[NFBSF] February meeting Minutes
Jim Barbour
jbar at barcore.com
Wed Feb 17 04:36:21 UTC 2021
Hey Taryn,
Could you please change “gym steps down“, to “Jim declined nomination“
Well done on these minutes!
Thanks,
Jim
Written while on the move,,
> On Feb 16, 2021, at 8:11 PM, Taryn Morris via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Dear NFB SF,
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> Hope everyone is doing great. Here are the February meeting minutes.
> Please let me know if you need any corrections or clarifications. Please
> reach out if you need anything. Thank you.
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> February meeting Minutes 2/9/21
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> * Introductions
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> * Secretary Report
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> * Treasurer Report
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> * Presidential release Recap
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> * Member Announcements
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> * Chapter's Announcements
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> * Elections
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> * Washington Seminar Discussion
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> * Diversity and Inclusion Discussion
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> * Bell Ringers
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> * Closing
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> Members
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> * Christina-president, she/her, Black, Blind, agnostic, woman
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> * Amy-first VP, ADHD, White,
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> * Bobbi second VP, she, her, they, them, black, Blind, cis gender,
> multiple disabilities, LGBTQ
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> * Jim-he/him, secretary, white, cis gender, poly
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> * Sara-treasurer, married, mother of two chihuahuas
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> * Laura-board member two, she/her, White, cis gender, queer, pan
> sexual, poly, mom, Blind
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> * Lisa-board member one, her/her's/she, Caucasian, Blind, living
> with multiple disabilities
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> * Sheri A.-she/her, Alameda, blind, woman, mother, member of LBGTQ
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> * Robin-he/him, blind, Black/Portuguese/Irish/Filipino
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> * Serena-her, happy in her kitchen, San Leandro, cis gender, White,
> Blind, food blogger, heterosexual, woman
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> * Katherine, Fairfield, Blind, female, employed, happy and feels
> positive to be here as an official due paid member
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> * Cindy-she/her, White, high 57, Blind, Puerto Rican, Spanish,
> German, Romanian, career coach,
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> * Taryn-she/her, White, Chinese, Blind, woman, female
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> * Jeff B.-he/him, Oakland, father, works at Lighthouse
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> * Sherry P.-she/her, female, Blind, amputee, grad student, recent
> Mac book new owner and struggling Apple user
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> * Jaime Tomasello-she/her/her, single, Caucasian, college grad,
> works part time at a college, College scholarship guidance counselor and
> assists college applications, San Ramon
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> Secretary report
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> * January Meeting Minutes were sent out to the list serve
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> * Motion was made by Bobbi and all approved of secretary report
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> Treasurer Report
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> * As a total we currently have $1,189.43
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> Motion was made by Bobbi and all approved of Treasurer report
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>
> Presidential Release Recap
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> * The blind driving challenge 2.0 has started with the hopes to work
> with different individuals to make the experience accessible
>
> * The NFB is partnering with a blind gentleman who is trying to earn
> a Guinness world record of the fastest person driving under a blindfold of
> more than 200 miles per hour
>
> * The JBIR is a great resource to study and use for education tools
>
> * Starting on February 15 the NFB is putting out a diversity and
> inclusion survey encouraging as much feedback as possible from diverse
> voices
>
> * On March 8th there will be a Diversity and Inclusion committee
> open forum and details will be sent out to join
>
> * The Independence market is having a monthly sale
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> * All members are encouraged to fill out the unemployment survey
> located at nfb.org/legal
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> * The National Blind student organization are having a auction to
> raise funds for student endeavors on February 10th and it can be found at
> 32auctions.com/2021blind students
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> * The NFB code of conduct has been update and working better to
> ensure everyone's support and safety is priority and any violators will be
> taken seriously
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> * The NFB survivors' group is a resource for members and can be
> reached at survivors at nfb.org, and is also making a task force to deal with
> matters
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> Member Announcements
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> * Bobbi reminding us that there will be a national Diversity and
> inclusion committee open form call on March8th and you can submit questions
> to diversity at nfb.org
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> Bobbi letting us know that there are open calls for members who identify as
> survivors of sex and mis conduct this Friday at 5 PM pacific and reach out
> to Bobbi if you want mor information or email
> <mailto:blindsfcollective at gmail.com> blindsfcollective at gmail.com
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> * Christina informing us that every year lighthouse has a home in
> prize each year up to$25,000 with blind ambitions, to apply submit a 90
> second YouTube pitch and fill out an application by march 14
>
> * Laura has a podcast with Bobbi called hands on safety regarding
> topics of consent
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> Chapter Announcements
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> * The national NFB convention will be virtual and the host will be
> Maryland this July and will be in person next year in New Orleans
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> Elections
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> * With the help of the board, we will have virtual elections and
> those who have a star next to their name will be able to vote
>
> * Jim nominates Taryn for Secretary, Taryn accepts, Amy made a
> motion to move to cease nominations and vote by voice, Jaime second, all
> approve
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> * Lisa nominates Sara for treasurer, Sara accepts, Bobbi made a
> motion to cease nominations and move to vote by voice, Jaim second, all
> approve
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> * Taryn nominates Sheri A. for board position one, Sheri accepts
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> * Laura nominates Jim for board position one, Jim accepts
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> * Amy made motion to move to elections
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> * Sheri A. makes a speech
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> * Sheri makes a speech for board one position
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> * Jim steps down
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> * Bobbi made a motion to cease nominations and move to vote by
> voice, Jaime second, all approved, Sheri wins
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> * Lisa nominates Laura for board position two, Laura accepts, Jim
> made a motion to cease nominations and move to vote by voice, Jaime second,
> all approve
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> Washington Seminar
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> * We are in the middle of meeting with different Congressman about
> four different bills
>
> * The four bills are ACCESS TECHNOLOGY AFFORDABILITY ACT, AMERICANS
> WITH DISABILITIES VOTING RIGHTS ACT, MEDICAL DEVICE NONVISUAL ACCESSIBILITY
> ACT, and TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MOBILE APPS AND WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY ACT
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> * Christina, Jim, Bobbi, and Taryn are involved
>
> * Due to being virtual every state is having issues making
> appointments
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> Diversity and Inclusion Committee Discussion
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> * During the summer our chapter decided to allocate funds to donate
> $500 to a cause and tonight we will decide where to donate
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> * The three options we have come up are as follows
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> * The first option is a scholarship to a person of color
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> * The second option is to make a donation to a local nonprofit
> organization like Black Lives Matter or an organization that interacts with
> disabilities
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> The third option is called make it accessible by allocating Money efforts
> like helping racial justice including education materials to become
> accessible
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> * Our chapter voted for the third option, make it accessible
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>
>
> * Bell Ringers
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> * Sheri A. is happy her chicken is done
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> * Taryn is happy she has been in an amazing relationship for a week
> and that person is here
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> * Jim is happy that first full day of Washington Seminar Is over
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> * Jaime is happy that she lost 33 pounds, is under 200 pounds, and
> has not been that low since middle school
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> * Jaime is excited for her hernia surgery
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> * Bobbi is super happy we finished our meeting with ten minutes to
> spare
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> * Lisa is happy that she lost 11 pounds
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> * Katherine is happy that today's meeting was really great and is
> working on being healthier
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> * Bobby is excited for her four-year anniversary from LCB
>
> * Bobbi has started teaching at SF State and has had two classes so
> far
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> * Laura was happy to talk about ableism
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> Jim made a motion to adjourn the meeting,
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> Bobbi seconded, and all approved
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> Warmest Regards,
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> Taryn Morris
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> Taryn Morris
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> Taryn.Ann.Morris at gmail.com
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