From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Fri Jul 10 17:10:06 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:10:06 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] July Chapter Meeting
Message-ID: <3D7B6F1B-1AFF-492C-A3C0-9302CB49AEF4@gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

As we discussed the next meeting of the Rose City Chapter will be Saturday, July 25, rescheduled this month because of National Convention. 

Joyce asked me to let you know her choice of a Braille Monitor article to discuss this month is ?The Extra Effort to Be a Blind Person: What Part Myth, What Part Reality? by Gary Wunder. You will find the article in the March, 2020 issue. Here is the link to the article. 
https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2003/bm200316.htm <https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2003/bm200316.htm>

The meeting agenda will be sent out around July 20.

Stay safe and well,

Kirk


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From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Fri Jul 10 17:17:55 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:17:55 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Blind & Low Vision Pedestrian Incident Survey
References: <CAB2d88Qp1BrGzwoyP48wixtZ+dF6pos+4V_7ELQqMzXQF9tByQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <761A815F-0AE2-4ECC-A876-8AEA3FFD2C41@gmail.com>

Sending this to you at Autumn Schaefer?s request. If you haven?t met her, Autumn is an active member of Portland Central Chapter.  

Kirk

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Autumn Louise <autumnschaefer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Blind & Low Vision Pedestrian Incident Survey
> Date: July 8, 2020 at 12:50:24 PM PDT
> To: Kirk Wagner <kwagner8197 at gmail.com>
> 
> Hi Kirk,
> 
> Please share this importance survey with the Rose City chapter, thank you!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Friends!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The Pedestrian Safety Action Coalition invites you to participate in this survey to collect blind and low-vision pedestrian incident data in our efforts to raise awareness and protect our community.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Please take a few minutes to fill out this short 9 question survey, the deadline for this survey is Tuesday July 21st. We will share the results as part of a White Cane Safety presentation in the city of Portland?s special event for the 30th anniversary of ADA, as part of the Sunday Parkways online events. Our hope is that this preliminary study will encourage further study and implementation of pedestrian safety initiatives that benefit our local blind community.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To participate in this survey, you must be blind or low vision and live in Multnomah, Clackamas or Washington County in Oregon.
> 
> 
> Only submit one survey per person.
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> 
> All questions are pertaining only to incidents experienced within the above-mentioned counties in Oregon.
> 
> 
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> 
> Take this quick survey now! Be sure to click ?Done? to submit your survey at the end:
> 
> 
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F2VQ7NT <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F2VQ7NT>
> 
> 
> 
> Please share this with other local blind and low-vision pedestrians and organizations you know of who can help distribute this survey, the more responses the better!
> 
> 
> Social media link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDDFY26 <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDDFY26>
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> Web & Email link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F2VQ7NT <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F2VQ7NT>
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> Or forward this email.
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> Thank you for your participation!
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> The Pedestrian Safety Action Coalition
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> 
> a Portland area coalition of community members affiliated with various blind organizations, city organizers and volunteers collaborating to produce White Cane Safety events and initiatives to build awareness to the White Cane Law and increase the safety of our local blind community
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From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Mon Jul 20 18:21:17 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:21:17 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Rose City Chapter Meeting Agenda - July, 2020
Message-ID: <57B21156-DD0C-440C-8834-F693DCE0D3FA@gmail.com>

What:	Rose City Chapter Meeting

When:	Saturday, July 25, 2020
		10:30 am Pacific time

Zoom Meeting Dial In:
	669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 818 9243 4690
	929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 818 9243 4690 

Additional Zoom Links to Come   


Call to order
Introductions
Minutes of June, 2020 meeting
Treasurer?s report 
 Playing of meeting minutes at meetings (yes I know, again)
Did you attend National Convention?
Discuss The Braille Monitor article ?Extra effort Required To Be A Blind Person: What Part Myth What Part Reality? by Gary Wunder. March, 2020 issue.
Presentation from Portland Bureau of Transportation for the August meeting?
Other items
Adjourn

Note:  Anyone wishing to add items to the agenda please contact Kirk Wagner by email not later than Thursday, July 23, 2020.


NFB One Minute Message -  The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. 

NFB Pledge - I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.

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From jerry.hathaway2 at frontier.com  Wed Jul 22 21:23:12 2020
From: jerry.hathaway2 at frontier.com (Jerry Hathaway)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:23:12 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] June Chapter minutes
Message-ID: <000601d6606e$4f483690$1efea8c0@JerryPC>

I am copying the minutes from our June chapter meeting and putting in the message  below. Please let me know by Friday if you find any corrections or changes to the minutes so I can get it ready to play on Saturday.
Jerry Hathaway, Secretary

NFB of Oregon

Rose City Chapter

Minutes June 20, 2020

 

                Kirk called the the meeting to order at 10:30 AM. The following persons attended the meeting: Kirk Wagner, Ryan McBee, Jerry Hathaway, Joyce Green, Carolyn Brock, MaryAnn Mendez and her husband Jack Mendez who is a visitor. Kirk played the minutes from our May chapter meeting. Motion was made to approve the minutes with a minor correction and seconded followed by vote by members present to approve. Joyce gave the Treasurer?s report with a beginning balance of $1,216.44 and an ending balance of $1,188.44. Motion was made to approve and seconded followed by vote by members present to approve the Treasurer?s report. Kirk mention to the members who were planning to go down Oregon Seminar to view National Convention needed to register by using the form on the Oregon affiliate website by Monday June22, 2020. We decided to move our July chapter meeting to the fourth Saturday July 25th due the fact that our regular chapter meeting will be on the same day as the final day of national convention. We had a discussion about the Braille Monitor article ?Audible Traffic Signals: The Technology, the Reality and the Possibilities? that was suggested by Kirk for us to read and talk about the article at our chapter meeting. Kirk asked is somebody wanted to suggest a Braille Monitor article for us to read and discuss at our chapter meeting and Joyce agree that she will pick out a article for us to discuss at our next chapter meeting. Kirk played the June Presidential release. Kirk then adjourned the meeting.

 

Submitted by:

Jerry Hathaway, Secretary

 
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From green.jm65 at comcast.net  Thu Jul 23 00:54:09 2020
From: green.jm65 at comcast.net (Joyce M. Green)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:54:09 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] June Chapter minutes
In-Reply-To: <000601d6606e$4f483690$1efea8c0@JerryPC>
References: <000601d6606e$4f483690$1efea8c0@JerryPC>
Message-ID: <000001d6608b$d00cd1b0$70267510$@comcast.net>

Jerry, thank you for the minutes.  I did not notice anything that needs
corrected or added.

 

Joyce

 

 

From: Rose_City_Chapter <rose_city_chapter-bounces at nfb-oregon.org> On Behalf
Of Jerry Hathaway via Rose_City_Chapter
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 2:23 PM
To: rosecity chapter listserve <Rose_City_Chapter at nfb-oregon.org>
Cc: Jerry Hathaway <jerry.hathaway2 at frontier.com>
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] June Chapter minutes

 

I am copying the minutes from our June chapter meeting and putting in the
message  below. Please let me know by Friday if you find any corrections or
changes to the minutes so I can get it ready to play on Saturday.

Jerry Hathaway, Secretary

 

NFB of Oregon

Rose City Chapter

Minutes June 20, 2020

 

                Kirk called the the meeting to order at 10:30 AM. The
following persons attended the meeting: Kirk Wagner, Ryan McBee, Jerry
Hathaway, Joyce Green, Carolyn Brock, MaryAnn Mendez and her husband Jack
Mendez who is a visitor. Kirk played the minutes from our May chapter
meeting. Motion was made to approve the minutes with a minor correction and
seconded followed by vote by members present to approve. Joyce gave the
Treasurer's report with a beginning balance of $1,216.44 and an ending
balance of $1,188.44. Motion was made to approve and seconded followed by
vote by members present to approve the Treasurer's report. Kirk mention to
the members who were planning to go down Oregon Seminar to view National
Convention needed to register by using the form on the Oregon affiliate
website by Monday June22, 2020. We decided to move our July chapter meeting
to the fourth Saturday July 25th due the fact that our regular chapter
meeting will be on the same day as the final day of national convention. We
had a discussion about the Braille Monitor article "Audible Traffic Signals:
The Technology, the Reality and the Possibilities" that was suggested by
Kirk for us to read and talk about the article at our chapter meeting. Kirk
asked is somebody wanted to suggest a Braille Monitor article for us to read
and discuss at our chapter meeting and Joyce agree that she will pick out a
article for us to discuss at our next chapter meeting. Kirk played the June
Presidential release. Kirk then adjourned the meeting.

 

Submitted by:

Jerry Hathaway, Secretary

 

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From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Thu Jul 23 17:15:33 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:15:33 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] July Chapter Meeting
References: <3D7B6F1B-1AFF-492C-A3C0-9302CB49AEF4@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9F458249-AE6A-46BB-A0A7-A8E5825D2F42@gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

As a reminder, we will be chatting about The Braille Monitor article, ?The Extra Effort To Be a Blind Person: What Part Myth What Part Reality? by Gary Wunder from the March 2020 issue. This article was selected for us by Joyce Green. Thank you again Joyce.  

A link to the text of the article is below.  

Kirk 



> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Kirk Wagner <kwagner8197 at gmail.com>
> Subject: July Chapter Meeting
> Date: July 10, 2020 at 10:10:06 AM PDT
> To: "Rose City Chapter, NFB of Oregon List" <Rose_City_Chapter at nfb-oregon.org>, Jerry Garafolo <Garafoloj at aol.com>
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> As we discussed the next meeting of the Rose City Chapter will be Saturday, July 25, rescheduled this month because of National Convention. 
> 
> Joyce asked me to let you know her choice of a Braille Monitor article to discuss this month is ?The Extra Effort to Be a Blind Person: What Part Myth, What Part Reality? by Gary Wunder. You will find the article in the March, 2020 issue. Here is the link to the article. 
> https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2003/bm200316.htm <https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2003/bm200316.htm>
> 
> The meeting agenda will be sent out around July 20.
> 
> Stay safe and well,
> 
> Kirk
> 
> 

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From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Thu Jul 23 17:25:51 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:25:51 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Rose City Chapter Zoom Meeting - 07/25/2020
Message-ID: <A463DA2B-0138-4E68-B54F-E4EC8FF24D6E@gmail.com>

Kirk Wagner is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Rose City Chapter Zoom Meeting - 07/25/2020
Time: Jul 25, 2020 10:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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From kwagner8197 at gmail.com  Thu Jul 30 17:29:40 2020
From: kwagner8197 at gmail.com (Kirk Wagner)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:29:40 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Reply From Gary Wunder
Message-ID: <C167DA12-B11F-4AFB-B0C3-E8791D33585A@gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

We discussed during our chapter meeting last Saturday, I sent a note to Gary Wunder concerning The Braille Monitor article we discussed during the meeting. In it I told him our members and both guests, found the article with his own experiences inspiring, balanced, well written and just plain good Monitor reading. His pros inspired an excellent discussion and sharing of personal experiences.  

Here is Gary?s response: 

Wow, how wonderful it is to get your note. I am glad that the article served as a good discussion stimulator. It is always difficult for me to know when an article that I write is good enough for the Braille Monitor and when it simply gets in because I'm the editor. Thank you for such an affirming note.
 
Warmly,
 
Gary
 

Kirk


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From green.jm65 at comcast.net  Thu Jul 30 23:03:35 2020
From: green.jm65 at comcast.net (Joyce M. Green)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:03:35 -0700
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Reply From Gary Wunder
In-Reply-To: <C167DA12-B11F-4AFB-B0C3-E8791D33585A@gmail.com>
References: <C167DA12-B11F-4AFB-B0C3-E8791D33585A@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001901d666c5$a82b9fb0$f882df10$@comcast.net>

Thank you, Kirk, for sending us the response you received from Gary.  Thanks for making his day by letting him know how we regarded his article.

 

Joyce

 

 

From: Rose_City_Chapter <rose_city_chapter-bounces at nfb-oregon.org> On Behalf Of Kirk Wagner via Rose_City_Chapter
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:30 AM
To: Rose City Chapter, NFB of Oregon List <Rose_City_Chapter at nfb-oregon.org>
Cc: Kirk Wagner <kwagner8197 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Rose_City_Chapter] Reply From Gary Wunder

 

Hi everyone,

 

We discussed during our chapter meeting last Saturday, I sent a note to Gary Wunder concerning The Braille Monitor article we discussed during the meeting. In it I told him our members and both guests, found the article with his own experiences inspiring, balanced, well written and just plain good Monitor reading. His pros inspired an excellent discussion and sharing of personal experiences.  

 

Here is Gary?s response: 

 

Wow, how wonderful it is to get your note. I am glad that the article served as a good discussion stimulator. It is always difficult for me to know when an article that I write is good enough for the Braille Monitor and when it simply gets in because I'm the editor. Thank you for such an affirming note.

 

Warmly,

 

Gary

 

 

Kirk

 

 

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