[Riverside-San-Bernardino] Friendly Reminder for In-person meeting on January 8, 2022.
Tippi
tippiluthy at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 7 01:51:06 UTC 2022
I will be out of town that day so I will not be attending. Day with daughter and granddaughter
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> On Jan 4, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Paulina Vazquez via Riverside-San-Bernardino <riverside-san-bernardino at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello everyone.
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> This is a friendly reminder that the Riverside San Bernadino chapter is having our monthly meeting. When: January 8, 2022, 10 AM to 12 PM.
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> Where: Janet Goeske Center:
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> 5257 Sierra Street Riverside, CA 92504
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> *Please Note: You will use a different entrance when exiting the center as you cannot use the main entrance both exiting and entering. Any questions reply to this email or ask Carmen for more information.**
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> *Valuable information about dues: Please pay you dues which are $15 and must be paid on or before our meeting. You can use Apple pay, Zelle, Cash app venmo, etc.**
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> I have also attached the minutes from our November meeting as we did not have a meeting in December. *Please read before Saturday!!*
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> Looking forward to seeing you all in person!!
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> Warmly,
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> Paulina Vazquez Secretary
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> Carmen Weatherly, President
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> Riverside San Bernardino Chapter of the NFB of California meeting minutes
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> Saturday 11 slash thirteen slash 21
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> The meeting was called to order at 10:01am by President Carmen Weatherly.
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> Welcome Carmen Weatherly
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> The pledge was led by Tippi.
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> Roll call
> Carmen
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> Tippi
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> Barbara
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> Kelly
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> Francina
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> Treasurer’s report
> Treasurer’s report from September 11, 2021, to November 13, 2021
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> Beginning balance 1,687.91
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> Expenses:
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> Auction basket $48
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> Door prize: Amazon gift card $30
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> Fee: $3.60
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> State convention donation $100
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> Total expenses: $181.60
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> Income:
> Dues: Francina $15
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> Carmen $15
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> Double Good fundraiser:
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> Donation from Sylvia $20
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> Donation Kelly $30
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> Total Double Good fundraiser $130
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> Total income $315.60
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> Tippi donation $50
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> Jeffrey donation $40
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> Barbara donation $15
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> Jordan Mirander Double Good $40 (cash, or cash app?)
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> Total balance once everything that is scheduled happens will be $1,821.26
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> Current balance: 1,926.26
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> Carmen correcting current balance to 1,912.26
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> Minutes
> Kelly read the minutes from the September meeting.
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> Barbara moved to accept the minutes as read, Tippi seconded, and the motion passed.
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> Icebreaker
> What is everyone doing for Thanksgiving?
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> This led to a discussion of prices in general.
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> Dues
> Dues in the amount of $15 per person for 2022 are due by the January meeting. Please pay at your earliest convenience.
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> Ways to pay
> Carmen reports that the chapter’s bank account now has access to Zelle.
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> Carmen and Paulina are still working on Pay-Pal access.
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> Carmen is still working on Establishing new signers for the chapter bank account (hoping the problem with the secretary of states office has been resolved)
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> Kelly is asking for a phone number or email address for people to Zelle to.
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> For Zelle use:
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> Riversidesb7 at gmail.com
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> A discussion about the ways people would like to pay their money to the chapter ensued and carmen summarized how she has received money for the chapter in the past.
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> Venmo 2 people
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> Cash App 2 people
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> Apple Pay 2 people
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> Zelle 2 people
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> Once we establish it, if someone pays their dues using Pay-pal there will be a fee of $.63 (that’s sixty-three cents)
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> Conventions
> We discussed the state convention which everyone agreed was good.
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> At this time, the hope is that the next national convention will be in person, but we should not expect news about that until sometime in January.
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> We discussed our auction basket selling for $110 at the state convention.
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> Legislation
> Tippi has not heard from Tiffany Manosh regarding her state level committee position so she will reach out again.
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> Tippi reports having contacted the offices of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer via email regarding the Access Technology Affordability Act. This sparked a discussion about chapter members contacting their representatives and Senators in support of federation positions on legislation.
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> Sunshine Committee
> Tippi reports that there were no birthdays in November, but we have 3 members with birthdays in December.
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> Book Club and December meeting
> The book that was recommended by Tippi in September is: Emma & I DB 11904 the author is Hocken, Sheila. The reading time is 5 hours, 14 minutes.
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> Barbara will contact Sylvia then they will publish this information on the chapter email list.
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> December meeting
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> Carmen reported that the board is suggesting that we have a virtual social meeting in December in lieu of our usual in-person holiday event which usually takes place at a restaurant and that discussion of this book could be one of the topics at that meeting.
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> We discussed current prices and conditions that have been observed in restaurants lately.
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> Tippi asked if meeting at the Janet Goeske Center an alternative is.
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> Everyone present agreed that we will have a virtual social gathering on the second Saturday of the month from 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific in December and that discussing the current book will be part of that event.
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> presidential release
> Someone asked about the shorter version of the presidential release that is supposed to be available as a tool to facilitate discussion at chapter meetings.
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> Carmen volunteered to investigate.
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> Rebrand of Meet the Blind month
> We discussed ongoing efforts to rebrand meet the blind month. (Still in process)
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> One possibility may be Equality Achievement month.
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> Chapter constitution
> The version of the chapter constitution which the members approved in September has been sent to the state and we are awaiting their approval.
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> Kelly asked about whether they would issue a new charter or just renew the one that is already in place.
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> Carmen said they will probably renew the one that is already in place and that we might be able to get it from the website. Carmen says she can ask one of the national board members where we can find a copy of the charter.
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> Next Business meeting
> Our next business meeting will be on January 8, 2022, at the Janet Goeske Center.
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> Roster
> The chapter roster must be updated to accurately reflect members based on payment of dues and sent to Allison on the state board by January 30.
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> Kelly reminded that dues are due on or before the meeting on January 8th.
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> Elections
> In even years the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer are elected.
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> We are due to elect board members currently.
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> Current board members are Sylvia Mitchel, Barbara Harrison, and Amanda Winkler.
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> Sylvia Mitchel and Barbara Harrison have expressed interest in remaining on the chapter’s board. Amanda Winkler is not seeking reelection or appointment to the board currently.
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> Kelly asked if it is appropriate for Barbara to be elected to this board position since she is already on the board as the treasurer and Carmen assured us that this is fine.
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> Kelly moved that we reelect Sylvia Mitchell and Barbara Harrison by acclimation. The motion was seconded by Tippi, and it passed.
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> Kelly nominated Tippi for the position of board member and she accepted.
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> There were no other nominations from the floor.
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> Kelly moved that Tippi be elected to the board and the motion was seconded by Barbara then passed.
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> Tippi says she enjoyed the resolutions part of convention, and she is excited to participate in this way.
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> We briefly revisited the topic of getting the information about the new book and our meeting on December 11th out to the chapter email list. Barbara wants to talk to Sylvia before publishing the information. Kelly offered to publish the upcoming book club and meeting information once Barbara has spoken with Sylvia unless Sylvia and Barbara want to send an email about it to the list themselves.
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> Barbara will contact Kelly if they need or want help.
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> Code of Conduct
> Carmen announced that recent changes to the code of conduct will be coming into effect soon. National president Mark Riccobono is encouraging everyone especially officers and leaders to read it again and to keep themselves familiar with the material in it so that we continue to offer an inclusive welcoming experience to everyone.
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> Please take time to Learn more about the code of conduct here.
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> https://nfb.org/about-us/history-and-governance/code-conduct
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> Discussion of the code of conduct led into discussion of how we represent the National Federation of the Blind when interacting with others.
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> Carmen says that there is a letter introducing the Federation in the membership toolkit that she can send to the list.
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> You can learn more about the work of the National Federation of the Blind here:
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> https://nfb.org/about-us
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> Membership building Ideas here:
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> https://nfb.org/get-involved/membership-building
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> More on legislation
> Carmen will be forwarding email from John Pare that contains information about upcoming legislation to the chapter email list.
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> Kelly is going to find an efficient method of determining who people’s representatives and senators are so we can help members know whom to direct their advocacy efforts toward. He is further suggesting that we make this information for each chapter member part of the roster.
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> Membership
> Tippi asked how enactive members know that it is time to pay dues.
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> We brainstormed membership ideas including calling people who have previously showed interest in the chapter after we get reestablished at the senior Center.
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> Adjournment
> Kelly moved that we adjourn. The motion was seconded by Tippi and passed.
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> Meeting was adjourned at 11:46am.
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