[Nfbsatx] September Meeting Minutes

Peter Donahue pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net
Sun Nov 15 20:51:29 UTC 2009


Hello everyone,

    Here is the corrected URL for those wishing to view the minutes online 
or download them for off-line viewing. The correct URL is:

http://www.nfbsatx.org/members/minutes/min09_09.shtml

        This was Mary's first attempt at entering a URL in to an email 
message. She needs a big round of applause for giving  the old college try. 
Talk to you all later.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Donahue" <braille at sbcglobal.net>
To: <nfbsatx at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: [Nfbsatx] September Meeting Minutes


Good afternoon everyone,

Below this message is a copy of the September minutes. Later today, you will
be able to view these same minutes at
http://www.nfbsatx.org/members/minutes/min0909.shtml, or download them in
ASCII, Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or electronic Braille formats. For now,
here is the text. Here's hoping you all are having a great Sunday!

Mary Donahue, Interim Chapter Secretary

SECRETARY'S REPORT

NFB OF TEXAS

San Antonio Chapter

September 19, 2009



            President Jos`e Martinez called the meeting to order at 1:13
P.M. Maria Carreras was introduced as a guest. Therefore, six people were
present-five members and one guest.



            The Chapter listened to Presidential Release #376, which
summarized Meet the Blind Month Louis Braille coin activities, the Google
law suit, and the Braille Readers Are Leaders 2009-2010 contest, which this
year includes a contest for adults.



            President Martinez explained the problems with the accessibility
of Google.



            The Sam's Club Fund-raising and Meet the Blind Month activity is
still not determined. The membership agreed to have the event on a Saturday.



            The Chapter game night will take place Friday, September 25, at
the apartment of Cindy Garcia and Sarah Litzler, 6130 Ingraham Road,
Apartment 1901, from six o'clock to nine o'clock P.M. or until whenever a
game concludes.



            President Martinez is working with the national office to have
the Chapter sell the Louis Braille coin. So far, the coins have been
ordered, but are not here. There is a Tejano Fest on October 17 with a free
booth to sell Louis Braille coins. Discussion followed about whether to have
the October meeting or not. Because of the state convention, the Sam's Club
event, and the Tejano Fest, it was decided not to have the October meeting.
The next meeting is scheduled for November 21. The Tejano Fest will take
place at 1305 East Houston Street.



            The state convention will take place October 23-25 at the Crown
Plaza Hotel, 111 East Pecan Street, in downtown San Antonio. The last day to
make hotel reservations is Friday, September 25. Discussion followed about
the state convention for Maria Carreras' benefit.



            Because there are only proof coins available, only 20 coins can
be sold. 176,000 coins have been sold already. 400,000 have to be sold by
December 31. The proceeds go toward national Braille literacy programs. If
400,000 coins are not sold, there will not be any funding for Braille
literacy programs.



Cindy Garcia, Chapter vice president, presented about the San Antonio
Chapter Web site, which went on-line to the public today at 12:30. The
address of the site is www.nfbsatx.org.



            The meeting adjourned at 2:13 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Donahue, Interim Secretary









"Be Well, Do good Work, and keep in touch."
Garrison Keillor


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