[NFBSea] August Meeting Notes

[portillo.jim at gmail.com]

Here's a very brief summary of what happened at the August 26th, meeting. It
was first posted on Facebook for those who couldn't be in attendance.

Jessie will send a treasury report, and we'll vote on and hopefully approve
everything next month, on October 28th.

Jim

August 26, 2023

 

It didn't matter that the majority of the chapter members were either on
vacation or had other engagements this weekend. The Greater Seattle chapter
of the National Federation of the Blind still had a meeting with five of us
in attendance, including someone Amandeep invited who ended up becoming our
newest chapter member! Welcome Amara! Happy to have you in our chapter!
We discussed three main topics. Amara and Amandeep talked to us about the
upcoming Week Without Driving, happening October 2-8. City leaders and as
many citizens as possible will be encouraged to go places without driving
their vehicles, encouraged to take public transportation and ride share.
Amandeep talked to us about her recent trip to England, where she
participated in a study abroad program for school. She talked about some of
the challenges she encountered but also mentioned some of the cool ways that
her instructor and classmates made the experiences fun and accessible for
her so that she could fully participate. She hopes to give a more detailed
presentation during our upcoming state convention in March!
Finally, we had a wonderful philosophy discussion. Humberto brought up some
situations he recently dealt with, and asked some great questions. We talked
about good ways of getting information or assistance at gatherings without
inconveniencing others and oneself. We talked about independence and how it
isn't wrong or bad to ask others for different types of assistance or
general information. We also talked about how technology can also give some
important information so as to then know what sort of assistance to ask for.
Great discussion, Humberto.
We mentioned the upcoming picnic in September and White Cane walk in
October.
It was a good and informative meeting!

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbsea_nfbnet.org/attachments/20230923/16fc1035/attachment.html>