[Nebraska-Senior-Blind] Nebraska Senior Division Meeting Reminder - Secretary and Treasurer's Reports included

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Hi You All 

RE: Our meeting for December is TODAY! - Monday the 9th

(Note: Below are Secretary and Treasurer's reports!)

Non-members are welcome

 

Topic: Members will share holiday traditions, be they Christian, or not.
Tell us about your family's favorite dish, decoration, etc. Non-members are
welcome to join the call.

 

Contents of this message:

*When and how to get on the call

*Agenda 

*The NFB Pledge 

* Minutes and Treasurer's reports are coming

 

*#1 When and How to Get On the Call:

Date: December 9th

Time: 5:00 Pacific; 6:00 Mountain; 7:00 Central; 8:00 Eastern 

Phone: 1-712-451-0011

Access Code: 345154Pound

 

*#2 Agenda:

-First- Come to order, introductions, say our NFB pledge

 

-Second- Our sharing of holiday traditions. 

 

-Third- Secretary & Treasurers Reports

 

--OLD BUSINESS: 

-Membership- do make calls to past members who have not joined us during
recent meetings. And/or think of someone new to call and invite to join us
for this or next month's meeting.

-Any other old business you may bring

 

--NEW BUSINESS:

-Check out the attached file; a collection of topics, including guest
speakers that other senior groups have used during their meetings.

-Anything you may bring 

 

*-Finally- Brags & Drags

 

*#3 Our NFB Pledge: 

I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation
of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind;
to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its
constitution.

 

**Minutes From Last Month:

 

 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NEBRASKA SENIOR DIVISION SECRETARY's
REPORT 

Monday, November 11, 2019

 

The NFBN Senior Division met by telephone conference Monday, November 11,
2019. President Robert Newman called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM CST.
Members present were: President Robert Newman, Vice President Barbara Loos,
Secretary Linda Mentink, Treasurer Cheryl Livingston, Board Member Nancy
Oltman, Chris Boone, Gina Finnell, Brad Loos, Steve Senteney, and Jerry
Whitlow. Guests present were: Jo Boshardt from Nebraska, Bob Gardner from
Illinois, and Beth Jeffreyf Dallas. 

 

Cheryl recited the NFB Pledge. Barbara will recite it next month.

 

Beth Jeffrey, with the company Wayaround, was our guest speaker. 

Wayaround is a free app that works with Android or iPhones using near field
communication technology. It does not require the use of a camera, and it's
not difficult to do. It allows your phone to communicate with Waytags which
are about the size of a postage stamp. 

Information is not stored on the tags, but in the cloud. The information can
be accessed by whatever setting you have on your phone. It was developed by
two visually impaired architects. They started out with home and office
products for labeling items in your pantry, clothes so you know what color
they are and how to wash and dry them, CD's, or anything that needs to be
labeled. These are private tags, meaning that only you can access the
information with your phone. They have just recently launched public tags,
which allow businesses, museums, universities, etc. to create tags which can
be accessed by the public. Any information can be used on either tag. You
can store a lot of information on each tag, and access it in chunks,
depending on what you want to know. The information can be changed and
edited. They recommend that the public tags be about 48 inches from the
ground so that wheelchair users can access them. You have to be touching the
tag with the tag reader, which is on the top of the iPhone, and in different
places on Android devices. You will get a vibration and a tone when you have
found the tag. The private tags come in two-hole buttons, magnets, clips,
oval-hole buttons, and round and square stickers. The round stickers cannot
be used on metal. Public tags are the same, but they usually use the on
metal tags because of door frames having metal in them. You can get a
starter pack which gives you an assortment so that you can try them out. The
stickers should not be removed because the antenna could be damaged. You
write and rewrite using the app. Each tag will hold about two pages of
print. When you create a tag, they call it a detail type, so the very first
thing that comes up is a description. 

Then there's a detail type, and when you click on that it's a picker type.
You can pick clothing care, and when you click on that, there will be other
options like sorting, washing instructions, drying instructions, etc. There
are many detail types, so you can be as specific as you want to be. The home
and office products tags average about a dollar each. Brad and Barbara use
some on food, but Barbara mostly uses them on teashirts so that she knows
what is on them or what color they are. Wayaround is working on reaching out
to places which serve visually impaired people, and a web base where you can
get on your computer and update your tags. They have gotten positive
feedback from owners of museums, zoos, and other cultural venues, who are
wanting their places to be more accessible. Beth answered more questions we
had, and asked us where we would like to see public tags. We suggested
medical complexes, appointment cards, wilderness parks, and prescriptions.
They are working on some of these already. 

Beth gave her contact information as follows: Beth Jeffrey, Wayaround, Cell
(972) 571-9359. The website is www.wayaround.com. 

 

Barbara thanked everyone for asking questions.

 

Linda read the October Secretary's Report. It will be made a part of the
record of the organization.

 

Cheryl read the Treasurer's Report as follows:

 

Treasurer's Report Senior Division

Monday, November 11, 2019

Beginning Balance 1204.33

Expenses

PAC for November 15.00

Deposits

None

Ending Balance 1189.33

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Livingston, Treasurer

It will be made a part of the financial record of the organization.

 

Robert asked what kind of speaker or topic we would like for next 

month. He has a list of topics from other Senior Divisions, which he 

will send to our Nebraska listserv.

 

The videos have not been done yet because Bonnie hasn't been able to 

drive. She is driving now, so Robert will see if they can get them 

done after Thanksgiving. Bonnie is still struggling with flexibility 

and movement, but is improving.

 

Gina suggested that next month we share a special Christmas recipe. 

Chris suggested a Christmas tradition. We will share traditions, 

recipes or memories.

 

Nancy reported that she is keeping in contact with Edie, who is 

overwhelmed right now.

 

BRAGS AND DRAGS. Nancy had a chance to go with Kimberly to the public
library last Thursday night, where Kimberly read PEDRO THE OCTOPUS. She also
mentioned that Kimberly Sherbarth and Chris Boone have applied for the two
open positions on the Commission Board, and suggested that we call the
Governor's office and tell them those are really two good people to be on
the Commission Board. Nancy will send the necessary information to our
listserv.

 

Brad explained the procedure he went through to get rid of some kidney
stones. They put him to sleep and used ultrasound to break them up, which
they call a lithotripsy. They only did the right kidney; he may have the
left one done in January. He is doing well. Since our meeting was on
Veterans Day, we thanked him for His service.

 

Linda's uncle passed away on the third. A friend drove her to the funeral.
It was good to see her cousins and their families again, and to get a phone
number she didn't have.

 

Chris got a call from a friend who used to work for her in Michigan. He was
putting on a conference in Missouri called the Children's Vision Summit,
education and rehabilitation for transition-aged kiddos. She got to present
down there. There also was another friend there from Kalamazoo.

 

There was no further business, so we wished each other a happy Thanksgiving
and adjourned at 8:40 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Mentink, Secretary

 

**Treasurer's Report Senior Division

Monday, December 9, 2019

Beginning Balance      1189.33

Expenses

PAC for                           15.00

Deposits

Dues - Steve Senteney       10.50         

Ending Balance           1184.83

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Livingston, Treasurer

 

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