[Nebraska-senior-blind] January Meeting Minutes
Linda Mentink
mentink at frontiernet.net
Mon Feb 13 13:15:09 UTC 2017
Hi All,
I'm reposting the minutes of our January meeting. Robert
accidentally posted the wrong document. Here's the one we'll use
for tonight's meeting. The attachment has some links to National
Braille Press which Robert had originally asked me to insert. I
didn't know where to insert them, since we didn't talk about it
at the meeting. Robert hasn't gotten back to me as to whether I
should leave it all
in, and if so, where it should be put. Maybe we'll know by
tonight?
Blessings,
Linda
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NEBRASKA SENIOR DIVISION
MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 9, 2017
The National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska Senior Division
met by telephone conference on Monday, January 9, 2017.
President Robert Newman called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM
CST. Present were: President Robert Newman, Vice President
Barbara Loos, Secretary Linda Mentink, Treasurer Cheryl
Livingston, Board Member Nancy Oltman, Walt Hively, Brad Loos,
and Steve Sentiney. Guests: Janet Coleman, Della Johnston and
Warren Bennet.
Brad recited the NFB Pledge. Steve will recite it next month.
Linda read the December, 2016, meeting minutes which were
submitted by Robert. Barbara moved, Nancy seconded, that the
minutes be approved as corrected. The motion carried.
Cheryl gave the treasurer's report. There were no deposits. Our
only expense was our $10 PAC, leaving a balance of $765.53. She
will make a deposit from B Canes before our next meeting.
Barbara moved, Nancy seconded, that the report be accepted. The
motion carried. Robert asked about increasing our PAC. Barbara
moved, Cheryl seconded, that we increase it to $15. The motion
carried. Steve asked about dues and the PAC plan. Cheryl, Nancy
and Barbara explained different aspects. PAC is an acronym for
preauthorized contribution. Barbara mentioned that Nebraska
usually ranks 7th or 8th in the country.
Robert would like to have a discussion some time about the
organization and all that it does. Barbara suggested Amy Buresh,
our state president. Robert will ask her which month she could
be our presenter.
Member Updates: Robert mentioned that Gene Gillette has not been
with us lately because he is taking care of his mother who is
ill. Gina Finnell has been having health issues, and had surgery
on the day of our last meeting.
Goals for 2017: Barbara mentioned transportation state wide, and
said that the Mobility Management Committee to which she has been
appointed has not met yet. She asked that some of us check out
two websites for accessibility: http://nebraskatransit.com AND
http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov. Robert will send those
URLs to the Nebraska list. Comments about them should be sent to
Kari Ruse and to Barbara. We should continue to meet with people
in our localities to see what's available. We could possibly
work with state wide entities such as Lions Clubs, but we need to
be sure that we have some kind of continuity with them. Della
said that, if we are going to work on a specific program, we need
to think about using that program. Nancy asked about Lift.
Barbara stated that Lyft and Uber are available to go out of
state. It's expensive to travel that way. Each has an app for
the iPhone for making arrangements and payments. Users also need
an email address and a credit card.
Our philosophical discussion was on traveling and being put
somewhere and told to stay there, which we don't necessarily want
to do. Often we are put in a wheelchair or taken to an elevator
rather than a closer escalator. Sometimes it works to politely
stand our ground. They are not allowed to take away our canes.
Brags and Drags: Barbara shared that she and Brad are in the
Explorers group for AIRA, so they will be able to update us on
that technology.
Different apps were mentioned that take pictures and tell colors.
Della suggested that, since we were up against the time clock, we
put a "to be continued" on this conversation. The meeting
adjourned at 8:43.
Respectfully Submitted,
Linda Mentink, Secretary
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