Welcome to the California connection for August 11.

From The President

Board Meeting:
To listen to the recording of the August 10 board meeting by telephone please dial 1-302-202-1115 and enter Recording ID: 61635862 when prompted for it.

Some recording features are available to you once you're listening.
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Boost Website Accessibility

The website for the manufacturer of our Canes Across California t-shirts is “Boost” and they are willing to make their site more accessible. We will be using them in the future for various promotional CCB gear and want to create a positive experience for our members. Currently the site is somewhat inaccessible.

If you would be willing to work with Boost in the near term to check their website for accessibility, please contact Paul in the office at 800-221-6359. As yet, no one has stepped forward.

CCB Survey

Under the original impetus of the Publications Committee, a number of people have worked long and hard to prepare this all-important survey of our members to find out who we are, what skills we have and what needs CCB should work toward meeting.
The survey contains about 30 questions and may take up to a half hour to complete.

The survey can be completed at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZRD7YDX
or call Nicole at the office at 800-221-6359 to assist you in completing it.

Greater LA Chapter Meeting

The next meeting of the Greater LA Chapter, CCB, will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2017 and feature Rick Pope as its speaker from the Los Angeles City Disability Section of Disaster Preparedness.

We meet at Corky’s Restaurant, 5043 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, a block and a half south of Magnolia Blvd from 10:30 AM for our meal and social time with the meeting from 12:30 to 2:15 PM.

Please email or call chapter president Ken Metz at kenmetz1946@gmail.com or (818) 882-3610 with your reservations no later than Tuesday, August 15, 2017 if you will be able to attend.

Frank Welte On Speaking Out For The Blind

From Brian McCallen
Hello Speaking Out for the Blind listeners,

I will be interviewing CCB’s Frank Welte about the organization’s Canes Across California event for the program on August 16th at 7:30PM Pacific on ACB Radio Mainstream.

Here’s how to access ACB Radio Mainstream:

• Call 605-475-8130 and when prompted, press 1 for ACB Radio Mainstream OR
• Go to http://acbradio.org/mainstream, and choose one of the links under the headings "ACB Radio Mainstream" and "Now Playing" OR
• Download the ACB Link mobile app at http://link.acb.org

Thank you for reading and Have a nice day