[Blind-international-students] meeting minutes

[hina altaf]

hi kate, that would be a great help and if we all participate like
that and help with whatever we are all good with, we can for sure make
a difference slowly but gradually.

On 10/14/10, Kate Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> If the group goes through with the grant, idea I would be happy to help work
> on the grant application. I held a position in college as a Grant Writer for
> one of the clubs.
>
> Best.
> Kate
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jan for sending out the minutes. I think  Hina you said in the
>> last meeting that you also wanted me to also review the mission and goals
>> of
>> the organization. As I said at the end of the last meeting that American
>> Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) has a grant that we could
>> apply for to do some kind of a project to help people with disabilities. I
>> have been thinking a bit and I think what we can think about doing a
>> international project and apply for this grant. We could work with Causes
>> for
>> Change (Zolly's organization) with a project she is working on in Central
>> or South America and use this as our contribution to the work she is
>> doing.
>> This way we have a established organization and I think it will help us
>> build credibility and help us in recruiting new members. Iheld a position
>> in
>> t will demenstrate that we are serious and give members something to get
>> involved in. As she informed us that she gets requests all the time for
>> assistance with helping blind students and individuals and it is a big
>> benefit for her to network with us since we have the connection and
>> knowledge on how to assist other blind people. So lets think about this
>> and
>> if we are interested we really need to start applying for this grant. I
>> believe the deadline is in January.
>> Anmol
>>
>>
>> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps
>> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze
>> among flowers.
>> Hellen Keller
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 10/13/10, Kate Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Kate Carroll <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] meeting minutes
>> To: "Blind International Students Mailing List" <
>> blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 8:14 PM
>>
>>
>> Thank you so much for sending out the minutes! I would like that I would
>> be
>> more likely to make the phoen conferences if they were at 5 or 6 pm.
>>
>> Than you!
>>
>> Kate
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:22 AM, hina altaf
>> <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com<http://us.mc538.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hinaaltaf1983@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> thank you very much jan for sending out the meeting minutes. I
>> appreciate your help and yes we all need to work on ideas on mission
>> statements and goals. so if any of you have any suggestions please
>> either email on the list or email me and jan and we will discuss.
>> anmol also said that since he will be in class at our regular meeting
>> time and if we can move it to later time in the  ebening, will that
>> work for anyone and does any one have any conflict with moving it to a
>> later time?thanks. Hina.
>>
>> On 10/13/10, jan wright
>> <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com<http://us.mc538.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jan.wrightfamily5@gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> > Here are meeting minutes for our last meeting.
>> > october 3, 2010
>> > The meeting came to order at 3:10 P.M. Eastern Standard time.
>> > attendance:
>> > Hina, Anmol, Imran, Julie, Zaby and Jan.
>> > The first item of business was the name of the organization.
>> > There were many suggestions.
>> > A motion was made and  yunonnymously approved to accept the name of
>> > "Blind International Network.
>> > The goals were discussed, again and Hina and Jan were to get a copy to
>> > officially read by the next meeting. Hina and Jan were also to put
>> > together a simple mission statement for the group.
>> > We will approve the goals and the mission statement in the next meeting.
>> > We talked about publicizing the group. We discussed partnering with
>> > Julie's organization, as well as other organizations with the same
>> > goals. Networking will be a key component to our group's success.'
>> > We encouraged the members to promote the list to others and even those
>> > in other organizations.
>> >
>> > We discussed moving the meeting time from 3:00 to 5:00 or 6:00.
>> > The meeting would still be on the same day. Many of the members
>> > wondered if a later time would yield more participants. We appreciate
>> > any input from the list.
>> > The next meeting date will be October 17, 2010, but the time will be
>> > announced by the president.
>> >
>> >
>> > The meeting was adjourned at 3:48 P.M.
>> > Respectfully submitted,
>> > Jan Wright
>> >
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