[Nfbc-sj] MINUTES FOR MEETING, JANUARY 12, 2019

[Kevin Andrews]

Nice and concise. Thanks for putting that together. Hope all have a safe trip in DC this week.

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> On Jan 25, 2019, at 2:40 PM, Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org> wrote:
> 
> NFB Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting
> January 12, 2019
> 
> Present:
> Kyle Garcia, Kevin Andrews, Brian Buhrow, Nanci Amolsch, Tim Elder
> 
> call to order at 3:15PM
> 
> 1.  listened to presidential release
> 
> 2.  Discuss upcoming Washington Seminar.  Kyle and Tim are going.  there
> was some discussion of how to get appointments with congressional members.
> Brian agreed to send Kyle a sample introductory letter.
> 
> 3.  Discussion of first time grants for national convention attendees.
> Encouraged Kevin to apply for one, either the Radcliff  grant or the Jernigan
> grant offered from the National Office.  Anyone else who would like to go
> for the first time to the national convention to be held in las Vegas in
> July 2019 should apply for one or both of these grants.  Details on the NFB
> of California web site: http://www.nfbcal.org, or, for the national grant,
> http://nfb.org.
> 
> 4.  Kyle is working on getting the chapter a tax ID number.  That appears
> to be a necessary step before getting the chapter a bank account.  Tim
> agreed to help Kyle with this process if he needs it.
> 
> 5.  A discussion about where to meet in upcoming months.  Everyone likes
> the MLK Library location, but there is some frustration about not having a
> fixed place to meet in the building.  Tim proposes staking a claim on the
> fourth floor in one of the group study areas each month.  That is the
> tentative plan going forward.  
> 
> 6.  Next meeting to be held, Saturday February 16, 2019 at 3:00PM at the
> MLK Library.  Exact location inside the library to be announced.
> 
> Submitted by: Brian Buhrow, vice president
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