[Blind-international-students] possible name selections

[Philip So]

hi jan,
these are great suggestions!  i like these names very much.
thank you for putting so much thought into this.
best,
philip


On 9/28/10, hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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