[Blind-international-students] meeting minutes

Wed Oct 27 13:26:08 UTC 2010

hi anmol thanks for a comprehensive response. i agree that we do have
similar goals as causis for change and we would like to work with
them. but hadley school might not allow us to colaborate with them.
they have certain specifications and i am not sure what it involves to
work with them. what i was thinking was to teach different languages
and some computer and other assistive technology classis we can start
on skype or some other media to communicate and help blind
individuals. i suggested this right now because we don't have any
funding and this does not need any funding. hina.

On 10/27/10, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Zully,
> I forgot to mention one more thing, you do know that the braille writers are
> pretty heavy? I just wanted to make sure and make sure the person with whom
> you are sending this has enough room in their bag.
> 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 Tue, 10/26/10, Causes for Change International (CCI)
> <Info at CausesforChange.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Causes for Change International (CCI) <Info at CausesforChange.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] meeting minutes
>> To: "'Blind International Students Mailing List'"
>> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 11:25 AM
>> Thank you Hina,
>> Yes, I am still searching for
>> a Braille Writer. It would be
>> great if we could get one along with
>> any other supportive equipment that would
>> be helpful to a group of individuals just
>> learning to become independent: White canes,
>> magnifying glasses and other items that you
>> can think of. I have someone from Ecuador
>> arriving in Chicago on the 20th and returning
>> to Ecuador on the 11th of December.
>> At that time I would be able to take the
>> Opportunity to send these items.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of hina
>> altaf
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:04 AM
>> To: Blind International Students Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] meeting
>> minutes
>>
>> dear jan, thanks for sending out the minutes. I think
>> instead of
>> legally blind, we should use words like people with
>> significant vision
>> lose. The time for next meeting is this coming sunday at 6
>> pm central
>> time. if anyone has any other plans please let me know
>> ahead of time.
>> any suggestions of what are some of the projects we can
>> work on? zully
>> the braille writer was already taken by someone else and if
>> you still
>> did not recieve one, i can try a few other resources.
>> thanks.
>> hina.
>>
>> 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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