[Nfbc-sj] REMINDER: CHAPTER MEETING THIS SATURDAY, 10/17/2020 AT 3:00PM VIA ZOOM

Mon Oct 19 15:55:16 PDT 2020

Hi,
I will try my absolute best to make it to the meeting today.
BQ

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Subject: [Nfbc-sj] REMINDER: CHAPTER MEETING THIS SATURDAY, 10/17/2020 AT 3:00PM VIA ZOOM

        hello fellow chapter members.  This is a reminder that
we'll be holding our October chapter meeting on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at
3:00PM, via Zoom.  Jamie has once again agreed to host this meeting and we
look forward to seeing all of you via Zoom, see the link below.

        Because I failed to provide minutes for the last meeting, and we
covered a number of important items, I'm going to quote the agenda I sent
out for the september meeting and note the results of those discussions
below, hoping they willserve as a passable version of meeting minutes.
Below that, I'll list the topics for this week's  agenda.  Consequently,
this e-mail will be rather long, but I hope it will be informative and will
inspire you to attend the meeting this coming saturday.

        We have a number of items for this month's agenda, some of which are
hold overs from last month.  Here are the items I'm aware of at the moment.
If there are additional items folks have for this meeting, please let me
know and I'll add them.

1.  Voter registration and voter accessibility.  We're not here
to discuss how you vote or how you should vote, but we want to make sure
that everyone in our chapter who is elligible  to vote is registered to
vote and that they know how to vote in this election.  Santa Clara county
has adopted a system to allow nonvisual marking of remote ballots.  There
are some things we need to do as a chapter in order to help assure everyone
who wants to vote and is elligible, can vote.  Let's discuss.

        This item was very lively.  We had representatives from Santa Clara and
Santa Cruz counties.  Jamie looke into the procedure for accessible voting
for Santa Clara County.  The procedure is that if you want to vote at home
and you want to do it accessibly, you can visit the Santa Clara County's
voting web site and fillout your ballot on-line.  When you've completed the
ballot, you must then print it and put it in the envelope that came with
the ballot that was mailed to you.  You need to make sure you sign your
name on the strip that shows through the envelope flap once it's sealed,
otherwise your vote will not be counted.  You will probably need sighted
assistance to do this.  Using AIRA for this task may be sufficient, but I
suggest using an in-person helper.

        If you want to vote at a Santa Clara County voting station, you may do
so.  The same web site, above, will have  the locations of voting locations
that will have accessible voting machines available, as well as the dates
and times the voting locations will be open.

        Elizabeth Stewart from Capitola looked into the procedures for Santa
Cruz County.  If you need assistance voting at home, you can call the
county registrar's office and schedule a time for someone to come out and
help you complete your ballot.  Their voting web site lists the times and
locations polling locations will be available and which ones feature
accessible voting machines if you want to vote at a polling station.

        Thank you to Jamie and Elizabeth for gathering this information.

2.  Door prize donations for the state convention.  We have developed an
on-line system for donating door prizes for the upcoming state convention;
now all we need are people to decide what they would like to donate as door
prizes and what we, as a chapter, would like to donate as a door prize.
        The door prize donation site can be accessed from the NFB of
California state convention web page: http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/
Typically, I throw in a few Starbucks  gift cards each year on the
chapter's behalf for the door prize donations.  tiffany Manosh, who is the
door prize coordinator, tells me she's short on door prizes this year, so
if you wish to donate a door prize, either as an individual or on the
chapter's behalf, feel free to do so.  I will donate 2 $25 Starbucks gift
cards on the chapter's behalf this year.

3.  Auction baskets
        It has become a tradition for the chapters to donate  baskets of
goodies to be auctioned off during the convention.  The funds go to the
state affiliate and the chapters get recognized for their donations.  This
year, we'll be running an on-line auction during the convention.  What
should we as a chapter donate?
        The discussion around this item was lively and  enthusiastic.  For the
theme, I believe we decided to call our basket the Pandemic pampering
Package. Actually, I don't think that's quite the right name, but it's what
I remember.  Brian Q came up with the name, perhaps he can refresh my
memory.

        In any case, Elizabeth Stewart came up with a number of items for the
basket which I'll be picking up from her after this Saturday's meeting.
I'm still looking to see if we can get Humanware to donate a Victor Stream
as part of the basket.  Thank you Elizabeth for coming through with our
basket items.

4.  Elections.
        It is that time again when we need to elect our board.  Normally, we
would hold our elections in August, but that didn't happen.   If possible,
I'd like to hold elections at our September meeting, but if that's not
possible, then perhaps we can hold them at our October meeting, which falls
the Saturday before the state convention.  I believe our entire board is up
for re-election.  Terms are two year terms.
        We wer able to hold elections.  Results are as follows:

President: Brian Buhrow
Vice president: Brian Quintana
Treasurer: Kyle Garcia
Secretary: Jamie Principado

        thank you to our new board for their service.

5.  Membership.
        It's also time to re-up for another year of membership.  Kyle, will
you be able to give us a Treasureer's report this Saturday?
        Kyle is able to take our membership dues on-line, either via Paypal or
Venmo.  He sent an e-mail to this list detailing the ways he can take our
dues.  Our current treasury balance is $75.

        For this coming meeting, Saturday, October 17, 2020, I have the
following items for our agenda:

1.  Our state convention begins a week from today, thursday October 22,
2020.  The convention will take place via Zoom.  Details will be  available
on our state convention web site: http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/
I am interested in hearing from folks who have questions about this year's
convention or who may need help getting hooked up with the meetings.
Also, we will discuss how voting for resolutions and stateboard members
will work this year.

2.  Our November meeting is scheduled to fall on Saturday November 21,
2020.  this is, I believe, the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  Do we want to
meet on this date or reschedule?

        If there are any additional agenda items, please send them along and
we'll put them in.

-thanks
-Brian
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