[NFBC-SFV] NFB.SFV minutes of the September meeting

Wed Sep 30 05:18:01 UTC 2020

Hi Sheila,

You did a wonderful job with the Secretary's report!

Thanks, Joy

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Sheila via NFBC-SFV
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Subject: [NFBC-SFV] NFB.SFV minutes of the September meeting

Hello everyone. 

Below is the MINUTES of our September Chapter meeting. Please let me know if
you have any corrections and/or additions that I might have missed.

Thanx. 

Best regards.

Sheila Marie B.C. 

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September 2020 Chapter meeting

The National Federation of the Blind of California

San Fernando Valley Chapter 

The meeting was called to order at 10:05 am. We began with the Pledge of
Allegiance, the NFB Pledge and the 1 minute message.

Question of the day: what was your last item ordered online? 

In attendance: 

John and Nancy Albarran, Sheila Biglang-awa - Secretary, Catherine Bliss,
Keith Cabala, Jaymee Castillo,  David and Valerie Delawder, Karen Elo,
Juanita Herrera - Vice President, Ron Hilliard - Member-At-Large,  Lindsay
Kerr, Jose Lomeli, Candace Luther,  Malik - Treasurer, Portia Mason, Lynne
Nishihara, Joe Otoole, Jo Anne Seaman,Joy Stigile, Robert Stigile - Chapter
President, Jane Suh, Julian Vargas, Sharon Watson, Rochelle Yohai. Guest -
Veronica Martinez.       

Total: 26 attendees.

25 members and 1 guest.

Announcements:

Julian discussed that the Apple is not going to announce their new phone
this month. But there will be an Apple event this Tuesday. This event is
related to the new Apple watch and  new iPad. The new iPhone 12 will be
announced next month. Stay tune on that and you will catch it on the Apple
TV and in YouTube. IOS 14 is about to come out anytime soon. Go to
www.applevis.com <http://www.applevis.com>  and you will see the breakdown
info about the IOS 14. Read about the good and the bad of this major
upgrade. 

The Android 11 came out as well for those who are Android users. Go to
android.com/11 and read about the upgrade.

Joe shared his cycling experience with the Blind Stokers Club located in
North San Diego.   For those who enjoys  being outside cycling, it's free to
join. He will send the  info in our list serve.

Another announcement that Joe made was about the Guide Dogs for the Blind.
As of Monday, they will be on the "Be My Eyes" App. You can go to this app
and log in in to work with their guide dog handlers through video. 

Nancy also added that the "Be My Eyes" app are now signing up more with
companies. Sample companies that had signed up for specialized help are:
Tide and Gain laundry detergent   and other companies that have cleaning
products. If you have any questions about those products, you can always use
this App.

Robert's first announcement was about the CAGDU (California Guide Dogs
Users) social call every Saturday at 4 pm. It is on the Zoom platform and
he'll send you the link if you are interested to join. 

He also mentioned that starting October, it is time for our renewal of the
membership. Dues are $10 and you have until January to send your payment.
After that, if you are unable to pay, you will become an inactive member.
Please get in touch with him or Malik for your membership dues. 

Robert also discussed that if you are an AIRA user, he highly recommends to
get the update that was released yesterday. 

Secretary Report 

Nancy made the motion to approve the August minutes as read. Seconded by
Lynne and the motion carries.

Treasury Report 

Malik sent  the report in our list serve

The Presidential Release

Juanita played the Presidential Release #497. For more information, please
contact Robert.

State Convention

Registration is up and running. Everyone is invited to register. It will be
on October 22ndThursday through the 25th Sunday. For full-time student, the
scholarship form is now available to apply. The deadline for this is on
October 10th and you will be notified if you are a finalist or not by
October 15th.    The convention registration deadline is October 8th. We
will also have Spanish translation offered and close captioning for the hard
of hearing or deaf participant. 

Also keep in mind if you're interested in writing a resolution, you can send
it to Brian Bashin,  Resolution Chair at  <mailto:bashin at calnfb.com>
bashin at calnfb.com. If you have any questions about resolutions, feel free to
contact him. 

You can get  all of the information for the convention at
nfbcal.org/convention. The Zoom link information  will be available at the
beginning of October in the agenda. So, stay tuned! 

Robert discussed the door prizes  through Amazon. To learn on how to do it
please reach out to him. 

State Convention auction basket.

There are 2 choices, either we can do an Amazon wish list or we can find a
basket that we can put together and have it shipped out.  Robert offered
Nancy to  handle and be in charge of it. So, Nancy asked the Chapter members
if the Amazon wish list will be a good idea. A reminder will be sent out in
this list serve for the auction basket conference call. Set date for it will
be on September 16, Wednesday  at 8 pm. 

Fundraising.

Joy discussed  a fundraiser that we can do either virtual or conference
call. She's been speaking with Marcine Campbell, a representative of
Pampered chef. She has been doing parties before with online and in person.
She had agreed to do it with us again on October 10 after our Chapter
meeting. It will be through Zoom. Juanita offered to be the Zoom host and
will send it out this week. Then Joy needs a consensus from Chapter members
as to what time. Either we can do it at 1 pm, 2 pm or3 pm. Nancy suggested 2
pm. Marcine will do a presentation for at least 30 minutes and she's open
for a question and answer after. You can call her if you need her help in
placing an order or you can do it online yourself. The link for placing
online order with the Zoom link information will be sent out in this list
serve. 

Last item in our meeting, Veronica talked about the Parents of  Blind
Children Division. jeanette  Jones is  the President of the Division and
they were going around different Chapter meetings to give out information
about the division.  If anyone is interested in joining, they meet on the
3rd Monday every month via Zoom at 7 pm. They are also in Facebook and it's
CA Parents of Blind children. They are planning to have an agenda for the
State convention. They will have the meeting with guest speaker on that
Saturday at 9 am. Dues are $5 per year if you want to be a member.
Information will be posted in the list serve. For any questions, you can
email her at veronica38maritnez at gmail.com
<mailto:veronica38maritnez at gmail.com> .

Julian made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Rochelle.  The
meeting was adjourned at 11:42 am. 

Respectfully submitted by:

Sheila Marie B.C. 

Cell: 818-404-7646

Chapter Secretary

NFB.SFV   

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