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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hope everyone’s keeping safe and staying healthy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is the June minutes. Please let me know if you have any corrections and/oradditions .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanx. <o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JUNE, 2020 minutes of the meeting <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of California<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>San Fernando Valley Chapter <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Question for the day: What do you like to do for 4<sup>th</sup> of July?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In attendance: Total 28.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>27 members and1 guest. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rochelle Yohai, Sharon Watson, Julian Vargas, Jane Suh, Robert Stigile – Chapter President, Joy Stigile, Julie <u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563C1'>Skujins, Jo Anne Seaman, Joe Otoole, Lynne Nishihara, Portia Mason, Jose Lomeli, </span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Lindsay Kerr, Betsy Estrada, Tiffanny Johnson, Ron Hilliard – Member-At-Large, Juanita Herrera – Vice President, Karen Elo, David and Valerie Delawder, Jaymee Castillo, Keith Caballa, Sheila Biglang-awa – Secretary, Terry Almy, John and Nancy Albarran. Malik – Treasurer and Rebecca Carlson – guest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Announcements:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Joe announced AIRSLA a podcast / free Android and iPhone application with their website airsla.org. They launched a telephone reader program that has a phone number that you can share for some people that are not technical sabby with smartphones and that they can just call in and listen to different articles. It’s a free download and definitely available if you want to keep up with the news. Information will be shared in the list serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Julian announced Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) will happen on June 22<sup>nd</sup> at 10 am. They will relay the newest version of IOS which the IOS 14. coming in September. You can watch it on any Apple device. Just go on Safari and go to the Apple’s site. And if you have an Apple TV, just click on Apple events. Julian also added that for those who are Android users, Android 11 just got released as a beta for anyone who wants to participate. You can actually sign up for their beta program to download and test it. This company will introduce multi-touch gestures where the Android 11 might have the ability to finger tap like what we have in the IOS devices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jo Anne now has a new email address: <a name="_Hlk44415281"></a><a href="mailto:joanneseaman48@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'>joanneseaman48@gmail.com</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Robert announced the BELL Program (Braille Enrichment for Learning Literacy) will have 3 sessions. The first one will start on Monday and the 2<sup>nd session will be on June 22nd through July 3rd. The last session will be on July </sup>27<sup>th</sup> till the first Friday of August. The BELL Coordinator of California is looking for mentors. This person who would sign up as a mentor will spend half an hour a day with the family during the 2 week session. The mentor will be answering questions about blindness. This would help the family and the blind child through their lessons that they’re working on via Drop Box. Robert is asking the members who would like to participate and be a mentor. You have to get a background check before you can be approve. Let him know right after the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>His next announcement is that next week is the National Deaf Blind Awareness week. They will have an accessible live stream of the “Feeling through experience” on June 25<sup>th</sup>. You have to register at feelingthorugh.com.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Secretary’s Report<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Julian made a motion to approve the May minutes as submitted. Seconded by Jaymee and the motion carries. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Treasury’s Report<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Malik read the balances but he doesn’t have the detailed report.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Beginning balance: $6432.17. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Total balance after deposits and withdrawals: $6742.77.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>He will email the Month of May detailed report right after the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>National Convention 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Robert announced that if you have not registered, you can go to nfb.org/convention. Register by June 15<sup>th</sup> and you will be eligible for the $300 prize. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>He also said that our Chapter Board had decided to give an amount of $1000 as donation for the convention. With the convention registration, California had 183 people registered as of Tuesday June 8<sup>th</sup>. Total nationwide registration is 3300 people. This would be our first online / virtual convention via Zoom. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Agenda will be out on June 25<sup>th</sup> on the list serve. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For the Jernigan raffle, typically the National organization helps by providing funds to people who are new to the convention. This year they are doing an online portion by you purchasing tickets and this will allow you to join the contest to possible win a trip to the National Convention next year. If you win, you would receive 2 round trip plane tickets, hotel accommodation and a $1000 cash. You can go to the website nfb.org/convention and go to “give 20”. And you will see several different programs. Fill up a form and use your credit card and purchase however many tickets you want. Put a note on the form that you are joining for the Jernigan funds and you will be entered into the drawing for the raffle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For any questions, you can call Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Leslie Mcneil and Vicki Preddy from </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'>vanda pharmaceutical </span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0563C1'> and </span></u></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>are both registered nurses who joined our call to discuss and share information about NON-24. The actual term is NON-24 Sarcadian Sleep Disorder. The company that she works for has an extensive research on non-24 to help blind community and that you might have heard it in some TV commercials. Her goal as a nurse is to really increase awareness about non-24 because it has been low. She’s open for you to ask if you have any questions At the end of her presentation. Or if you want more information to be mailed to you and / or if you want your health care provider to know about it, she will take your name and phone number and call you privately. Or if you prefer, you can call her and her contact number: 2028531091. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Next, Robert discussed the President Mark Riccobono’s open letter to the members that he read in the Presidential Release and Robert sent it out on the list serve about the “Black lives matter”. It was actually a happy hour / social committee meeting conference call where him and Joy attended and that the people who attended discussed the things that needs to take place on how an organization are for people who are Black and that how we as an organization Had come along way because we have Black people that are in the National Board now versus back in the old days that there were none. President Marc also emphasized more on the saying: love conquers hate. Robert discussed a couple of issues and had opened the floor for members to give their input. Sharon, Jo Anne, Keith, Ron, Nancy, Julian, Terry and a few had come forth and shared what they feel and think about the current Nation’s issue. At the end, Robert wanted to make it clear if you come across someone that is being discriminatory or anything that is not appropriate, the National Board is asking to try to get their name and State where they’re from because they are really cracking down on this things. They will make it appoint that this person will not come back to the next convention.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Robert reminded everyone about our Friday hangout social call at 7 pm. We’ll have our Chapter meeting on July 11<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>And if you haven’t registered for the National convention, you have till Monday June 15<sup>th</sup>. Contact Robert if you need help in registering. He will send out the agenda for the convention on the list serve. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Terry made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Betsy. The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 am.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Respectfully submitted: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sheila Marie B.C. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cell: 818.404.7646<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Chapter Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>NFB.SFV <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span> </span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk44415281'></span><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>