Two meeting Tuesday

I had two meetings today back to back in fact I have to mandate that they I had two meetings today back to back in fact I have to mandate that they short and one meeting so I could take off and grab the bus to get to the next meeting in time actually I didn't mandate I basically told him I had to leave and then they shortened meeting which was good because we only had six folks to approve and sign documents which got me out of there pretty quickly but just great because I made my bus and made it over to the next meeting with significant time to spare I was totally surprised. It was a good day for traveling I'll be in a little chilly but it's that time of the year. The sun shined and there isn't the cloud in the sky at least while I was out and traveling.

The second meeting that I went to was the UCAT Advisory Board, The Advisory board for the Utah Center for assistive technology. I may have spoken to this board before but essentially it's a volunteer board made up of individuals to have an interest in and are who use assistive technology or AT. I really don't know how long I've been a member of this board I know it was way before covid maybe even the turn of the century but just like more than 20 years ago - - is that crazy or what? This is a great word in that day actually Feed Us whenever we meet most of the time. This is one of the few agencies that have really used a. T. Zoom technology to make getting to the meetings easier especially for people with disabilities during severe and inclement weather. However showing up in person guarantees that you will get a free lunch. Sandwiches and a salad in a nice plastic container. Way too much to eat for me so I just ate the salad and save my sandwich and now it sits in the refrigerator at my apartment. We used to meet four times a year however now we only meet twice a year and that's almost frustrating cuz we can hardly get anything done in just two meetings. When you only have two meetings a year you have to cover a lot of ground at each meeting. Today we had reports from folks from all over the state who work with assistive technology and what they're doing in their various locales. I'm still really just the only volunteer really everyone else seems to be there as a representative of either the company / agency they work for. The real frustration for me is that we spend so much time rehashing and going back over stuff we've already done. It sort of came to a head today when we spent the good part of an hour trying to find out of one of these. As I mentioned earlier we meet twice a year that might be changing we might go back to a meeting four times a year. That way we have a good probability of coming up with something new or possibly a better solution to some of the issues we're running into. And the best part two more sandwiches a year at least!

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