[Nfbwv-talk] Today was Huntington Area chapter meeting

[Brad Hodges]

Federationists:

Today is the third Saturday of October, and that means it was chapter 
meeting day in Huntington. I am pleased to report that we had 11 members 
and a guest at our meeting. We welcome Mark Robertson of Milton as our 
newest member. Mark and his wife have relocated to the area from NC.

We discussed and demonstrated options for making use of the 
bookshare.org service, which is now available to all of us from 
Overdrive. We also discussed progress in providing access on computers 
in Public Libraries.

Tuesday Oct. 24 is the first day of early voting in WV, and chapter 
members plan to gather on the Cabell County Courthouse steps at 12:15 to 
participate as a group. We secured equal access to the voting process as 
a community and we will celebrate our freedom to cast a truly private 
ballot as a community. Naturally we are inviting local media to join us 
in order to highlight accessibility to voting by all citizens.

We are making efforts to address some recent problems which most chapter 
members are experiencing with Dial-A-Ride service in the area. We intend 
to communicate with transit administration in preparation for a full and 
honest discussion of the issues at our November meeting.

October is a busy time and I know that there are several additional 
efforts underway which will be producing exciting outcomes in the 
future. Our next Chapter meeting will be at 9:30 am on Saturday Nov. 17.