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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please note—Ed Godfrey and Angela Perone invite all to attend this informative meeting. Be well and be safe. Ellen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Subject:</b> National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey: Minutes from the June 6, 2020 Diabetic Committee Meeting and Agenda for the Meeting on Thursday, September 3 at 8:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>From the Desk of Ed Godfrey, Chairman of the Diabetic Committee, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Submitted by Ellen Sullivan, Affiliate Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Greetings to All!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Here are the minutes from the June 6, 2020 Diabetic Committee meeting as well as the agenda for the Thursday, September 3, 2020 meeting at 8:00 p.m. by conference call<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Call: 605 468 8005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Code: 460994<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>NFBNJ Diabetic committee meeting was called to order by Committee chair Ed Godfrey at 1:50 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Members and guest in attendance:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Committee Chair: Ed Godfrey, Co-Chair Angela Perone, State president Joe Ruffalo, Ward Biondi, Cynthia Jones, Sandra Ford, Harvey and Linda Levine, Don Wardlow, and guest Lester Cameron.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>The following issues were discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>1. Ed and Angela welcomed all to the meeting we also welcomed new member Sandra Ford who is a member of the Garden State Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>2. Jocelyn was supposed to give a presentation on prediabetes. However, she had a doctor’s appointment and had to cancel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>3. NFBNJ Affiliate President Joe Ruffalo talked to us about the following issues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>a. NFB National Convention to be held on July 14 through July 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>b. NFBNJ State Convention which will be held on November 5 through 8. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>c. Joe also talked about the three town hall meetings held on May 23 with Dr. Davis from the Commission for the Blind (CBVI); June 24 Book Share meeting and the June 30 Local Transportation meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>d. Joe also talk to us about accessible voting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>e. There are Lyft codes available through the end of June. Contact Linda Melendez for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>4. As we had no formal topic this month, Members and guest shared personal feelings dealing with the corona virus. Some in the group shared their frustrations with controlling their diabetes, difficulty in not being able to get out and exercise, diet, and weight gain and even feelings of depression during this tough time. Lester told the group that even his guide dog was affected from not getting out enough. Lester also said that if anyone needed someone to talk to, they could call him at 1-470-253-7186 . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>5. Ed shared information from an email sent around by Jane regarding a books available from The Library for the Blind, called Managing Diabetes DB98915. The talking book and braille center is not distributing books at this time. This prompted a discussion as to how we can acquire this book as well as how we can distribute books and our monthly minutes. Some of our members do not have access to a computer and still others are either unfamiliar with the procedure for downloading books from the library for the blind. I suggested perhaps we could copy books and convert the minutes into audio format and copy them to a thumb drive. Angela said that perhaps we should use some of the money that is being held by the state to purchase thumb drives. While we did not know whether we could make a motion as a committee Angela made a motion to allocate up to $200 for the purchase of thumb drives. The motion was seconded by Harvey and passed. Angela said that she would talk to Jane about purchasing thumb drives. Ed said that he would talk to State President Joe Ruffalo for the procedure for acquiring thumb drives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>6. Finally, the group decided to have our next meeting on our regular time of Thursday, September 3 at 8:00 P. M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>7. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 P. M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Notes written by Angela Perone, Co-Chair Diabetic Committee, NFBNJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Thanks to Lester for making the reminder calls!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Minutes reviewed and submitted by Ed Godfrey Chairman Diabetic Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>NFBNJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Agenda for the Thursday, September 3 meeting at 8:00 P. M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Call: 605 468 8005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Code: 460994<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>1. Welcome Ed Godfrey and Angela Perone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>2. Role call<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>3. NFB pledge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>4. Notes from the NFB National Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>5. NFBNJ State Convention update<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>6. Presidential release information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>7. Continue discussion on getting books and minutes from last meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>8. Jocelyn presenting topic on Prediabetes. What is it and how to prevent it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>9. National and state diabetes Listservs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>10. Adjourn <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Here are the links for the New Jersey and National listservs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>New Jersey diabetic Listserv<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'><a href="https://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nj-diabetes-division_nfbnet.org">https://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nj-diabetes-division_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>National Diabetic Action Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'><a href="https://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org">https://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>