[Nfb-kzoo] Fw: Some important topics to discuss

[Tyler Merren]

Hi Everyone,
Tim, that's totally fine, attendence is not necessarily the issue, just 
clarity and communication, so that's not a problem for me.  I think that 
Christine meant to send this message to the list, so see it below.  I would 
personally enjoy having a get together either at Doug and Christine's or a 
restaurant, either would be fine with me.  Christine, just let us know which 
you prefer here.  As far as Leanne and I are concerned, we would probably 
take metro van anyway, so the location would not be a problem.

Thanks for the responses, and hopefully we can get the fine details worked 
out, :)
Tyler
-----Original Message----- 
From: Boone, Christine (LARA)
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:34 AM
To: Tyler Merren ; Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com ; Bishop, Rachel
Subject: RE: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss

Hi All:
First I want to offer humble apologies for not having attended the November 
meeting.  I failed to mention this at any previous meetings, but it is 
generally the custom of NFB chapters to suspend the chapter meeting that 
immediately follows the State convention.  As ours came only a little more 
than a week following convention, I just had it in my head that we would not 
meet.  This is not an excuse, and I am sorry.

Having said all of that, I think that we should bag our December meeting and 
have a party.  I would offer to host, but we live way off the bus line (we 
moved here when our daughter was 16 and so she was priority #1 and we wanted 
to live near her school and the choice of school determined where we landed 
in this area.  And there was virtually no bus service in Portage at that 
time.   Anyway that's a ramble, but suffice it to say that we live way out 
by Texas Corners and it would be costly for most of you to get there.  I 
will still check in with Doug and see what he thinks about our hosting, but 
I am asking all to be honest about whether such a long trip out would deter 
you from coming.  As we would be hosting, Doug would not be driving.  .

It would be delightful to share some conviviality during the holiday season. 
I am thinking that we could still meet somewhere like a restaurant or club 
house instead, if someone knows of one that is cozy and available, and on a 
bus line besides.  Since the time leading up to Christmas day is so packed 
and going by so fast, is there interest in meeting some evening during 
Christmas week?  We could have a party for Boxing Day on December 26th?

What say you all?
Christine



-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Merren [mailto:twmerren at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:55 AM
To: Nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
Cc: Gabe.guzmanjr at gmail.com; Boone, Christine (LARA); Bishop, Rachel
Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] Some important topics to discuss

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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