7:30 PM. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NFB President made the following announcements: </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It is Read across American Day and the NFB has made a video to commemorate this day.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amazon has signed an agreement with the NFB to make their reading content accessible to the blind. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preregistration is now open and will close on May 31<sup>st</sup> for this year’s convention in Orlando, Florida from June 30<sup>th</sup> to July 5<sup>th</sup>.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You now can apply for the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship for National Convention. Deadline is April 15<sup>th.</sup> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NFB has published a book called the Power of Love, which are essays by Kenneth Jernigan.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 PM via conference call by Marguerite Woods. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There was around 15 members in attendance </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marguerite and Sharon Haskins-Brown shared their experiences and what they learned from the iPhone workshop that they attended on Wednesday, March 9<sup>th</sup> at the Library. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marguerite announced that Steve will share information about different phone Apps at an upcoming meeting.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dana spoke about the case involving Yasmin, who sued Montgomery County with the help of the NFB. The Judge ruled in her favor.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sharon Maneki gave us an update on the <a name="m_-6001732311709854186_m_1731916685485338110_OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="m_-6001732311709854186_m_1731916685485338110_OLE_LINK8"></a>bill and case regarding rights of blind parents in custody disputes.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The meeting was over at 9:10 PM. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submitted by Danielle Earl </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sharon Maneki, </b>President<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">410-715-9596<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>MD-AtLarge mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MD-AtLarge@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">MD-AtLarge@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for MD-AtLarge:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org/jpolansky.nfb%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org/jpolansky.nfb%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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