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<div>I will try my absolute best to make it to the meeting today.</div>
<div>BQ</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:05:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nfbc-sj@nfbcal.org <nfbc-sj@nfbcal.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nfbc-sj] REMINDER: CHAPTER MEETING THIS SATURDAY, 10/17/2020 AT 3:00PM VIA ZOOM</font>
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<div class="PlainText"> hello fellow chapter members. This is a reminder that<br>
we'll be holding our October chapter meeting on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at<br>
3:00PM, via Zoom. Jamie has once again agreed to host this meeting and we<br>
look forward to seeing all of you via Zoom, see the link below.<br>
<br>
Because I failed to provide minutes for the last meeting, and we<br>
covered a number of important items, I'm going to quote the agenda I sent<br>
out for the september meeting and note the results of those discussions<br>
below, hoping they willserve as a passable version of meeting minutes.<br>
Below that, I'll list the topics for this week's agenda. Consequently,<br>
this e-mail will be rather long, but I hope it will be informative and will<br>
inspire you to attend the meeting this coming saturday.<br>
<br>
We have a number of items for this month's agenda, some of which are<br>
hold overs from last month. Here are the items I'm aware of at the moment.<br>
If there are additional items folks have for this meeting, please let me<br>
know and I'll add them.<br>
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1. Voter registration and voter accessibility. We're not here<br>
to discuss how you vote or how you should vote, but we want to make sure<br>
that everyone in our chapter who is elligible to vote is registered to<br>
vote and that they know how to vote in this election. Santa Clara county<br>
has adopted a system to allow nonvisual marking of remote ballots. There<br>
are some things we need to do as a chapter in order to help assure everyone<br>
who wants to vote and is elligible, can vote. Let's discuss.<br>
<br>
This item was very lively. We had representatives from Santa Clara and<br>
Santa Cruz counties. Jamie looke into the procedure for accessible voting<br>
for Santa Clara County. The procedure is that if you want to vote at home<br>
and you want to do it accessibly, you can visit the Santa Clara County's<br>
voting web site and fillout your ballot on-line. When you've completed the<br>
ballot, you must then print it and put it in the envelope that came with<br>
the ballot that was mailed to you. You need to make sure you sign your<br>
name on the strip that shows through the envelope flap once it's sealed,<br>
otherwise your vote will not be counted. You will probably need sighted<br>
assistance to do this. Using AIRA for this task may be sufficient, but I<br>
suggest using an in-person helper.<br>
<br>
If you want to vote at a Santa Clara County voting station, you may do<br>
so. The same web site, above, will have the locations of voting locations<br>
that will have accessible voting machines available, as well as the dates<br>
and times the voting locations will be open.<br>
<br>
Elizabeth Stewart from Capitola looked into the procedures for Santa<br>
Cruz County. If you need assistance voting at home, you can call the<br>
county registrar's office and schedule a time for someone to come out and<br>
help you complete your ballot. Their voting web site lists the times and<br>
locations polling locations will be available and which ones feature<br>
accessible voting machines if you want to vote at a polling station.<br>
<br>
Thank you to Jamie and Elizabeth for gathering this information.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Door prize donations for the state convention. We have developed an<br>
on-line system for donating door prizes for the upcoming state convention;<br>
now all we need are people to decide what they would like to donate as door<br>
prizes and what we, as a chapter, would like to donate as a door prize.<br>
The door prize donation site can be accessed from the NFB of<br>
California state convention web page: <a href="http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/">
http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/</a><br>
Typically, I throw in a few Starbucks gift cards each year on the<br>
chapter's behalf for the door prize donations. tiffany Manosh, who is the<br>
door prize coordinator, tells me she's short on door prizes this year, so<br>
if you wish to donate a door prize, either as an individual or on the<br>
chapter's behalf, feel free to do so. I will donate 2 $25 Starbucks gift<br>
cards on the chapter's behalf this year.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Auction baskets<br>
It has become a tradition for the chapters to donate baskets of<br>
goodies to be auctioned off during the convention. The funds go to the<br>
state affiliate and the chapters get recognized for their donations. This<br>
year, we'll be running an on-line auction during the convention. What<br>
should we as a chapter donate?<br>
The discussion around this item was lively and enthusiastic. For the<br>
theme, I believe we decided to call our basket the Pandemic pampering<br>
Package. Actually, I don't think that's quite the right name, but it's what<br>
I remember. Brian Q came up with the name, perhaps he can refresh my<br>
memory.<br>
<br>
In any case, Elizabeth Stewart came up with a number of items for the<br>
basket which I'll be picking up from her after this Saturday's meeting.<br>
I'm still looking to see if we can get Humanware to donate a Victor Stream<br>
as part of the basket. Thank you Elizabeth for coming through with our<br>
basket items.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Elections.<br>
It is that time again when we need to elect our board. Normally, we<br>
would hold our elections in August, but that didn't happen. If possible,<br>
I'd like to hold elections at our September meeting, but if that's not<br>
possible, then perhaps we can hold them at our October meeting, which falls<br>
the Saturday before the state convention. I believe our entire board is up<br>
for re-election. Terms are two year terms.<br>
We wer able to hold elections. Results are as follows:<br>
<br>
President: Brian Buhrow<br>
Vice president: Brian Quintana<br>
Treasurer: Kyle Garcia<br>
Secretary: Jamie Principado<br>
<br>
thank you to our new board for their service.<br>
<br>
5. Membership.<br>
It's also time to re-up for another year of membership. Kyle, will<br>
you be able to give us a Treasureer's report this Saturday?<br>
Kyle is able to take our membership dues on-line, either via Paypal or<br>
Venmo. He sent an e-mail to this list detailing the ways he can take our<br>
dues. Our current treasury balance is $75.<br>
<br>
<br>
For this coming meeting, Saturday, October 17, 2020, I have the<br>
following items for our agenda:<br>
<br>
1. Our state convention begins a week from today, thursday October 22,<br>
2020. The convention will take place via Zoom. Details will be available<br>
on our state convention web site: <a href="http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/">http://www.nfbcal.org/convention/</a><br>
I am interested in hearing from folks who have questions about this year's<br>
convention or who may need help getting hooked up with the meetings.<br>
Also, we will discuss how voting for resolutions and stateboard members<br>
will work this year.<br>
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2. Our November meeting is scheduled to fall on Saturday November 21,<br>
2020. this is, I believe, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Do we want to<br>
meet on this date or reschedule?<br>
<br>
<br>
If there are any additional agenda items, please send them along and<br>
we'll put them in.<br>
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-thanks<br>
-Brian<br>
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