[nfbwatlk] Greater Seattle Chapter Meeting Notes

[kris Lawrence]

Hello All,

Well, the Saturday meeting of the Greater Seattle Chapter was a bit 
different than most.

First, I want to say THANK YOU to all who stuck it out and stayed around 
for the meeting. You see, the YMCA in Downtown Seattle was unexpectedly 
closed due to maintenence. Even though I had confirmed meeting dates a 
couple of months ago, we were not informed until Saturday morning at 9am 
that the YMCA was closed. Vicki Noratak called me as soon as she arrived 
at the Y and found out that it was closed. After many phone calls to 
members en route to the meeting and a few surrounding areas, we were 
able to use a room at the Seattle Public Library at the last minute. A 
big THANK YOU to Cleo Brooks as she was able to help out and her 
co-worker who allowed us to use the computer room located on the first 
floor in the language arts area.

Our speaker, Betty from the Disabilities Rights of Washington 
organization was a good sport and stuck it out until our meeting place 
was confirmed and we got settled in. The meeting started only 20 minutes 
late.

At our meeting, Andrea Travis volunteered to head up our communications 
project. Mike Mello and Kay Burrows reported on the membership drive we 
are hosting in October. Our target group are the Community College and 
University students. We will be holding this in October to coincide with 
the Meet the Blind month activities. Stay tuned for more details on this 
event.

The membership of the Seattle Chapter also decided to participate in the 
Macy's Shop For A Cause event. We will be selling the tickets / coupons 
talked about on the Presidential Release. We will also be donating 50% 
of proceeds raised to the state affiliate. As the Macy's Shop For A 
Cause event is a nation wide event, the membership of the Seattle 
Chapter is putting out a challenge to other Washington state chapters to 
do the same.

Finally, the membership voted in our 4th new member this year.

So, if you showed up at the YMCA and wondered what happened, here it is. 
We are planning to be back at the YMCA next month. However, be assured 
that I will be confirming the date the week before the meeting!

Have a great day!

Kris Lawrence
President, NFBW Greater Seattle Chapter
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