[Blind-international-students] meeting minutes

[hina altaf]

and hi everyone again, we will meet on this sunday at 7 pm central and
8 eastern, times. please put this in your calendars and i will resend
the number tonight again. take care and have a great weekend. hina.

On 10/15/10, hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> Kathryn CARROLL
>>> St. John's University College of Law 2013
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>> Kathryn CARROLL
>> St. John's University College of Law 2013
>> 631-521-3018
>>
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