<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey guys,<div>I've both attached and pasted below the minutes from tonights' conference call. </div><div>Walei</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Minutes for May 13, 2012:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Board members present: Chancey, Kate, Nihal, Amanda, and Walei.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">General members present: Carla, Justin, Valeria and Kristina.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Adoption of April minutes:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Carla makes motion to approve April 8<sup>th</sup> minutes.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Motion passes.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Introductions:</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Board member reports:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">President Kate: Going to beep ball event on Saturday. Started a face book page. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Secretary/treasurer Walei: pay your dues please.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Vice president Nihal: was going to CCSD meeting but it was canceled. This was regarding the hunter text book issue. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Old business:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Funding for student seminar: will be funded by NYC chapter.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> A suggestion was made to use money from our PayPal account to sponsor students coming from upstate. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Raising money during convention:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">50/50 raffle tickets. Winner gets 50% of the proceedings.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Sell mugs, water bottles, or rechargeable USB devices.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Please post quotes of how much it would cost to buy these items on the list serve. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">CCSD meeting: Carla will attend the May 24th CCSD meeting to find out if they can work with us on the Hunter text book issue.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Hunter textbook accessibility: Students at hunter have complained that they cannot get books in accessible format unless they present a receipt to the Access center. This is illegal according to the ADA. Students in other colleges have had this issue as well. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Carla will get either CUNY or Hunter accessibility guidelines.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Kate will contact hunter personnel to inquire about this issue. She will also get St. John’s policies.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">i.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Contact at hunter: Sudi Shayesteh Director of Office of Accessibility: Phone: 212-650-3581. Email: HYPERLINK "<a href="mailto:sudi.shayesteh@hunter.cuny.edu">mailto:sudi.shayesteh@hunter.cuny.edu</a>" <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #1c39f6"><a href="mailto:sudi.shayesteh@hunter.cuny.edu">sudi.shayesteh@hunter.cuny.edu</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">ii.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Eija Ayravainen Vice President of Student Affairs: Phone: 212-772-4878. Email: <a href="mailto:eija.ayravainen@hunter.cuny.edu">eija.ayravainen@hunter.cuny.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Kristina: will get the policies from teachers college.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Walei has had positive experiences getting accessible text books while attending the Disability Studies Program. He will get info on the School of Professional Studies’ policies as a model. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">New business:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Chancey suggests that we start having Skype conferences instead of conferences over the phone. It can be hard to hear others and we’ve experienced some technical difficulties. Most of us have Skype on our computers or smart phones. For those who cannot join, we can use Skype credit to call their cell or home phone.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Announcements:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Hear the ball is next Saturday May 19<sup>th</sup>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Walei is collecting $3 dues for the year. This money goes into our PayPal account and is used in case we can’t attain funding for a project or event.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">NYABS Face book page: HYPERLINK "<a href="http://www.facebook.com/blindStudents">http://www.facebook.com/blindStudents</a>" <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #1c39f6"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/blindStudents">www.facebook.com/blindStudents</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Carla motions to adjourn.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Motion passes.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Next meeting is June 10<sup>th</sup> at 6 PM.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></body></html>