[Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
J.J. Meddaugh
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Tue Sep 29 20:38:26 UTC 2009
Oh sorry for not writing, but I'm fine with that change.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler and Leanne Merren" <tmerren at charter.net>
To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
> Hi,
> Faith's message is the only response I've seen, and that was for changing
> it to Thursday. Hopefully I didn't miss any. I need to get this
> paperwork into the church if we're going to be able to meet there, so I'm
> going to go ahead and put it in tomorrow. So if you have any thoughts
> please let us know.
> I was asked a few days ago whether we will do the pizza party for the
> goalball athletes again this year, and I said that we hadn't discussed it
> yet but that I thought we were planning on it. So we'll need to talk
> about that, and probably work on raising some money for our chapter.
> Since state convention is coming up, we may want to do a raffle or
> something?
> I am really excited about the things we did last year, and I'm looking
> forward to some more great projects this year!
> Leanne
> Secretary, Kalamazoo Chapter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meadows, Faith (DELEG)" <meadowsf at michigan.gov>
> To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
>
>
>>I really think that Thursday would be a much better day for me to make
>> the meetings. FM
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Tyler merren
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 5:02 PM
>> To: NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
>>
>>
>> NFB Members,
>> Christine, that's a bummer, hopefully your on the mend and will be
>> feeling well soon. I'm sorry to hear about your mother in law, tell
>> Doug I give him my condolences. Tim, I'm sorry to hear about your life
>> being so crazy, hopefully things will settle down for you guys.
>> Regardless of whether or not you guys are officers or otherwise, I would
>> like to have you at the meetings. Leanne and I were discussing whether
>> or not another day of the week would be workable. We thought that
>> Thursday nights at the same time would be a better situation for most of
>> our members? I think for several it makes little difference, maybe that
>> is an assumption, but let me know if that is incorrect. For myself
>> personally, Fridays are not as demanding academically, so to have a
>> meeting Thursday night as opposed to Monday night would be much
>> appreciated. Not doing it on Fridays would also allow people to go out
>> of town for the weekend if they so desired and not miss out on the
>> meetings for that reason. If everyone could let me know their thoughts
>> on this, but I think that unless I get some negative feedback on this,
>> we are going to go ahead and schedule the meetings for every second
>> Thursday of the month, starting with Thursday October 8, at 6:30.
>>
>> Another issue that needs to be addressed is notice of absence. I'm not
>> picking on anyone here, please note that, because I've been guilty of
>> the same, but I want to stress at this point how important it is to have
>> an early notice if one is not going to make the meeting. One thing is
>> that for Leanne and I, we have to schedule a babysitter, so in a sense,
>> we have a financial investment into each meeting. Another reason is
>> that we have a potential member who will be attending meetings from
>> Hopkins, which is about a 40 minute drive north of Kalamazoo, and it
>> would be a shame for that person to come to our meeting and find
>> themselves the only ones there. Finally, all of us have been in a
>> situation, perhaps with this chapter even, where attendants have not
>> been present and your time is "wasted". This is no fun and frustrating
>> for those who attend. This past meeting was worth the time for Leanne
>> and I because we had a lot of fun with those who attended and ate some
>> good pizza, however, we spent way more on pizza than was necessary for
>> our family and those who attended, and though the pizza was consumed
>> overtime, it would've been great to have had a better idea of the
>> numbers attending..
>>
>> Our future meetings, I am hoping, will have a few extra qualities, such
>> as being more fun/exciting, having more people, and overall being a
>> little more relaxed yet responsible. We all owe some of our current
>> lifestyle to some of the doings of the NFB, so it seems fair to me that
>> we put in the time to pay it forward.
>>
>> Your thoughts please, and take care,
>> Tyler Merren
>> President of the NFB of Kalamazoo
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Timothy Paulding
>> To: 'NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List'
>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
>>
>>
>> Tyler,
>>
>> I am so sorry that I did not let you know that Jackie and I would not
>> be
>> present at the chapter meeting. Things have been so super crazy with
>> our
>> lives over the past month. Both Jackie and I are in grad school and
>> working
>> part time. I tried to email you Monday, but I don't think I had the
>> right
>> email address. I was in class and couldn't look up your address so
>> tried to
>> do it from memory. Again, it was very flakey that we didn't even let
>> anyone
>> know that we would be there and I am sorry for that.
>>
>> It looks like this semester, Jackie and I will not be able to make it
>> to any
>> chapter meetings as we both have class on Monday evenings (the same
>> class).
>> I'm not sure what the group wants to do about this as I am the
>> treasurer and
>> Jackie is the vp and attendance of both of these important officers at
>> meetings is pretty important. Please let me know your thoughts on this
>> and
>> we can discuss before elections.
>>
>> Talk to you soon, tyler and thanks for all your hard work with the
>> chapter.
>> I love your ideas and enthusiasm.
>>
>> _____________________
>>
>> Timothy J. Paulding
>>
>> 217 Paisley Ct.
>>
>> Kalamazoo, MI 49006
>>
>> Ph: 269-598-7696
>>
>> tjpaulding at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Tyler merren
>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:38 PM
>> To: NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List
>> Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Update on the Chapter
>>
>> Fellow NFB Members,
>> We had our last meeting on Monday September 14 at Leanne and I's
>> house. We
>> had pizza and enjoyed some good conversation, so below is a quick
>> update as
>> to the conversations and the direction we are looking for the next
>> year. We
>> just missed quarem, so no official minutes were taken, but here is the
>> jest
>> of the meeting.
>>
>> The meeting began around 6:30, at which time we ate pizza and began
>> our
>> discussion. Those present were Tyler Merren (current president),
>> Leanne
>> Merren (current secretary), Jason Meddaugh (current member), Matthew
>> McCubbin (current member), and Mike Torrez. No membership fees were
>> collected at this meeting.
>>
>> Jason Meddaugh indicated that his pet project of working with the
>> Kalamazoo
>> Metro Transit to have them purchase an audible announcement system for
>> stops
>> is looking hopeful, as they are about to purchase a GPS system for the
>> buses. He indicated that he will be working with them and updating
>> the
>> chapter.
>>
>> Jason also brought up the fact that the second millage vote will be
>> happening this fall, and that it may be another situation where their
>> will
>> have to be some phone work done to help the millage pass, though he
>> sounded
>> hopeful that it wouldn't be as much of a challenge with this millage,
>> the
>> big concern would be more with the understanding that this millage
>> would
>> bring Kalamazoo back to the same point, and wouldn't be another
>> increase.
>>
>> I emailed Kevin King, our contact from the library, to check on how
>> the
>> library project is progressing. He indicated that due to some
>> budgeting
>> issues that the actual purchasing of the equipment would have to be
>> pushed
>> back to January 2010 approximately. We are keeping in contact.
>>
>> I spoke with the group about the direction that I want the chapter to
>> look
>> this coming year. One thing that I want to focus on is building a
>> steady
>> membership. I feel that the one thing that will help out with this is
>> to
>> make the meetings a little more fun and enjoyable. I don't think the
>> meetings have been bad, but maybe just a little too serious? Perhaps
>> some
>> feedback on this thought would be good. We tried this out by playing
>> some
>> games at the end of the meeting, and I think it was a lot of fun. Any
>> ideas
>> would be welcome.
>>
>> Elections will be held at our next meeting Monday October 12. I will
>> update
>> the group as to the location of the meeting. Put it on your calendars
>> and
>> we'll see you there. In the mean time ideas would be appreciated as
>> to how
>> we can improve attendance at the meetings and increase membership.
>> Also, if
>> you know that you will not be present at the meeting, a notice would
>> be very
>> much appreciated, however advanced it can be is also good.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Merren
>> President of the NFB of kalamazoo
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