[NFBSF] November Meeting Minutes

Wed Nov 18 16:36:20 UTC 2020

Hey guys,

I did try to send out the minutes last night but something happened on my
end.  Sorry about that.  Here they are again.

November meeting Minutes 11/10/20

*         Introductions

*         Secretary Report

*         Treasurer Report

*         Presidential release Recap

*         Lisa's Legislative Announcements relating to current NFB matters

*         Chapter's Announcements

*         Diversity and Inclusion Discussion

*         Discussion 

*         Bell Ringer

*         Closing

Members

*         Christina-she/her, Pleasant hill, black woman, Heterosexual,
Blind, on National board

*         Daved-he/him, Berkeley, Blind, Unemployed, Journalist, played as
actor, Jew, Democratic proud  

Amy mason-she/her, Oakland, on Board, Blind woman, employed    

*         Cindy-she/her, Concord, Visually Impaired, coaching business, 

*         Bobbi-Oakland, onboard, Blind, Black college graduate, employed, 

*         Jim-On board, straightest white male

*         Rick Green-Blind Vallejo man, he, heterosexual, employed, enjoying
life

*         Kayla Kit well-she/her, San Pablo, white blind student

*         Lisa Irving- she/her, blind, heterosexual, graduate student,
distance education, Mill valley

*         Sara-on board, white woman, married to Latino male, Blind, works
for Federal Government, and is the sole bread winner

*         Serena-San Leandro, she/her, white cis gender, heterosexual, red
head

*         Taryn-she/her, not on board but assists with taking minutes, mixed
race with white and Chinese

*         Sheri A.-Alameda, on the island, she/her, Blind, bi-sexual,
employed, white

*         Sherry P.-she/her, grad student, Berkeley, Blind, Pilipino
American

*         Jeff Buckwalter-Oakland, cis gender, male, mostly blind, employed

Secretary report

*         October Meeting Minutes were sent out to the list serve

*         Motion was made by Cindy and all approved of secretary report

Treasurer Report

As a total we currently have $1,274.07

Motion was made by Sheri A. and all approved of Treasurer report

Presidential Release Recap

November 16, 2020 is the 80th anniversary of NFB 

Tenbroekk Library located in Baltimore is a great resource for NFB
literature to discuss with our chapters

*         2021 Washington Seminar will be virtual this year and starts
February 8-11

*         National level has not decided on a legislative agenda for the
Washington Seminar and will be determined based on the incoming Congress 

*         All members are encouraged to go to the NFB website and fill out
the voting survey

*         Aplications for Tomorrow Organizing Program starts in January

*         December 12-15 will be a conference for pathways to discover new
and improvised programs for transitional youth and can still accept
proposals until November 15

*            Starting November 1st, students can submit applications for the
NFB 2021 National Scholarship

*         There is a Braille leaders competition happening from December
1st-January 18th to see who can read the most Braille, if interested contact
the American Action Fund for more details

*         NFB met our October goal for Freedom Scientific to match a
donation of$50,000 

*         Next month will be the 500th Presidential release and our
President will have guest speakers

Lisa's Legislative Announcements

The Michigan   Western University decided on a resolution to hold the state
level more accountable to assist Blind students, and There was a resolution
to restore a assistive technology position  

*         Western Michigan University wrote a position policy to write
accommodations

*         On October 14th there was a letter published by Terri Ruff in a
local Nevada newspaper regarding the state affiliate requesting a
partnership to make online materials accessible including employment,
healthcare, and education for students

*         In Minnesota there was a class action lawsuit to have a right to
vote and won

*         Michigan now has a president initiative to make voting accessible
with voting materials

*         As a reminder Lisa sent out a job posting for any disabled person
to work for the Biden administration

*         If you have any questions or want more any future resources with
advocacy please reach out

Chapter Announcements

*         There is a holiday party and we will discuss this later

Diversity and Inclusion Discussion

The committee met for the first time and have decided to set this time to
focus on different things to get a better direction

Starting in January we will have more events to learn about diversity and
inclusion including NFB philosophy

*         Today there is an activity to identify demystify stereotypes

*         The definition of an identity is   who you are

*         The exercise is to say I am something but I am not this to shake
up stereotypes 

Discussion

*         Holiday party will be happening at our next meeting

*         The D and I committee thought of the party where different people
can present different customs, songs, traditions, recipes 

*         Bobbi will send out an email to the list serve asking for ideas

*         Everyone had a great time at our state convention

*         Rookie roundup was a favorite of everyone

*         More q and a session are being requested, but loved the different
kinds of sessions

*         Washington Seminar will be virtual and this allows you to learn
about legislative issues 

*         Stay tuned for more details 

Bell Ringers

*         Lisa got 100 on her eye physio test

*         Christina got promoted to manager of publications

*         Serena is now managing adult programs instead of just coordinating
them  

Lisa made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Amy seconded, and all approved

Enjoy.  Take care.

Best Regards,

Taryn Morris                                              

Taryn Morris

Taryn.Ann.Morris at gmail.com