[Nfbsf] San Jose Meeting featuring Autonomous Vehicles

[Kevin Enos]

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> On Mar 1, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Lisa Irving-Pardini via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I am unable to attend this event. 
> 
> Lisa Irving-Pardini, Board Member
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBSF <nfbsf-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via NFBSF
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 6:27 PM
> To: nfbsf at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
> Subject: [Nfbsf] San Jose Meeting featuring Autonomous Vehicles
> 
> Hey Folks,
> 
> The San Jose NFB chapter will hold their March meeting On Saturday, March 16
> at 3PM at the SJ MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA 95112. This
> is a 3 block walk from the light rail, which connects to the caltrain.
> 
> At their March meeting, representatives from the city of San Jose will be
> there to talk about work they're doing on autonomous vehicle research and
> how the NFB may be able to participate.  It would be fantastic if some of
> our members could go down for this meeting.
> 
> If you're interested in going, please reply here and let us know. Maybe we
> can get a group together to go.
> 
> Here's an email from Kevin that explains a bit more.
> 
> Take Care,
> 
> Jim Barbour - Secretary
> 
> On 2/25/19, Kevin Andrews <kevin.andrews94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
> 
> I just spoke with Jill North with the city of San Jose. For some back story,
> the city has partnered with Mercedes-Benz on autonomous vehicles. They are
> going to start a very specific pilot that will incorporate a particular
> route and go to Diridon Station from August through December of this year to
> help facilitate the connection to different transit systems at this station.
> 
> I told her we are ready, willing, excited about and able to test this
> technology. No PR pitches. I said we don't want that, but want to get our
> hands dirty, hear, see and feel the technology to figure out where the
> barriers are. I have invited her to our chapter meeting for March, and she
> excitedly accepted.
> 
> We look forward to seeing you all there. Tell your friends!
> 
> Saturday, March 16 at 3PM at the MLK Library on the SJSU campus.
> 
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> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbsf_nfbnet.org/k.enos%40me.com hi Jim this is Kevin Enos I was trying to find out when’s the next I might be interested in that meeting coming up but I was trying to find if there is when’s the next so NFB a San Francisco meeting in March can you let me know proper thank you