[Nfbmt] When it comes to blindness & vision impairment... January 16, 6 pm - At Large Chapter Phone Conference Meeting

[Rik James]

Thank you, Dar.
I appreciate what you posted.
We all do have so many different stories to tell.
The cane in the car door. I have had that happen a few times.
Have a great weekend.
And hello to everyone.
Rik

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Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] When it comes to blindness & vision impairment... 
January 16, 6 pm - At Large Chapter Phone Conference Meeting

Rick,
When I lived in the country as a teen, I took a tree branch to travel with.
Mother didn't want me to have a cane.
When I finally got one, it got bent shutting it in the door of a car.
I am blind, no other way of describing it.
My husband needs to get on the pogo stick calling hotels.
We will have our chapter meeting this next week and will come up with a
new set of helpers ha.
I, would like to become president again.
All dreams come true.
Keep Jim as secretary with all of the toys he loves to play with.
Jeff as activity fund raising.
Still looking for treasure, where Pam Halworth has been kind to help out.
What a trouper she is.
I'm doing well just to try to help here in Billings, with all of the
activities I am involved in away from the Federation.
Some day I will explain how I got where I am now.
Thanks for such a fun post.

Original message:
> Subjects for conversation. Subjects for investigation. Recipes for a 
> quality
> of understanding of the past, the now, and the yellow brick road to the
> future.

> Vision impairment.
> Is this a term you are comfortable with?
> Why or why not?
> When did the term first begin to be used?

> Blindness.
> How good do you feel about where you are with it?
> What is working and what is yet to be tackled, in the way of challenges.
> Are there short term and long term goals for you? Or, for your family 
> member
> or friends who are blind?

> For a  bigger picture.
> There is me, there is we, and there is the bigger us.
> Both within our Federation organization, and the bigger, the much bigger
> general public.

> What are the instruments which are your very best friends, in terms of
> employing your own skills of blindness?
> Describe them. Tell how long you have been using it.
> Tell how you came to know about it, and how to use it.

> Are there cheap solutions and expensive solutions?
> Name some good ideas that some of us may not yet have thought of?

> It is a new year.
> Here is a springboard.
> Here are seeds.
> Let's plan our garden, while the year is still so young.

> Let's teach, let's learn, let's talk, and let's have fun, too.
> Let's remember, let's imagine, and let's build.
> Both on this email discussion group and anywhere, really, I say.

> And oh, yes.
> There is a Treasure State At Large Chapter of NFB of Montana meeting, next
> Thursday, January 16, at 6 pm.
> I could use some people to call members who are not on email.
> Remember that thing they call a phone tree? Each member can take several
> names and numbers and call to inform and/or remind them of the upcoming
> meeting.
> I think now a days we are forgetting how nice it was to actually have 
> phone
> conversations. Email is great. But let's not leave anyone out, just 
> because
> they don't go for email.

> Contact me for your phone tree volunteer assignment.
> The phone conference number and access code are below.

> This message has been sent to our entire statewide NFB-MT membership list.
> All persons are welcome to participate.
> The meetings, as I see them, are to help our membership and our shared
> knowledge and familiarity with the issues of blindness flourish and grow.

> Now, let me say this, too. I may sometimes sound organized. But, alas, I 
> am
> a bit overwhelmed in our modern age of so many distractions, too. I like 
> the
> big idea, but I may forget to follow up. So, please do not hesitate to 
> call
> me and remind me of what I have overlooked or mistakenly stated. Be my
> partner, and I will keep being yours, too.

> Thank you, and Happy New Year, everyone.
> Rik James
> President, of that chapter mentioned above.
> The one  that can reach long and far across our Treasure state landscape 
> of
> the National Federation of the Blind of Montana
> I live in Bozeman, or as we call it, The Bo Zone.
> And that is NOT just because one of its long time residents is a bona fide
> Bozo.
> My phone numbers are:
> 406 586 4123 for the land line.
> 406 548 5319 for the mobile line. So you can text message this one, too.

> The Conference Number is
> 712 432 6100
> The access code # is
> 41010893
> no space
> The next meeting is Thursday, January 16 at 6 o'clock pm. Generally one 
> hour
> in length. Call me to propose items you would like to address or discuss.

> TIP of the MONTH:
> Jim Aldrich gave me a seed of an idea that I did to make it easier to call
> in to this conference.
> If, that is, you are using one of these new fangled phones, where you have
> saved phone numbers into your Contacts.

> When you put in the phone number into the Contacts, you can put in 3 
> commas
> after the phone number, and then insert the access code. The commas cause 
> a
> slight delay, and then when that computer voice asks you for your access
> code, Bingo. You get in on the fun, and it will ask you if you wanted to
> dial that number and you hit number 1 for Yes. Then Bingo again, you are 
> in
> the room. Thank you, Jim.  A nice convenience.

> It is so cool to have friends who know stuff like that. Now, I ask you.
> Isn't it fun?


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