Membership Meeting
The July meeting will be an in-person and virtual event at the San Jose Vista Center for the Blind on Saturday, July 19, from 9:30 AM to 1 PM.
Lunches will be available from Subway with the usual menu.
Program
A discussion of the American Council of the Blind annual convention held in Dallas Texas from July 4 through July 11. Whether you attended the convention in-person or virtually, be prepared to share your thoughts and impressions.
From the Picnic Committee
We are just a little bit over 2 months away from the SVCB Annual Picnic being held on Saturday September 20, 2025 from 11 am until 2 pm. Time flies so please sign up early. The deadline to sign up is Friday September 12.
There will be a 50/50 raffle as well, so bring your cash and appetites. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers, side salads, snacks to start things off and cold sodas as well as water. Bathrooms are close to the site and there is a children's play area close by as well.
The cost of the picnic is $20 for SVCB members and $25 for non-members.
Anyone who is currently not a member but joins between now and the picnic will get the following advantages: their membership will be paid until the end of 2026 plus they will get the member price for the picnic. Membership costs $20.
All payments, picnic and membership, can be made to either Victor Clifford or David Hoffman as follows: at the SVCB general membership meetings in July and August, as always the 3rd Saturday in each month.
Payment at the meetings can be made in cash or check. Make checks payable to SVCB and put a note on the check what it is for, picnic and/or membership.
You can also pay through PayPal or by sending a check as follows: PayPal address is SVCB@SVCB.cc
Please put a note on the PayPal payment to tell us what the payment is for, picnic, membership or both.
Our mailing address for checks is: Silicon Valley Council of the Blind (SVCB), P.O. Box 4116, San Jose, CA 95125
Deadline for signups and making payments is Friday September 12.
When you make your payment, please let Victor or me know how many hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers you want and how many will be attending.
The picnic is at the same park as last year – Marshall Cottle Park - however, at a different picnic site.
Attached to the email you received is a map of the park for those driving there. We will inform Access Paratransit about the event so they have supervisors on site.
The picnic site is the Edward Cottle site.
One of our members has driven there and provided the following simple driving directions: Once you enter the park, after leaving the guard station, instead of turning left for the old picnic site, go straight until you get to a dead end, turn left and there are clear signs to the Edward Cottle site, including parking. Handicap placards are best.
Zoom
You are invited to a Silicon Valley Council of the Blind Zoom meeting.
Topic: membership meeting
Saturday July 19
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83009196598?pwd=fO7Vjnv4nHCKyxRXdKTyfAkZpGRbIo.1
If prompted the passcode is: 222638
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Call in number: 408-638-0968
Meeting ID: 830 0919 6598
VTA Access
Please schedule your VTA ride from Vista San Jose for no later than 1 PM.