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Here are edited draft minutes of our July meeting.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
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July 2022 At Large Chapter Minutes<br><br>
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The At Large Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
was called to order by Present Dave Andrews at 7:05 PM on
07/17/2022<br><br>
Minutes from meeting on 06/19/2022 were approved as read.<br><br>
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Stephen Larson and new attendee Ron Poire briefly presented background
information on himself, Questions/comments were posed by chapter members
following their presentation.<br><br>
Several members of the At Large chapter attended the NFB National
Convention, either in-person in New Orleans or remotely. This was the
first in-person convention since 2019, and those in New Orleans reported
that it resembled previous gatherings before the pandemic despite the
COVID 19 outbreak. <br><br>
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Ø Over 1,400 members attended remotely, while over 2,500 attended
in person.<br><br>
Ø Minnesota’s in-person delegation was about 75 percent of its size
as the 2019 convention<br><br>
Ø The convention passed an amendment to the NFB National
constitution.<br><br>
Ø All resolutions brought to the convention passed, including a
policy statement on the effectiveness of audio description.<br><br>
Ø All who attended in-person seemed to enjoy the festivities at the
banquet<br><br>
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Following this discussion, several members discussed various types of
braille related issues, including braille transcription/
translation software.<br><br>
Other business:<br><br>
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Elections of chapter officers were held with the following
results:<br><br>
Ø President, Dave Andrews<br><br>
Ø Vice-President, Dale Heltzer<br><br>
Ø Secretary, Rocky Hart All officers will serve a one year term.
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Dave revisited the issue of playing the presidential release at chapter
meetings and asked whether it should be played following adjournment of
the monthly meeting via the Zoom platform or simply listed as a
link in the chapter minutes for that meeting. Consensus was that the link
to the release is to be listed in the minutes.<br><br>
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Jeff Kubas asked several technology related questions which chapter
members were able to answer.<br><br>
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM<br><br>
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August 2022 Presidential Release link: <br><br>
<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2022-08/presidential_release_518_august_2022_chapter_version.mp3">
https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2022-08/presidential_release_518_august_2022_chapter_version.mp3</a>
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Next meeting: 8/21/2022 <br>
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Respectfully submitted,<br><br>
Rocky Hart<br><br>
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