[Blind-international-students] meeting minutes

[Philip So]

Hi Sophia,
Thanks for your introduction.  Nice to have you join us.
My name is Philip.  I am in the New York area, work in marketing and
am pursuing my Masters degree.  Please tell us more about yourself.
Best,
Philip

On 11/1/10, Hina <haltaf at carrollu.edu> wrote:
> hi sophia,
> welcome to this list. so glad to have you here. I am the one who initiated
> this group and hope through our joint effort we could help blind
> internationals in US and other countries. please tell us more about
> yourself, what do you do and where are you from? my name is hina altaf, I am
> originally from pakistan but am currently working in US as assistive
> technology specialist.
> hina.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wisdom f" <s.lovewisdom at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
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> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] meeting minutes
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>
> Hi every one:
> My name is Sophia I just wanted to intruduce myself. I am very much
> intrested in being a part of this group. I feel that extendingn our
> knolodge and resources internationally is very important, so I am
> happy to join and share ideas on connecting in a global skale.
> from
> Sophia
> On 10/26/10, jan wright <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The meeting Began at 8:15 P.M. (EST).
>>
>> Those in attendance  were  Hina, Anmol, Zaby, Jan,  Philip and Imran.
>>
>> The goals and mission statement were read again. It was suggested and
>> adopted to change “ Legally blind,” and “Blind and Low Vision”  to
>> “Those with significant vision loss.”
>> It was  pointed out that there are already international databases of
>> organizations. So, instead of reinventing the wheel, we will
>> “evaluate” already existing databases and make attempts to add to them
>> or correct them if/when possible.
>> The goals and mission statement were accepted as corrected.
>>
>>
>> Zaby  is going to Pakistan, Karachi to evaluate an organization where
>> blind people live and work. He will give us a report of his findings
>> when he returns. We wish him luck and a safe trip.
>> There was much discussion concerning publicity.
>> Anmol was to write an add for us to put on the email lists, etc.
>> We realize that we don't have a website, yet, but we could advertise
>> the blind-international-student mailing list
>> and our conference calls.
>> Anmol talked about putting  an advertisement in the Ziggler Magazine,
>> MIUSA  and the Braille  forum.
>> Hina will put  something on the technology list.
>> Everyone should put a blurb about the organization    on their email
>> lists,
>> etc.
>> We could also advertise on newsline, Braille Monitor and the Student
>> division.
>> We also discussed making a web site.
>> Philip and Imran can create the web page.
>> Imran will look into setting  up a website and have a mailing list on
>> freelists.
>>
>> We discussed grant writing and defining projects that are important to
>> us. Hina would talk to Katy about grant writing. Anmol would
>> investigate the grant from AAPD.
>> Next meeting is   on Halloween.  The exact time is to be announced.
>> This meeting was adjourned at 9:25 P.M.
>>
>> Respectfully submitted,
>> Jan Wright (am in the process of changing my last name to Ahmed)
>>
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