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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">MINUTES:
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linn-Benton Chapter of the NFB<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>November 21, 2015 <SPAN
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to 12pm</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Present
at the meeting were;</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Arona Rosegold, Carolyn Gardner,
John Gardner, Robert Jaquiss, Kristen Jocums, Rosulyn, RJ, Sally Utt, Sara
Gelser</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1.Introductions around the table</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meeting with Sara
Gelser</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The purpose of this meeting was
3-fold.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">First, to
open an ongoing dialogue with Sara Gelser about issues pertaining to the blind.
Second, to have Sara highlight some of these issues which will be coming up in
the next legislative session. Third,we as a group, have been particularly
interested in what issues led up to the defunding of the Oregon School for the
Blind. And, how funds that would have been allocated to the School are being
used for educating blind children in Oregon.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></FONT></SPAN></B> </P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Some
issues that became clearer were;</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*The Oregon School for the Blind was
closed down for a number of reasons. Some of these were that there were only 28
children attending, and only 10 of these were blind. The school had lost its
accredation. The physical school itself was in very poor shape because they
lacked funds to make major repairs. The school was in a situation where they
could not appeal to the community for a bond measure.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*According to Oregon law, any new
text books purchased by a school with state funds must be produced in an
accessible format. Unfortunately, this won’t actually help students until new
books are purchased. </FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*Oregon’s department of education is
set up differently than in most other states. Most states have a direct line of
authority between their state department and their local school districts. Each
of Oregon’s 196 local school districts has its own autonomy in how they use
their funding. Each district makes it’s own decisions about, for example, what
text books to adopt. They do their own ordering and purchasing. There is no
statewide text book adoption process. In fact, there is no statewide working
together at all between the individual districts, and no common “pool” of
accessable technology which could be shared among various
districts.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What became very clear to all during
the meeting is that blind students need to be given appropriate tools in order
to get a decent education, and there is a huge disconnect about how to do this.
Spend funding on more TVI’s (teachers of the visually impaired) and personal
assistants, or provide up to date technology, which will be able to travel with
students throughout their schooling and on into their professional lives.
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It was a
productive meeting, and we hope to continue to have a long term dialogue to
continue to raise questions about how Oregon uses its funding for the education
of blind children.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Old Business</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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Minutes</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">There was a motion, and a second, to
accept the October minutes</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">*Treasurer’s Report</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">$150 was spent to send members to
State Convention. That left $30 in our account. Also, there will be more to add
as money collected from a raffle is counted up.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Money from this amount was used to purchase pastries and coffee for the
meeting today.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">4. New
Business</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Our next
meeting will be our Holiday Social, and will take place at Imagine Café in
Philomath. We will meet there from 2 to 5 on Saturday December 5. We will be
able to have our gathering in one of their meeting rooms, for free, and in
exchange, we will purchase drinks and pastries from them.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Looking
ahead, in January we will have our business meeting and conduct elections for
our board.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">** New
venue for our monthly meetings</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We can no longer use the MOC for our
meetings. However, we can use a meeting room at the First Alternative North
Store, located on the Northeast corner of Grant St. and 29<SUP>th</SUP> St.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For free!</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Our
January meeting will take place from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturday January 23 at
the First Alternative.</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Respectfully submitted,</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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