[NFB-DB] Meetings at NFB National Events

Tue Jan 30 21:57:05 UTC 2024

I don’t know if anyone has any thoughts about attending the great gathering in remotely versus in person. Since I arrived to Washington late last night, I was able to stream part of the great gathering in, and it was very accessible. This could be a potential option, if you want to gain more access to the meeting, granted, you are in a quiet enough environment. 
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 30, 2024, at 4:28 PM, Kat Bottner via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> This includes us, the fact that people are struggling to hear at the great gathering in, and the mock meetings at the Washington seminar is a huge issue. The springs the issue further at national convention as well.
> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2024, at 4:16 PM, Maurice Mines <mmines at mauricemines.org> wrote:
>>> 
>> Hi  the  issues that  Mikel brother up are  being talked and will  be fixed. The  Volunteer SSP training is  on 070324 at 10:00 AM and  the  Division meeting is  on 0705 from 1-5 PM. HTH  Maurice A. Mines.
>> 
>> Please  continue to  ask questions, but  remember our  focus is  the  Deaf Blind Federationest. 
>> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2024, at 16:37, Kat Bottner via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I too am happy to help with this effort in anyway that people see fit.
>>> Thanks
>>> Kat
>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 30, 2024, at 11:19 AM, Misty Kienzynski via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>> As a person with (currently) only mild hearing loss, I am still in complete support of all DeafBlind members of this organization as well as all with any disability other than blindness.
>>>> 
>>>> It is my belief that our organization needs to do far better in being inclusive of all people with multiple marginalizations.
>>>> 
>>>> That said, at least within my state of Indiana, I have been advocating for the inclusion of A (for Accessibility) into our DEI efforts. After all, there can be no true diversity, equity and inclusion without accessibility for all, and you’d think that our organization of all organizations would understand and seek to implement that. Nevertheless, I feel I hav received some resistance for even bringing this up. Still, I do hope at least this idea reaches the national level. I know it is a small step, but it may also encourage all within the organization to live up to this ideal.
>>>> 
>>>> Just some thoughts from an ally.
>>>> —
>>>> 
>>>> Ms. Misty D. Kienzynski
>>>> 
>>>> Treasurer 
>>>> 
>>>> Membership Chair
>>>> 
>>>> Historian
>>>> 
>>>> National Federation of the Blind—Indiana Affiliate
>>>> 
>>>> Phone: 812-381-0073
>>>> 
>>>> E-mail: mkienzyn at alumni.iu.edu
>>>> 
>>>> Twitter: @AuroraNebulosa
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem. — L. Annaeus Seneca
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2024, at 3:11 PM, Michael Forzano via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm currently in the legislative session at Washington seminar. There is no mic being used for questions from the audience. The only way to ask a question is to shout out and hope you're heard. The presenters try to repeat the questions but sometimes they are long and sometimes even they can't hear the question being asked. This has been a problem at every NFB national event I have attended, including some division meetings at national convention. I think we should take this issue on as a division and advocate for more inclusive meetings for those of us who are deaf blind. It's truly frustrating that we can't get such a basic thing right.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Curious to hear others' thoughts on this.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Mike
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> NFB-DB mailing list
>>>>> NFB-DB at nfbnet.org
>>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-DB:
>>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-db_nfbnet.org/mkienzyn%40alumni.iu.edu
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NFB-DB mailing list
>>>> NFB-DB at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-DB:
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-db_nfbnet.org/kat.bottner%40gmail.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> NFB-DB mailing list
>>> NFB-DB at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-DB:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-db_nfbnet.org/mmines%40mauricemines.org
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> NFB-DB mailing list
> NFB-DB at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-DB:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-db_nfbnet.org/rockyhart1221%40gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfb-db_nfbnet.org/attachments/20240130/f27e5b4c/attachment.html>