From jbar at barcore.com  Mon Sep  1 05:17:11 2014
From: jbar at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:17:11 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] The Next San Francisco Chapter Meeting is Tuesday,
	December 2nd
Message-ID: <20140901051708.GA6674@barcore.com>

Greetings,

The San Francisco chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet on Tuesday evening, September 2, 2014 at the San Francisco Lighthouse, 214 Van Ness Ave.  We will enjoy appetizers and modest supper starting at 6:30 PM.  The formal meeting begins at 7:00  PM and adjourns promptly at 8:00 PM.

At our previous meeting we observed an interactive demo of the KNFB Reader iPhone app.  During our next meeting we will give updates on a number of important items, including how to claim your share of up to $4,000 from the Redbox class action settlement funds and potential community service projects for the chapter.  Don't miss out on the discussion.  Chapter President Tim Elder can be reached at eldert at uchastings.edu or at 410.415.3493.

I look forward to seeing you all there,

Jim Barbour - Secretary, of the NFB San Francisco Chapter



From jbar at barcore.com  Tue Sep  2 05:08:29 2014
From: jbar at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 22:08:29 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] The Next San Francisco Chapter Meeting is Tuesday,
	December 2nd
Message-ID: <20140902050828.GA29472@barcore.com>

Greetings,

The San Francisco chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet on Tuesday evening, September 2, 2014 at the San Francisco Lighthouse, 214 Van Ness Ave.  We will enjoy appetizers and modest supper starting at 6:30 PM.  The formal meeting begins at 7:00  PM and adjourns promptly at 8:00 PM.

At our previous meeting we observed an interactive demo of the KNFB Reader iPhone app.  During our next meeting we will give updates on a number of important items, including how to claim your share of up to $4,000 from the Redbox class action settlement funds and potential community service projects for the chapter.  Don't miss out on the discussion.  Chapter President Tim Elder can be reached at eldert at uchastings.edu or at 410.415.3493.

I look forward to seeing you all there,

Jim Barbour - Secretary, of the NFB San Francisco Chapter



From jbar at barcore.com  Tue Sep  2 05:30:08 2014
From: jbar at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 22:30:08 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] The Next San Francisco Chapter Meeting is Tuesday,
 December 2nd
In-Reply-To: <20140902050828.GA29472@barcore.com>
References: <20140902050828.GA29472@barcore.com>
Message-ID: <20140902053007.GA7006@barcore.com>

Hey Everyone,

I'm very sorry this message went out so late.

I've worked through several technical issues and this shouldn't happen again.

I am hoping to see many of you at the lighthouse tomorrow night, where you should feel free to give me a hard time about it <grin>

Take Care,

Jim Barbour - NFB San Francisco Secretary.

On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 10:08:29PM -0700, Jim Barbour via Nfbsf wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> The San Francisco chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet on Tuesday evening, September 2, 2014 at the San Francisco Lighthouse, 214 Van Ness Ave.  We will enjoy appetizers and modest supper starting at 6:30 PM.  The formal meeting begins at 7:00  PM and adjourns promptly at 8:00 PM.
> 
> At our previous meeting we observed an interactive demo of the KNFB Reader iPhone app.  During our next meeting we will give updates on a number of important items, including how to claim your share of up to $4,000 from the Redbox class action settlement funds and potential community service projects for the chapter.  Don't miss out on the discussion.  Chapter President Tim Elder can be reached at eldert at uchastings.edu or at 410.415.3493.
> 
> I look forward to seeing you all there,
> 
> Jim Barbour - Secretary, of the NFB San Francisco Chapter
> 
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From jbar at barcore.com  Tue Sep  2 16:23:59 2014
From: jbar at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:23:59 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] The Next San Francisco Chapter Meeting is Tuesday,
	September 2nd
Message-ID: <20140902162357.GB29472@barcore.com>

(Hey All, I fixed the subject line, otherwise this is the same email I sent last night - jbar)

Greetings,

The San Francisco chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet on Tuesday evening, September 2, 2014 at the San Francisco Lighthouse, 214 Van Ness Ave.  We will enjoy appetizers and modest supper starting at 6:30 PM.  The formal meeting begins at 7:00  PM and adjourns promptly at 8:00 PM.

At our previous meeting we observed an interactive demo of the KNFB Reader iPhone app.  During our next meeting we will give updates on a number of important items, including how to claim your share of up to $4,000 from the Redbox class action settlement funds and potential community service projects for the chapter.  Don't miss out on the discussion.  Chapter President Tim Elder can be reached at eldert at uchastings.edu or at 410.415.3493.

I look forward to seeing you all there,

Jim Barbour - Secretary, of the NFB San Francisco Chapter



From jbar at barcore.com  Thu Sep  4 01:19:33 2014
From: jbar at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 18:19:33 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] FW: NFB Twitter Chats
Message-ID: <20140904011932.GL2570@barcore.com>

Hello San Francisco Chapter Members,

I'm sure you've seen the message about the Twitter Chats that are
happening later this month.

These chats are an excellent way to get to know more about our
Federation, more about our leadership, and more about twitter!

The next chat will be on September 10th at 5 P.M. PT, 8 P.M. ET and
is called "Why Join the National Federation of the Blind"

If you have any questions about these twitter chats, please email or call.

Thanks,

Jim Barbour - 650-714-7064

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From nfb at barcore.com  Tue Sep  9 03:26:16 2014
From: nfb at barcore.com (Jim Barbour)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 20:26:16 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] Links and happenings from our September 2nd chapter meeting
Message-ID: <20140909032614.GB7906@barcore.com>

Hello Chapter Members,

Here's a rundown of everything we discussed at last week's chapter meeting.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this message
or contact me at nfb at barcore.com

Attendees:
1.   Tim Elder is a fairly good tap dancer
2.   Jim Barbour is a skier and rock climber
3.   Bryan Bashin likes to work with wood
4.   Lily Liang is improving her Spanish
5.   David Chan is trained as a pilot
6.   Sara Hadsell was born in Germany
7.   Kate Williams owns a red 1956 T bird hard top
8.   Al Coreman is a really good cook
9.   Jeff Buckwalter just retired from teaching computer science from USF
10.  Josh Glatt does occasional voice acting for an online community that makes video games for free.
11.  Carlos Miyares was born on January 1st.

Topics Discussed in Brief, links included inline.

1.  We had 96 people at the just complete DiscoverYou seminar the NFB cosponsored with the San Francisco Lighthouse last weekend.

2.  The NFB of California college scholarship application is here, please pass it along to all blind college students living or studying in California.

    The scholarship form requires supporting documentation, so people should start filling it out soon.  The deadline for all documentation is September 19th.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?973942-RdalroecB2

3.  If you're interested in participating in the 2015 Washington Seminar, you can fill out the form before Friday, October 31st, 2014.  The seminar will take place January 26th - January 29th, 2015

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?984710-4OifFY6TfK
    

4.  The NFB of California will hold its state convention Starting on the evening of Thursday, October 9th through noon on Sunday, October 12th.

    Step 1: Make your hotel reservation before September 19, 2014
    Step 2: Fill out the convention pre-registration form.
    Step 3: Sign up before September 12th, 2014 for the bus, aka "The Magic Carpet Ride", running from Sacramento and Bay Area to the hotel.

    The convention pre-registration form has information about the hotel and how to make a reservation.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?986187-OKrkn0JGXG

    To sign up for the bus, you must email Rick Watson at rickwatson1113 at comcast.net on or before September 12th.

5.  Every blind person in California should file a claim against Red Box.

    Blind people have been kept from independently using Red Box video kiosks because of their touch screen technology.  Recently, a lawsuit file against Red Box by the Lighthouse was won.  This is a large victory for blind folks.  It sends a strong message that all kiosks and vending machines need to be built with the blind in mind.  Red Box has been order to compensate all blind people who were unable to use the kiosks, or who were persuaded not to even try and use the kiosks because the technology was not usable by a blind person.

    The NFB strongly encourages everyone who feels they fall into this category to sign up to receive your money!

    Here's the link for making your claim

    https://eclaim.kccllc.net/caclaimforms/ral/Landing.aspx

    Here's the San Francisco Lighthouse's blog about this settlement

    http://lighthouse-sf.org/blog/attention-legally-blind-people-living-california/

6.  You can subscribe to the NFB Presidential release as a podcast. The presidential release is an audio newsletter from the NFB national office.  It's a short (less than 30 minute), monthly snapshot of what the NFB is up to.

    The direct RSS subscription link is

    https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr-rss/rss.xml

    If you'd like to just download the latest release, you can go here...

    https://nfb.org/presidential-releases

7.  As an outreach effort, Al, Carlos, David, and Jim are going to be calling NFB members during the next few months.

8.  We are planning to do a community service event with the Lighthouse at the San Francisco food bank on Saturday, October 4th. Arrive at the lighthouse around noon and then walk over to the food bank. This will be in place of our standard October meeting.

Hope to see you all in October!

Jim Barbour



From bashin at calweb.com  Tue Sep  9 05:05:30 2014
From: bashin at calweb.com (Bryan Bashin)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 22:05:30 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] Links and happenings from our September 2nd chapter
	meeting
In-Reply-To: <20140909032614.GB7906@barcore.com>
References: <20140909032614.GB7906@barcore.com>
Message-ID: <002d01cfcbeb$ae5eb870$0b1c2950$@calweb.com>



Beautifully done, Jim!

Bryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbsf [mailto:nfbsf-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via
Nfbsf
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 8:26 PM
To: nfbsf at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbsf] Links and happenings from our September 2nd chapter meeting

Hello Chapter Members,

Here's a rundown of everything we discussed at last week's chapter meeting.


If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this message or
contact me at nfb at barcore.com

Attendees:
1.   Tim Elder is a fairly good tap dancer
2.   Jim Barbour is a skier and rock climber
3.   Bryan Bashin likes to work with wood
4.   Lily Liang is improving her Spanish
5.   David Chan is trained as a pilot
6.   Sara Hadsell was born in Germany
7.   Kate Williams owns a red 1956 T bird hard top
8.   Al Coreman is a really good cook
9.   Jeff Buckwalter just retired from teaching computer science from USF
10.  Josh Glatt does occasional voice acting for an online community that
makes video games for free.
11.  Carlos Miyares was born on January 1st.

Topics Discussed in Brief, links included inline.

1.  We had 96 people at the just complete DiscoverYou seminar the NFB
cosponsored with the San Francisco Lighthouse last weekend.

2.  The NFB of California college scholarship application is here, please
pass it along to all blind college students living or studying in
California.

    The scholarship form requires supporting documentation, so people should
start filling it out soon.  The deadline for all documentation is September
19th.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?973942-RdalroecB2

3.  If you're interested in participating in the 2015 Washington Seminar,
you can fill out the form before Friday, October 31st, 2014.  The seminar
will take place January 26th - January 29th, 2015

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?984710-4OifFY6TfK
    

4.  The NFB of California will hold its state convention Starting on the
evening of Thursday, October 9th through noon on Sunday, October 12th.

    Step 1: Make your hotel reservation before September 19, 2014
    Step 2: Fill out the convention pre-registration form.
    Step 3: Sign up before September 12th, 2014 for the bus, aka "The Magic
Carpet Ride", running from Sacramento and Bay Area to the hotel.

    The convention pre-registration form has information about the hotel and
how to make a reservation.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?986187-OKrkn0JGXG

    To sign up for the bus, you must email Rick Watson at
rickwatson1113 at comcast.net on or before September 12th.

5.  Every blind person in California should file a claim against Red Box.

    Blind people have been kept from independently using Red Box video
kiosks because of their touch screen technology.  Recently, a lawsuit file
against Red Box by the Lighthouse was won.  This is a large victory for
blind folks.  It sends a strong message that all kiosks and vending machines
need to be built with the blind in mind.  Red Box has been order to
compensate all blind people who were unable to use the kiosks, or who were
persuaded not to even try and use the kiosks because the technology was not
usable by a blind person.

    The NFB strongly encourages everyone who feels they fall into this
category to sign up to receive your money!

    Here's the link for making your claim

    https://eclaim.kccllc.net/caclaimforms/ral/Landing.aspx

    Here's the San Francisco Lighthouse's blog about this settlement

 
http://lighthouse-sf.org/blog/attention-legally-blind-people-living-californ
ia/

6.  You can subscribe to the NFB Presidential release as a podcast. The
presidential release is an audio newsletter from the NFB national office.
It's a short (less than 30 minute), monthly snapshot of what the NFB is up
to.

    The direct RSS subscription link is

    https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr-rss/rss.xml

    If you'd like to just download the latest release, you can go here...

    https://nfb.org/presidential-releases

7.  As an outreach effort, Al, Carlos, David, and Jim are going to be
calling NFB members during the next few months.

8.  We are planning to do a community service event with the Lighthouse at
the San Francisco food bank on Saturday, October 4th. Arrive at the
lighthouse around noon and then walk over to the food bank. This will be in
place of our standard October meeting.

Hope to see you all in October!

Jim Barbour

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http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbsf_nfbnet.org
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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Wed Sep 10 21:47:18 2014
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:47:18 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] Fwd: Exciting way to promote our campaign tonight!
References: <fb439e31ec6d450c9bafa21805b06f64@DM2PR07MB413.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <4A623A23-1C86-4406-B01C-E6FE83A2B6A1@gmail.com>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: 75days <75days at nfb.org>
> Subject: Exciting way to promote our campaign tonight!
> Date: September 10, 2014 at 2:36:44 PM PDT
> 
> Greetings fellow Federationists,
>  
> Please spread the word.
>  
> Mark Riccobono and Jeannie Massay will be hosting the first ever NFB Twitter Chat tonight at 8PM Eastern.  Below is a Facebook from National Federation of the Blind.
>  
> Do you follow the NFB (@nfb_voice) on Twitter? Join us for our very first #Twitterchat tonight at 8 PM EST! The topic will be ?Why Join the National Federation of the Blind? A Conversation with President Riccobono." President Riccobono will be fielding questions about building the Federation - submit yours during the live chat or ahead of time by using the hashtag #blindchat!
>  
> This can be a great tool for tech savvy people who might have questions about the Federation.  Spread this through your affiliate networks.  This can be a great tool to help us build the Federation during the 75 days of Action.  
>  
>  
> At your service,
> Kevan Worley
> Co-chair
> National Federation of the Blind 75 Days of Action Campaign
> Jeannie Massay
> Co-chair
> "Live the Life you Want"
> 866-543-6808



From buckwalter at usfca.edu  Sun Sep 14 23:49:52 2014
From: buckwalter at usfca.edu (Jeff Buckwalter)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:49:52 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] Links and happenings from our September 2nd chapter
	meeting
In-Reply-To: <20140909032614.GB7906@barcore.com>
References: <20140909032614.GB7906@barcore.com>
Message-ID: <004201cfd076$952fa640$bf8ef2c0$@usfca.edu>

Hi Jim,

That was an impressive summary you did! May I ask how you did it? Memory?
Notes? Recording?

Thanks,
==Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbsf [mailto:nfbsf-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via
Nfbsf
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 8:26 PM
To: nfbsf at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbsf] Links and happenings from our September 2nd chapter meeting

Hello Chapter Members,

Here's a rundown of everything we discussed at last week's chapter meeting.


If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this message or
contact me at nfb at barcore.com

Attendees:
1.   Tim Elder is a fairly good tap dancer
2.   Jim Barbour is a skier and rock climber
3.   Bryan Bashin likes to work with wood
4.   Lily Liang is improving her Spanish
5.   David Chan is trained as a pilot
6.   Sara Hadsell was born in Germany
7.   Kate Williams owns a red 1956 T bird hard top
8.   Al Coreman is a really good cook
9.   Jeff Buckwalter just retired from teaching computer science from USF
10.  Josh Glatt does occasional voice acting for an online community that
makes video games for free.
11.  Carlos Miyares was born on January 1st.

Topics Discussed in Brief, links included inline.

1.  We had 96 people at the just complete DiscoverYou seminar the NFB
cosponsored with the San Francisco Lighthouse last weekend.

2.  The NFB of California college scholarship application is here, please
pass it along to all blind college students living or studying in
California.

    The scholarship form requires supporting documentation, so people should
start filling it out soon.  The deadline for all documentation is September
19th.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?973942-RdalroecB2

3.  If you're interested in participating in the 2015 Washington Seminar,
you can fill out the form before Friday, October 31st, 2014.  The seminar
will take place January 26th - January 29th, 2015

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?984710-4OifFY6TfK
    

4.  The NFB of California will hold its state convention Starting on the
evening of Thursday, October 9th through noon on Sunday, October 12th.

    Step 1: Make your hotel reservation before September 19, 2014
    Step 2: Fill out the convention pre-registration form.
    Step 3: Sign up before September 12th, 2014 for the bus, aka "The Magic
Carpet Ride", running from Sacramento and Bay Area to the hotel.

    The convention pre-registration form has information about the hotel and
how to make a reservation.

    http://www.formstack.com/forms/?986187-OKrkn0JGXG

    To sign up for the bus, you must email Rick Watson at
rickwatson1113 at comcast.net on or before September 12th.

5.  Every blind person in California should file a claim against Red Box.

    Blind people have been kept from independently using Red Box video
kiosks because of their touch screen technology.  Recently, a lawsuit file
against Red Box by the Lighthouse was won.  This is a large victory for
blind folks.  It sends a strong message that all kiosks and vending machines
need to be built with the blind in mind.  Red Box has been order to
compensate all blind people who were unable to use the kiosks, or who were
persuaded not to even try and use the kiosks because the technology was not
usable by a blind person.

    The NFB strongly encourages everyone who feels they fall into this
category to sign up to receive your money!

    Here's the link for making your claim

    https://eclaim.kccllc.net/caclaimforms/ral/Landing.aspx

    Here's the San Francisco Lighthouse's blog about this settlement

 
http://lighthouse-sf.org/blog/attention-legally-blind-people-living-californ
ia/

6.  You can subscribe to the NFB Presidential release as a podcast. The
presidential release is an audio newsletter from the NFB national office.
It's a short (less than 30 minute), monthly snapshot of what the NFB is up
to.

    The direct RSS subscription link is

    https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr-rss/rss.xml

    If you'd like to just download the latest release, you can go here...

    https://nfb.org/presidential-releases

7.  As an outreach effort, Al, Carlos, David, and Jim are going to be
calling NFB members during the next few months.

8.  We are planning to do a community service event with the Lighthouse at
the San Francisco food bank on Saturday, October 4th. Arrive at the
lighthouse around noon and then walk over to the food bank. This will be in
place of our standard October meeting.

Hope to see you all in October!

Jim Barbour

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Nfbsf at nfbnet.org
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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sat Sep 20 07:02:01 2014
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:02:01 -0700
Subject: [Nfbsf] Organizing Call.
Message-ID: <126854BA-00E3-49C9-A20F-29F637D9A4F5@gmail.com>

Hello All: 
 please forgive the  short notice of the below announcement and I hope that all who have interest might be present    despite  this. 

 Fellow  Federationests,
 This Sunday the National Federation of the Blind of  California will continue in our work  as a   part of the 75 days of action initiative as we Organize a new Division of the NFBc in the National Federation of the Blind of   California Community Service Division. 
The NFBC Community  Service Division  will be established to encourage the blind to   become active  participants in our local  communities as the  givers in service  as opposed to the takers we are far too often  perceived to be.
   we will change perceptions  through community service and advocacy, and show  through these means   that  the blind can do, will do, and are doing the work to address our societies? most pressing problems  by working shoulder to shoulder with our sighted peers to do it.

 The organizing will take place on Sunday, September 21 at 5p.m. 
 via   conference call, and all who have interest in this division may join if they so  choose.
 The Call-in information is as follows:
(712)432-0140. access code: 808277
  Look forward to hearing you all then! questions?
Please e-mail me at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com
 Let?s live the lives we want  through service and   advocacy!
 yours in the movement,
  Darian Smith         


