[Nebraska-Senior-Blind] 2020 Annual Meeting Secretary's ReportCorrected

Thu Mar 24 23:31:49 UTC 2022

I copied it as Barbara said it.  They were planning to take it to 
the association.

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Secretary's ReportCorrected

Linda, I did see one small error.  When you were talking about 
the video
about the coffee and talking to the organization of activities 
directors, I
think you used the word taking rather than talking.  I think this 
was in the
paragraph right after my treasurers report.  You might want to 
check that
again and perhaps make the change.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 6:19 PM Linda Mentink via 
Nebraska-Senior-Blind <
nebraska-senior-blind at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi All,

 I corrected the spelling of Dr.  Maurer's last name and added
 last names of participants the first time they are mentioned.  I
 hope I caught them all.  Please let me know if I need to change
 anything.  Thanks, and sorry for the lateness of my getting this
 done!

 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NEBRASKA SENIOR DIVISION
 ANNUAL MEETING SECRETARY'S REPORT

 Friday, October 23, 2020

 The NFBN Senior Division Annual Meeting was held via Zoom on
 Friday, October 23, 2020.  President Robert Newman called the
 meeting to order at 4:33 PM.

 Vice President Barbara Loos read the meeting agenda.

 Many recited our NFB Pledge.  Dr.  Marc Maurer said that the
 Pledge was first adopted by the Federation in 1974.  It was
 printed on the back of the membership cards that were issued in
 those days.

 All 17 attendees introduced themselves, beginning with our guest
 presenters.

 Dr.  Maurer, our Immediate National Past President, was our 
first
 presenter.  He shared a lot about our history and the many ways
 we have changed opportunities for the blind over the years, both
 nationally and internationally.  Now we are thinking about how 
to
 change opportunities for blind seniors.  He likes our future
 history because we can sit around in meetings like this and
 decide what it's going to be.  Robert asked him if there is
 anything special that he sees for seniors.  He said that we need
 to invent what it means to be a senior as a blind person, and 
how
 we go about it, and what techniques are needed, so that we don't
 spend our time in the old folks home or in the care facility.

 Our second presenter was Peggy Chong, the Blind History Lady.
 She shared the story of Frank Edgecomb, a newspaper man from
 Geneva, Nebraska.  He was born in 1864, and became blind later 
in
 life.

 Duncan Larsen, Director of Senior Services at the Colorado 
Center
 for the Blind, was our third presenter.  She shared the history
 of the senior program which was started by Ray McGeorge.  They
 started with one monthly support group, which then became a
 weekly group with home visits.  They now have three weekly
 groups.  They have two one-week Seniors in Charge programs each
 year where seniors come to the center for training.  They have
 training in cane travel, Braille, technology and home 
management.
 During COVID they are doing virtual weekly groups, and are not
 holding trainings at the center.  There are senior programs at
 the Louisiana Center for the BLIND and Blind Inc.  Duncan's 
dream
 is to see staff from the three NFB centers come together and do
 an in-person program for seniors.  We are seen around the 
country
 as experts in the field of blindness, and are called on by
 professionals for our expertise in blindness.  Bob Burns asked
 what it would take to do something like that here.  We could do
 it if we had the facilities and a staff person or two.  They
 receive funding from Older Independent Blind money and the area
 Agency on Aging.

 Robert shared a little about the National Seniors retreat that
 was going on and mentioned the retreats that had been taking
 place at Rocky Bottom in South Carolina.

 Linda Mentink read the 2019 Secretary's Report.  There were no
 additions or corrections, so it will be made a part of the
 permanent record of the organization.

 Cheryl Livingston read the Treasurer's Report as follows:

 Senior Division Annual Report

 October 1, 2019-SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 Beginning Balance October 1, 2019 $1205.33

 Expenses PAC Plan $180

 Convention Assistance $150

 Division Dues $95

 Total Expenses $425

 Income: Division Dues $190

 Sale of Clickers $14

 Miscellaneous Donation $.50

 Total Income: $204.50

 Ending Balance September 30, 2020 $984.83

 Respectfully submitted,

 Cheryl Livingston, Treasurer

 There were no questions.  The report will be made a part of the
 financial record of the organization.  Robert mentioned that we
 need to get our dues paid by our next division meeting, which
 will be Monday, November 9.  It will be a joint meeting with New
 Mexico.  He will put a post about paying dues on our listserv.

 ELECTIONS.  Chris Boone moved, Jo Boshart seconded, that we
 extend the terms of all of our current officers to two years,
 which would carry the elections forward until October of 2021.
 The motion carried.

 Barbara mentioned that they started the "coffee video" for 
taking
 to the Association of Activities Directors.  They got as far as
 having a script and talking to someone about doing some 
videoing.
 COVID happened, and that put a total stoppage to it.

 Barbara moved, Brad seconded, that we give a scholarship next
 year.  The motion carried.

 Barbara explained the NLS eReader that she is testing from
 HumanWare.

 Jeff Altman mentioned a free app he found called Lazerillo for
 traveling.

 Barbara and Robert really like the Orbit Writer.

 Barbara mentioned that AIRA and Wayaround, the two things she
 showed last year, are now working together in a partnership.

 We adjourned at 6:27 PM.

 Respectfully submitted,

 Linda Mentink, Secretary
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