Just a correction for my identity:<BR /><BR />trained as actor; proud Democratic <BR /><BR />Socialist.<BR /><BR />Best regards,<BR /><BR />Daveed<BR /><BR />I personally think that all of our identities 'long in the Minutes, because they are sent to National. <BR /><BR />----- Original Message -----<BR />From: Taryn Morris via NFBSF <nfbsf@nfbnet.org><BR />To: 'California List' <nfbsf@nfbnet.org><BR />Date: 11/18/2020 08:37 AM<BR />Subject: [NFBSF] November Meeting Minutes<BR /><BR />Hey guys,<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />I did try to send out the minutes last night but something happened on my<BR />end. Sorry about that. Here they are again.<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />November meeting Minutes 11/10/20<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />* Introductions<BR /><BR />* Secretary Report<BR /><BR />* Treasurer Report<BR /><BR />* Presidential release Recap<BR /><BR />* Lisa's Legislative Announcements relating to current NFB matters<BR /><BR />* Chapter's Announcements<BR /><BR />* Diversity and Inclusion Discussion<BR /><BR />* Discussion <BR /><BR />* Bell Ringer<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />* Closing<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Members<BR /><BR />* Christina-she/her, Pleasant hill, black woman, Heterosexual,<BR />Blind, on National board<BR /><BR />* Daved-he/him, Berkeley, Blind, Unemployed, Journalist, played as<BR />actor, Jew, Democratic proud <BR /><BR />Amy mason-she/her, Oakland, on Board, Blind woman, employed <BR /><BR />* Cindy-she/her, Concord, Visually Impaired, coaching business, <BR /><BR />* Bobbi-Oakland, onboard, Blind, Black college graduate, employed, <BR /><BR />* Jim-On board, straightest white male<BR /><BR />* Rick Green-Blind Vallejo man, he, heterosexual, employed, enjoying<BR />life<BR /><BR />* Kayla Kit well-she/her, San Pablo, white blind student<BR /><BR />* Lisa Irving- she/her, blind, heterosexual, graduate student,<BR />distance education, Mill valley<BR /><BR />* Sara-on board, white woman, married to Latino male, Blind, works<BR />for Federal Government, and is the sole bread winner<BR /><BR />* Serena-San Leandro, she/her, white cis gender, heterosexual, red<BR />head<BR /><BR />* Taryn-she/her, not on board but assists with taking minutes, mixed<BR />race with white and Chinese<BR /><BR />* Sheri A.-Alameda, on the island, she/her, Blind, bi-sexual,<BR />employed, white<BR /><BR />* Sherry P.-she/her, grad student, Berkeley, Blind, Pilipino<BR />American<BR /><BR />* Jeff Buckwalter-Oakland, cis gender, male, mostly blind, employed<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Secretary report<BR /><BR />* October Meeting Minutes were sent out to the list serve<BR /><BR />* Motion was made by Cindy and all approved of secretary report<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Treasurer Report<BR /><BR />As a total we currently have $1,274.07<BR /><BR />Motion was made by Sheri A. and all approved of Treasurer report<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Presidential Release Recap<BR /><BR />November 16, 2020 is the 80th anniversary of NFB <BR /><BR />Tenbroekk Library located in Baltimore is a great resource for NFB<BR />literature to discuss with our chapters<BR /><BR />* 2021 Washington Seminar will be virtual this year and starts<BR />February 8-11<BR /><BR />* National level has not decided on a legislative agenda for the<BR />Washington Seminar and will be determined based on the incoming Congress <BR /><BR />* All members are encouraged to go to the NFB website and fill out<BR />the voting survey<BR /><BR />* Aplications for Tomorrow Organizing Program starts in January<BR /><BR />* December 12-15 will be a conference for pathways to discover new<BR />and improvised programs for transitional youth and can still accept<BR />proposals until November 15<BR /><BR />* Starting November 1st, students can submit applications for the<BR />NFB 2021 National Scholarship<BR /><BR />* There is a Braille leaders competition happening from December<BR />1st-January 18th to see who can read the most Braille, if interested contact<BR />the American Action Fund for more details<BR /><BR />* NFB met our October goal for Freedom Scientific to match a<BR />donation of$50,000 <BR /><BR />* Next month will be the 500th Presidential release and our<BR />President will have guest speakers<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Lisa's Legislative Announcements<BR /><BR />The Michigan Western University decided on a resolution to hold the state<BR />level more accountable to assist Blind students, and There was a resolution<BR />to restore a assistive technology position <BR /><BR />* Western Michigan University wrote a position policy to write<BR />accommodations<BR /><BR />* On October 14th there was a letter published by Terri Ruff in a<BR />local Nevada newspaper regarding the state affiliate requesting a<BR />partnership to make online materials accessible including employment,<BR />healthcare, and education for students<BR /><BR />* In Minnesota there was a class action lawsuit to have a right to<BR />vote and won<BR /><BR />* Michigan now has a president initiative to make voting accessible<BR />with voting materials<BR /><BR />* As a reminder Lisa sent out a job posting for any disabled person<BR />to work for the Biden administration<BR /><BR />* If you have any questions or want more any future resources with<BR />advocacy please reach out<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Chapter Announcements<BR /><BR />* There is a holiday party and we will discuss this later<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Diversity and Inclusion Discussion<BR /><BR />The committee met for the first time and have decided to set this time to<BR />focus on different things to get a better direction<BR /><BR />Starting in January we will have more events to learn about diversity and<BR />inclusion including NFB philosophy<BR /><BR />* Today there is an activity to identify demystify stereotypes<BR /><BR />* The definition of an identity is who you are<BR /><BR />* The exercise is to say I am something but I am not this to shake<BR />up stereotypes <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Discussion<BR /><BR />* Holiday party will be happening at our next meeting<BR /><BR />* The D and I committee thought of the party where different people<BR />can present different customs, songs, traditions, recipes <BR /><BR />* Bobbi will send out an email to the list serve asking for ideas<BR /><BR />* Everyone had a great time at our state convention<BR /><BR />* Rookie roundup was a favorite of everyone<BR /><BR />* More q and a session are being requested, but loved the different<BR />kinds of sessions<BR /><BR />* Washington Seminar will be virtual and this allows you to learn<BR />about legislative issues <BR /><BR />* Stay tuned for more details <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Bell Ringers<BR /><BR />* Lisa got 100 on her eye physio test<BR /><BR />* Christina got promoted to manager of publications<BR /><BR />* Serena is now managing adult programs instead of just coordinating<BR />them <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Lisa made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Amy seconded, and all approved<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Enjoy. Take care.<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Best Regards,<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Taryn Morris <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />Taryn Morris<BR /><BR />Taryn.Ann.Morris@gmail.com<BR /><BR /> <BR /><BR />_______________________________________________<BR />NFBSF mailing list<BR />NFBSF@nfbnet.org<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbsf_nfbnet.org<BR />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBSF:<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbsf_nfbnet.org/daveedmandell%40gmail.com