[NFBMI-Talk] Saturday state board meeting

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Kane,

I think we can always learn from each other. I see a lot of collaboration between the various state student divisions within the mid-west region with the annual mid-west seminar. So I do not see why it would be a problem for you to join our meetings.

However, there is one thing I find upsetting about your message. It states that you believe there is a good possibility that COVID-19 will be contained and that nearly all of us will have been vaccinated by the time of national convention. As someone who has been touched by COVID-19 personally, I respectfully ask you not to spread information about COVID-19 that may or may not be true.

It is possible to follow all the recommended guidelines, and still test positive and be hospitalized for COVID-19. It only takes being around one or two other people who is infected with COVID-19 for you to become infected.

I completely understand the need and importance of social gatherings. And I believe everyone has the right to make their own decisions regarding their own participation regarding social gatherings. However, I also believe these decisions should be based on facts and not assumptions that may or may not be true. 

Thanks,
Elizabeth

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Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:48 AM
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Cc: Kane Brolin <kbrolin65 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBMI-Talk] Saturday state board meeting

Hello, everyone, from just south of the border.

If you don't mind, I would like to join these Michigan State Board meeting calls, just as an observer.

Even though tomorrow's discussion of BS4BP is not actionable for my people in Indiana--(we don't have any state programs like this for blind people in Indiana)--I think I could learn something.  Chances are, I will not speak; but I do look forward to hearing from others and from continuing to track what is going on there with post-secondary training standards.

As for other issues you might be covering on the 13th: I would like to discuss the possibility that some of us in Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan could get together in July for a medium-sized, physical watch party that could happen for a day or two of National Convention.  By then, there's a good possibility that COVID-19 will be contained and that nearly all of us will have been vaccinated.  I know a lot of factors--some of them financial--have made it prudent for National to keep the big Convention virtual in 2021.  But I miss the person-to-person interaction and would relish the chance for some of us to break bread and have some Convention fellowship in a smaller, regional gathering, splitting the cost in some way among those members or chapters that might care to partake.  Would anyone care to discuss at a later time?

I wish you all the best.

Kind regards,

Kane Brolin
President, Michiana Chapter
National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
(574)386-8868 (mobile)

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