[Nfbsf] Minutes from December NFB Chapter Meeting

[David Andrews]

Jim:

The list passes attachments -- and does not alter them.

Dave

At 01:18 AM 12/18/2014, you wrote:
>(New minutes indicating that Kate Williams was at the meeting)
>
>Attendees:
>Ed Vaughan
>Joanne Vaughan
>Bryan Bashin
>Christina Daniels
>Tim Elder
>Al Arnick
>Kate Williams
>
>Ed is Vice President
>Ed and Joanne are going to the Opera.
>
>Next Chapter Meeting: Tuesday, January 13th.
>
>Then, every 2nd Tuesday of the month.
>
>I have attached a calendar invitation to this email, but I'm not 
>sure if the listserv will allow it through.  If there is a calendar 
>attachment to this email, you can click/tap on it to add an event to 
>the calendar of your choice, including your iPhone calendar.
>
>Making Calls:
>These fine folks have each agreed to make 5 phone calls.  Ed, Kate, 
>Al, Jim, Tim, Christina.  Thanks to you all!  Expect an email from 
>me in about a week.
>
>2015 Scholarship Applications are Out: https://nfb.org/scholarships
>
>Washington Seminar is approaching, delegates have been 
>selected.  Two of the issues are: Fare Wages and the Teach act.  The 
>third issue is not yet decided.
>
>NFB's Bid For Equality ended Thursday.  Sorry, your secretary didn't 
>get this out in time to include a link.  I'm hoping those who wanted 
>to bid were able to find the link.
>
>Holiday Party is happening on December 13th.  See the invitation at 
>the bottom of these minutes.
>
>The blind blood drive is coming on January 21st at the San Francisco 
>Lighthouse.  Please participate and give back to the community.
>
>Bryan received an email from Romania asking if we were really having a
>blind blood drive.  They convinced the medical authorities in Romania
>that blind people giving blood is okay.
>
>Bryan talked about a civil rights issue where a blind guy from 
>Holister who was at a VA clinic.  He's a guide dog user who was told 
>by an administrator of the VA that he could not have his guide dog 
>in the waiting room.  The gentleman was escorted out.  Bryan and Tim 
>are working with this gentleman.
>
>The latest presidential release is here: 
>https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr434.mp3
>
>If you want to subscribe to the presidential release as a podcast, 
>you can give this URL to your podcast listener of 
>choice:  https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr-rss/rss.xml
>
>Favorite iPhone Apps, tips and tricks:
>Tim has an iphone 5, but wants an iphone 6.  his favorite apps are 
>facebook, stocks, tweetlist pro (for managing and posting tweets), 
>mail, and messages apps.
>
>Tim and Christina each like the voice dream reader.  This is an app 
>that reads long text based content, including unprotected daisy 
>books, html, pdf, html, etc. offering many different text to speech voices.
>
>Christina likes the kron4, politico, huffington post, cnn, slate, 
>and NPR apps for news.  Also, access world has an app.  The TV Guide 
>app is also accessible.  The BARD app is a great way to read NLS 
>books.  The Kindle app is accessible.  The verizon account 
>management app is also accessible.
>
>Bryan likes the KNFB Reader Mobile app for reading text.  Very 
>accurate and very, very fast.  Blind Square and The Seeing Eye GPS 
>are both great orientation apps.  You can use them to figure out 
>what streets, stores, points of interest, etc. you're passing.  The 
>Seeing Eye app can route you to a destination.  If you use Blind 
>square, you'll need to rely on apple or google maps, both 
>accessible, for routing.  The newsline app is an app that reads 
>newspapers made available by NFB Newsline.
>
>Kate likes the S F Gate app.  Kate also likes routesy, which is a 
>great app for getting public transit schedules.  Kate also uses 
>flywheel, which is a taxi haling app. Kate uses the NPR app as well.
>
>Comcast has started doing accessible set top boxes.  You'll need the X1 box.
>
>Invitation to Holiday Party:
>From: LIsamaria Martinez
>Subject: Ticking Down The Days Until We Can Celebrate Together!
>
>We're a little late in getting this invitation out this year, but we 
>hope that you can mark your calendars for the Bakker Martinez annual 
>holiday party and white elephant gift exchange.  So bundle up, get 
>into your preferred mode of transportation and join us this year to 
>celebrate because we can.
>
>For those with young ones, bring them along; Erik is hosting too!
>
>What? A fantastic time with friends to celebrate the wintery 
>holidays and white elephant gift exchange (See below for 
>rules).  Where? The casa of Joe, LM and Erik located conveniently 
>near the Union City BART station; or for those driving: 34904 
>Herringbone Court, Union City.  When? Saturday December 13, from 
>7:00 pm until midnight.  Why? Because we do it every year.
>
>Please RSVP to Lisamaria (LM) via email at lmartinez217 at gmail.com or 
>call/text 510-289-2577. See you at our home soon!
>
>Cheers,
>Joe, LM & Erik
>
>White Elephant Rules
>
>1. Each guest must bring one wrapped gift that does not exceed $15 
>and place it with other gifts under the tree.
>
>2. Each guest will have the opportunity to draw a number to determine order.
>
>3. The person who draws "1" gets first pick from the pile, making 
>sure to describe the gift to other participants.
>
>4. Once opened, the person who draws number "2" starts the second 
>round. They can either choose to "steal" the first person's gift or 
>open an unwrapped gift from the pile.
>
>5. Once number "2" has gone the person who drew "3" repeats the same 
>process of choosing to "steel" an opened or unwrap an unopened gift.
>
>6. Gifts can be "stolen" 2 times per round, and gifts cannot be 
>stolen back from the person who stole from you.
>
>7. Game continues in this fashion until all gifts have been opened.
>
>8. The person who drew "1" gets a chance at the very end to "steal" 
>a gift or remain with the gift they have.
>

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org