[Blind-international-students] possible name selections

[hina altaf]

and yes, the meeting is this coming sunday at 2 pm central time.
please everyone try to attend and please rsvp to me. thanks. hina.

On 9/28/10, hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi friends,
> we are blind, students and internationals but this group should be for
> blind internationals who are in US and they don't have to be students,
> and at some point we also intend to make this group a social network,
> advocacy group where we take some small projects and help blind
> internationals world wide and those internationals who come here,
> equipped them with right information and resources. thanks.
> hina.
>
> On 9/28/10, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 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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