[Njabs-talk] njabs minutes
Rania
raniaismail04 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 22 11:22:19 UTC 2009
Thanks for the minutes.
Rania,
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From: "Greg Rivera" <gregg.rivera at gmail.com>
To: "New Jersey Association of Blind Students" <njabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:27 PM
Subject: [Njabs-talk] njabs minutes
> NJABS Conference Call Minutes
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> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009
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> Time: The conference call began at 8:04pm and ended at 9:10pm
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> The teleconference was called to order by President Evelyn Valdez at
> 8:04pm. Vice-president Quintina Singleton recited the NFB pledge. A
> scholarship announcement about the Lyons Club presenting the Ruben Paban
> Jr. Scholarship for the Bergen-Boriquen chapter is offering high school
> graduating seniors with a GPA of 2.8 or higher scholarships. Applicants
> must write a 1-page essay about their vocational goals, extra-curricular
> activities, and any community service in which they are involved. An email
> about the Lyons scholarship will be posted to the list.
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> The legislative update was given by Paul Grenier. The Pedestrian Safety
> Enhancement Act HR 734 needs co-sponsors so that it can pass in the house
> of Representatives. Amazon.com has released the Kindle reader which has
> books in an electronic format with the text to speech feature. The
> Author's Guild is refusing to allow the text to speech feature to be used
> because they state it is violating copyright laws. So blind and print
> disabled individuals are unable to utilize the Kindle Reader. The Readers
> Coalition held a huge protest at the Author's Guild in New York City on
> Tuesday, April 7, 2009. NFB members from Maryland, Connecticut,
> Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York along with various
> other organizations attended the protest. There is an online petition to
> sign.
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> Jason Ewell who works in Affiliate Action at the National Center and is
> our guest speaker discussing our topic of what a chapter is and how do we
> join. According to where you live, you can become involved by joining a
> local chapter. You may contact the local chapter president or if you're
> not sure what chapter is in your area, you can contact Evelyn via email:
> evelyn at njabs.org
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> Jerilyn Higgins, president of the Central Jersey Chapter which meets every
> second Saturday of the month in Perth Amboy. Jerilyn discussed how the
> members of the CJC have formed the Captain Ken's Team for the Motor City
> March for Independence. Mary Jo Partyka, president of the Capitol chapter
> which covers the Trenton and Princeton areas states that she became
> involved with NFB after reading the Braille Monitor. Since there wasn't a
> chapter in her area, she decided to start a chapter of her own. Dan
> Faccini, president of the Northeast Chapter became involved with NFB after
> his performance at work became difficult because he was losing his vision.
> He attended national convention and he has now been the Northeast chapter
> president for five years. Dan's chapter does lots of fundraising and they
> also host the thru our eyes internet radio show in which Joe Ruffalo is
> the host.
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> An idea for a NJABS event is rock climbing. There is no set location,
> date, or time. A recommendation of having the event in the Cherry Hill
> area was made. Also the event could perhaps take place during a students'
> seminar, state convention, or after a chapter meeting. Please email ideas
> or suggestions to Evelyn.
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> Members Present:
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> Evelyn Valdez, president
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> Quintina Singleton, vice president
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> Greg Rivera, secretary/treasurer
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> Jessica Skinnel, board member
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> Paul Grenier, board member/legislative representative
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> Deben
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> Missy
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> Jeremy
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> Jason
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> Brian Makay
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> Melissa Casiano
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> Shafeka
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> Alicia
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> Angel
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> Henry
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> Kevin
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> Alex
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> Wendel
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> Danny Romero
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> Jerilyn Higgins, CJC president
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> Dan Faccini, Northeast chapter president
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> Mary Jo Partyka, Capitol Chapter president
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> A talent show announcement made by Danny Romero. He will be participating
> in a talent show in Ridgewood, NJ on Friday, May 1, 2009. Top prize is
> $500 and tickets may be purchased online or at the door for $10. Danny
> Romero will post the info and link on the list serve.
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> NFB of NJ Chapters, Meeting Info and President's Contact Info
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> Capital Chapter
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> 3rd Sat., Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
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> Mary Jo Partyka 609-888-5459
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> choirnfb at gmail.com
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> Central Jersey Chapter
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> 2nd Sat., Grace Lutheran Church, Perth Amboy, 10 a.m. - noon
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> Jerilyn Higgins 973-239-8874
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> jdhiggins at rcn.com
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> Cumberland/Salem Chapter
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> 3rd Mon., Tri-County Independent Living Center, Millville
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> Anna Jordan 856-696-3905
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> ajjordan29 at comcast.net
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> Garden State Chapter
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> 3rd Sat., Kennedy Memorial Hospital,
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> Cherry Hill, 10 a.m.
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> Ed Godfrey 856-848-6372
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> egodfrey137 at comcast.net
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> Northeast Chapter
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> 3rd Sat., St. Mathew's Church Secaucus www.ThruOurEyes.org
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> Dan Facchini 201-906-8655
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> danfb at verizon.net
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> Northern Chapter
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> 3rd Sat., Beth Israel Hospital, 201 Lyons Ave, Newark, 10 a.m. - noon
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> Rick Fox 973-743-6107
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> richardfox1 at comcast.net
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> Ocean Chapter
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> 2nd Sat., Denny's, Brick Blvd, Brick
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> Mary Dockery 732-349-2456
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> mary-ob43 at comcast.net
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> NFB of NJ Divisions
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> Association of Blind Merchants
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> Lynn Reynolds 908-251-5510
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> lhr1827 at optonline.net
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> Association of Blind Students
> www.njabs.org
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> Evelyn Valdez 908-206-8701
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> tweetybaby19 at comcast.net
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> Diabetes Division
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> Vincent/Michele Chaney 732-251-8650
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> msc732 at optonline.net
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> Parents of Blind Children
> www.blindchildren.org
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> Carol Castellano 973-377-0976
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> blindchildren at verizon.net
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> Promote the Use of Braille
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> Sue Tillett 609-924-7489
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> suetillett at verizon.net
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> Mary Jo Partyka 609-888-5459
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> choirnfb at gmail.com
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