[Nebraska-senior-blind] NFBN Senior division - final copy of August meeting minutes

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Karen & all

 

On a meeting at convention? Yeah, though I was looking at our luncheon and
following gathering to be "the meeting." Also in saying this, I would erge
that we do not spend much if any time on "business/reports" which would drag
out a sometimes "not too interesting" part of many meetings. Though, we do
need to conduct elections! (Recall, as far as I can recollect, our
convention meetings were done as I have described. MMM, unless you were
speaking of us holding a Board Meeting (which by rights, is also open to our
members)?) 

 

Thoughts any one?

 

Respectfully yours, Robert Leslie Newman

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Hi Robert Et all

 

I will send out the minutes shortly to you Robert from last night's meeting
although I think you pretty much covered it in this email! One thing though
and I may be wrong. won't we have our October meeting as a face to face
meeting sometime during convention or did you want to have another meeting
in October via phone?  Tim and I will be bringing Steve Senteny to Norfolk
but I have to leave Saturday afternoon. Steve and Tim will be leaving before
the meetings on Sunday as Tim has to be in Fort Meade, South Dakota at the
VA early on the next morning, so if we have a face to face meeting perhaps
it could be scheduled sometime between Thursday evening and Saturday
afternoon? Something to think about before next Thursdays meeting.

Also the name of the place that I spoke of where we might want to encourage
new members to come to convention is the League of Human Dignity in Lincoln.
WE have a few who participate in the Ski for Light event that have been
found through this organization. In the past years I have also noticed that
there are some low visioned or blind folks living in Independent Living
situations that also maybe interested. I will get the blurb you write and
mail to us about the Fellowship funds available from the NFBN Senior
Division in our Panhandle area and perhaps someone down in the East would
get that opportunity to other Independent Living apartments in your area???

Here is League of Human Dignity address:

League of Human Dignity, INC                      

1701 P Street                        

Lincoln, Ne 68508-1741

Also Lions Clubs often know of persons who need some support due to
blindness. I think if we want to expand our membership we need to branch out
to find these people and if we all pitch in and explore a bit we will find
and be able to offer the benefits of the NFB  to those outside of our normal
circle of communication.

.food for thought

KLem

By the way, it took me a couple hours this morning but my email is back and
hopefully working! I had connected to a different server at school when I
sub taught yesterday and for some reason when I got home it did not
automatically switch to my serving Whi-fi. Technology is a mystery to me but
sometimes I can make it work!

 

 

 

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Subject: [Nebraska-senior-blind] NFBN Senior division - final copy of August
meeting minutes

 

Hi you all

 

Last night at our monthly meeting, we found that a couple of people did not
have a copy of the meeting minutes from August (though most stated they had
received them via the normal listserv route). And so attached, here they are
again; we did listen to them during the meeting and did approve them as
read. (We can still fix anything you may find.) 

We had a good meeting. Ever Lee Harriston was very inspiring. 

 

We also spoke of matters relating to our upcoming convention. We have
decided to set aside $500.00 for assisting first-time convention-goers
(seniors) to convention. Watch for the notice and pass it around. 

 

The division Board will be meeting next week, Thursday October 1st, and will
firm up plans. Watch for informational messages coming onto this list. And
yes, we will have our October meeting on Monday the 19th. 

 

Respectfully yours, 

Robert Leslie Newman

President, NFBN Senior division 

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