[Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss

[Tyler Merren]

Hi NFBers
I hope everyone recieved the email Leanne sent out a few days ago, if not, 
the message is below.  I suppose that if I don't hear from the group within 
the next few days, then I wil lbe canceling the December functions, assuming 
that everyone is too busy to attend.  Let me know if this is incorrect.

Take care and have a Merry Christmas,
Tyler Merren
President of the NFB of Kalamazoo

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tyler and Leanne Merren
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:05 PM
To: Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com ; Boone, Christine (DELEG) ; Bishop, Rachel
Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss

Hi all,
Hope this email finds you all well.  Our president has asked me to compose 
an email for him to address a few topics.  He is busy finishing up his last 
semester of college and preparing for finals so he is crunched for time at 
the moment...

Email list: I am not sure how to subscribe people to the list but you can 
subscribe your email address on the website.  The address given at the 
bottom of the list emails is
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-kzoo_nfbnet.org
Let us know if that doesn't work and we will see what we need to do to get 
people subscribed.

Previous meeting: Attendance at our November meeting was quite low.  While 
we realize that everyone in our chapter is busy and has other obligations, 
we need to all remember to be responsible to the other members and let them 
know if we will not be attending a meeting.  This is especially important if 
you are a board member, because if the meeting is not productive, it can be 
rather costly for some people with transportation, food, babysitting, etc. 
So please be courteous and contact someone on the board to let them know if 
you will be missing a meeting.  If not enough board members are available, 
it may be most beneficial to hold a phone conference instead.

Meeting on December 15: We would like to know how many people plan to attend 
this meeting.  Tyler and I have a conflict that evening because there is a 
gathering for the Michigan Blind Athletic Association that same evening and 
Tyler is also a board member with that organization.  So please let us know 
if you will make the meeting so we can decide if the meeting will take 
place.

Christmas party: We did not discuss plans for a Christmas party at our 
November meeting due to the low attendance.  In past years, one of our 
chapter members has offered their home and hospitality for a Christmas 
gathering and it has been a lot of fun.  This usually took place instead of 
a December meeting.  I can say that with Tyler's graduation and my 
responsibilities as a youth goalball coach (among others), we will not be 
available to host, but we might be able to attend.  So if anyone else would 
like to throw a Christmas gathering at their home, or if the group would 
prefer to have a little celebration in collaboration with our December 
meeting, please throw out your ideas and we'll see what we can do.  I hope 
we can put something together.  It would be our preference to cancel the 
meeting and do a Christmas party instead, but that depends on whether 
someone is willing to host.

We look forward to hearing some thoughts from all of you.

Sincerely,
Leanne Merren
Secretary, NFB of Kalamazoo
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