[Blind-international-students] possible name selections

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 28 16:21:43 UTC 2010


Hi, Blind international group members,
I myself do not participate in the group, though I am subscribed to 
the list. On the name, I read the suggestions as those which in my 
humble opinion sound a little on the bureaucratic side. So how 'bout 
simply blind ambrosia international or in more simplistic terms BAI?
Car  At 05:31 AM 9/28/2010, jan wright wrote:
>Ok, blame it on the capiccino!
> >From what I understand:
>We don't want the name to be too formal,
>we want it to be catchy.
>"blind Without Borders," is catchy, but some feel overused.
>Here are just some suggestions.
>Please blame any horrible suggestions on the  influence of caffeine.
>1. Blind International Outreach (BIO)
>2. Blind International Connect and outreach  (BICO)
>3. Blind Advocates worldwide
>4. World Blind Network
>5. Division of Blind Internationals on world issues
>6. Blind International Community
>7. Division of Blind communities worldwide
>8. Blind International Network (BIN)
>9. Unified Network of the Blind
>
>Maybe none of them are that good. But, I am just putting out some suggestions.
>If I am not wrong, we should have another meeting soon and when we
>vote, it will be final.
>But, we would love to hear other suggestions and will make the final
>vote .... .... next sunday, I think.
>
>We could use words like:
>affairs, issues, outreach, connection, community, worldwide, advocacy,
>Unity, Maybe we want to emphasize the communityor connection
>or the outreach and assistance
>or the Isssues and affairs'
>We will probably need "blind" in there somewhere.
>I think that
>"Blind without Borders," was popular because it conveyed a sense of
>international connection and outreach.
>  ,
>Jan Wright
>
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