[NFBSF] Fwd: NFB October Meeting Minutes

[Laura Millar]

Laura Millar MPH, M.A., MCHES (She/Her)
Sexuality Educator, Consultant, Coach & Community Organizer
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From: Sagar Gupta <sagarng95 at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Subject: NFB October Meeting Minutes
To: Laura Millar <laura at lauramillar.com>


October 2025 NFB of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Meeting Minutes



Call to Order

Attendance: 37

·       Adam Graves

·       Adam G…

·       Auna (t…

·       Bobbi (She…

·       Brock N…

·       Christin…

·       Cindy Fass.

·       Emily Av…

·       Ginny Prince (she/her)

·       Jeff Buckwalter

·       JENNY JARDER-PAL…

·       Karen Paparella

·       Kathryn Whitnack

·       Laura Heberle

·       MARGRIET RENSCH

·       Marysol

·       Mayuri Mehra

·       Michaelas iPhone

·       Mierra Haroldson

·       Monica Wegner (She…

·       Nikhil Dadlani

·       Rochelle (she/her) &…

·       Sagar Gupta

·       samantha.dix

·       Sara Hadsell

·       Sarah Doiron

·       Sheela Gunn

·       Sherry’s iPhone

·       Simreen Virk

·       Stefanie Chappelle

·       Steven Sanith

·       Taryn Morris

·       Veronica Ferdin TVI

·       Xhorxhia Xhangoli

·       (3 unnamed participants)

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Reports

   - Secretary’s Report – The September meeting minutes completed by Sagar
   Gupta were approved.


   - Treasurer’s Report – The current balance is $1047.91
   - Dues and donations can be paid/made utilizing the following
   information:
      - If using PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle: Sara Hadsell, 510-387-0766,
      - If using PayPal, select that you are paying a friend, rather than
      purchasing an item. This will avoid
      - undesired fees. This option may only be available when utilizing
      PayPal on the computer.
      - The address for sending checks is: Sara Hadsell, 585 9th St.,
      Oakland, CA 94607
      <https://www.google.com/maps/search/585+9th+St.,+Oakland,+CA%0D%0A++++++94607?entry=gmail&source=g>
      - Dues are $10 and paid annually beginning in January.




   - Legislative & Advocacy Report – Christina Daniels
      - Medical device non-visual accessibility act, making medical devices
      such as glucose monitors accessible
      - Blind Americans return to work act, for SSI recipients to not lose
      benefits after making a dollar over the limit, improving the
benefit cliff
      for people who rely on SSI payments
      - Accessible Technology Affordability Act, providing refundable tax
      credits to blind people for the high cost of accessible technology
      - The Department of Education is cancelling grants administered by
      rehab services to services like educators for braille; please contact
      idea at ed.gov and linda.mcmahon at ed.gov



   - Presidential Release Recap – Bobbi Pompey
      - The Coast to Coast challenge is a virtual walkathon  where you can
      register for free at nfb.org/movers  and have people donate based on
      the distance participants walked or ran.
      - There was an emphasis on the medical device bill mentioned in the
      legislative report.
      - The president concluded with remarks about the government shut down.



Chapter Business

   - Outreach & Education Committee Recap and Announcements
      - Sat Oct 18 social at Rosamunde Sausage Grill followed by Improv
      comedy show at End Game in San Francisco
      - 3rd Tuesday of each month Outreach committee meeting followed by a
      social call around Halloween
      - Friendsgiving planning every Monday at 5pm over Zoom partnered with
      the East Bay Center for the Blind and CCB. Date is Saturday November 22
      nd from 1 to 6pm.
      - Laura created a motion for the chapter to contribute $150 towards
      food for Friendsgiving, Due to a discussion between the chapter
about where
      the money is going towards and how the other groups will be contributing,
      we decided to postpone the vote for the November chapter meeting.



   - Discussion with SFSU Student led by Adam Graves
      - We discussed topics such as NFB membership, what brought people to
      the NFB, and advantages of joining.
   - Bell Ringers & Birthdays
   - Adjournment
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