[Nfb-kzoo] Fw: Some important topics to discuss

[J.J. Meddaugh]

I'm fine with going to your house. We could always share a cab if we had to 
or perhaps this is my excuse to finally figure out County Connect?
I will be gone for most of the week after Christmas so anything up until the 
23rd would work for me.


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J.J. Meddaugh
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyler Merren" <twmerren at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:49 AM
Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Fw: Some important topics to discuss


> Hi Everyone,
> Tim, that's totally fine, attendence is not necessarily the issue, just 
> clarity and communication, so that's not a problem for me.  I think that 
> Christine meant to send this message to the list, so see it below.  I 
> would personally enjoy having a get together either at Doug and 
> Christine's or a restaurant, either would be fine with me.  Christine, 
> just let us know which you prefer here.  As far as Leanne and I are 
> concerned, we would probably take metro van anyway, so the location would 
> not be a problem.
>
> Thanks for the responses, and hopefully we can get the fine details worked 
> out, :)
> Tyler
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Boone, Christine (LARA)
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:34 AM
> To: Tyler Merren ; Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com ; Bishop, Rachel
> Subject: RE: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss
>
> Hi All:
> First I want to offer humble apologies for not having attended the 
> November meeting.  I failed to mention this at any previous meetings, but 
> it is generally the custom of NFB chapters to suspend the chapter meeting 
> that immediately follows the State convention.  As ours came only a little 
> more than a week following convention, I just had it in my head that we 
> would not meet.  This is not an excuse, and I am sorry.
>
> Having said all of that, I think that we should bag our December meeting 
> and have a party.  I would offer to host, but we live way off the bus line 
> (we moved here when our daughter was 16 and so she was priority #1 and we 
> wanted to live near her school and the choice of school determined where 
> we landed in this area.  And there was virtually no bus service in Portage 
> at that time.   Anyway that's a ramble, but suffice it to say that we live 
> way out by Texas Corners and it would be costly for most of you to get 
> there.  I will still check in with Doug and see what he thinks about our 
> hosting, but I am asking all to be honest about whether such a long trip 
> out would deter you from coming.  As we would be hosting, Doug would not 
> be driving.  .
>
> It would be delightful to share some conviviality during the holiday 
> season. I am thinking that we could still meet somewhere like a restaurant 
> or club house instead, if someone knows of one that is cozy and available, 
> and on a bus line besides.  Since the time leading up to Christmas day is 
> so packed and going by so fast, is there interest in meeting some evening 
> during Christmas week?  We could have a party for Boxing Day on December 
> 26th?
>
> What say you all?
> Christine
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Merren [mailto:twmerren at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:55 AM
> To: Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com; Boone, Christine (LARA); Bishop, Rachel
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss
>
> Hi NFBers
> I hope everyone recieved the email Leanne sent out a few days ago, if not,
> the message is below.  I suppose that if I don't hear from the group 
> within
> the next few days, then I wil lbe canceling the December functions, 
> assuming
> that everyone is too busy to attend.  Let me know if this is incorrect.
>
> Take care and have a Merry Christmas,
> Tyler Merren
> President of the NFB of Kalamazoo
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tyler and Leanne Merren
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:05 PM
> To: Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com ; Boone, Christine (DELEG) ; Bishop, Rachel
> Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss
>
> Hi all,
> Hope this email finds you all well.  Our president has asked me to compose
> an email for him to address a few topics.  He is busy finishing up his 
> last
> semester of college and preparing for finals so he is crunched for time at
> the moment...
>
> Email list: I am not sure how to subscribe people to the list but you can
> subscribe your email address on the website.  The address given at the
> bottom of the list emails is
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-kzoo_nfbnet.org
> Let us know if that doesn't work and we will see what we need to do to get
> people subscribed.
>
> Previous meeting: Attendance at our November meeting was quite low.  While
> we realize that everyone in our chapter is busy and has other obligations,
> we need to all remember to be responsible to the other members and let 
> them
> know if we will not be attending a meeting.  This is especially important 
> if
> you are a board member, because if the meeting is not productive, it can 
> be
> rather costly for some people with transportation, food, babysitting, etc.
> So please be courteous and contact someone on the board to let them know 
> if
> you will be missing a meeting.  If not enough board members are available,
> it may be most beneficial to hold a phone conference instead.
>
> Meeting on December 15: We would like to know how many people plan to 
> attend
> this meeting.  Tyler and I have a conflict that evening because there is a
> gathering for the Michigan Blind Athletic Association that same evening 
> and
> Tyler is also a board member with that organization.  So please let us 
> know
> if you will make the meeting so we can decide if the meeting will take
> place.
>
> Christmas party: We did not discuss plans for a Christmas party at our
> November meeting due to the low attendance.  In past years, one of our
> chapter members has offered their home and hospitality for a Christmas
> gathering and it has been a lot of fun.  This usually took place instead 
> of
> a December meeting.  I can say that with Tyler's graduation and my
> responsibilities as a youth goalball coach (among others), we will not be
> available to host, but we might be able to attend.  So if anyone else 
> would
> like to throw a Christmas gathering at their home, or if the group would
> prefer to have a little celebration in collaboration with our December
> meeting, please throw out your ideas and we'll see what we can do.  I hope
> we can put something together.  It would be our preference to cancel the
> meeting and do a Christmas party instead, but that depends on whether
> someone is willing to host.
>
> We look forward to hearing some thoughts from all of you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Leanne Merren
> Secretary, NFB of Kalamazoo
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