Special Invitation for Quaker Process Nerds

Come one, come all. 

Come experience the power of continuing revelation.

Come wade into all manner of Do Better Next Time zones

Come experience the ups and downs of audio partly enhanced by half-blind mic runners.

Come appreciate the transformative technological dimensions of Zoom. 

RantWoman for the kajillionth time since becoming painfully aware of her capacity to drive people crazy in meetings cordially invites Friends to come observe Blind people Getting Things Done in business meetings in spite of many challenges that seem like another universe to the sight-dependent. 

Digression which most certainly does, in RantWoman's YEARS LONG clear call to be faithful to her Light relate to disability: By kajillionth time, RantWoman means certain sponsors of clerking workshops, all members of a  certain Care and Accountability committee, and two members of the UFM committee on Disabilities before RantWoman was summarily exiled. 

One member of the disabilities committee went to a blindness event and had a very helpful observation: sighted people expect to be looking at each other during conversation. Blind people can be looking all over the place but that does not mean they are not listening. 

The second disabilities committee member came to a different event where there were a few moments of talking over. The visiting Friend noticed the kind of multi-sound track chatter that breaks out when a bunch of blind people are interacting with talking devices and then said that Friend did not see how any of that related to Meeting for Business. Ummmm? To be fair the livestream will probably spare listeners most of the talking device chatter so hopefully it will be easier to focus on other process points.

Now the actual invitation:

Please join RantWoman and probably hundreds of others for The WA Council of the Blind annual BUSINESS MEETING live streamed on ACB Media 9 (use the google for the exact link).

1:30 pm Pacific Time, 

Saturday October 28, 2023

Come watch blind people in action! Come watch blind people GET STUFF DONE.

Sure it might be Quaker heresy to recognize Divine presence all the more so in spaces run more or less under Roberts Rules of Order. 

Celebrate! The multi faith soreheads on the Advocacy committee helped get rid of the convention-opening usually highly Christocentric invocation. The awkward and almost idolatrous Color Guard remains to remind everyone of both patriotism and chagrin on behalf of the US. But a kick-ass DEI committee has also taken shape and there may or may not be very many moments of silence.

Process nerds may appreciate:

--a clear agenda posted below.

--preparatory Zoom sessions both about the budget and about constitution and bylaws. 

--What other points do readers notice?

Agenda: Annual Business Meeting

The annual business meeting of Washington Council of the Blind will include agenda items such as:

In Memoriam, Elections of Officers (President, 1^st Vice President, and Treasurer) and Board Directors (3 two-year term positions), Proposed 2024 Operating Budget, Proposed Amendments to the WCB Constitution and Bylaws, Resolutions, Old business, and New business

 

Virtual attendees have received Zoom links; WCB members eligible to vote are asked to enter the Zoom webinar in advance of the call to order to facilitate the determination of a quorum.

 

4:30 PM 

Business Meeting is Adjourned 

Dear God, will Business Meeting really last THREE HOURS? That's what the schedule says; sometimes meeting angels hold the room so well it finishes early.