[Blind-international-students] possible name selections

Wed Sep 29 15:54:35 UTC 2010

I don't know. Our name could still reflect our members and our purpose.
So our members: All (or most) are blind. If they are not blind, then
they have strong ties or an affinity for working with the blind.
And, our members either live in, come from or are strongly interested
in other countries other than the USA.
So, they could be blind international students,
a friend of a blind international student,
someone who is blind, but is not living in the USA (Maybe they would
like to or maybe they have in the past),
someone who is interested in international  affairs as they relate to
blind people -- or someone who is concerned about the blind in other
countries.

We have talked about our goals:
1. to serve as a resource and a social connection to those
international blind students who come to the USA for study or work.
2. to provide outreach and/or equipment/etc for those blind people in
other countries.
3. to organize projects that will assist blind individuals who have
recently come to the USA, as well as blind individuals who live in
other countries.
4. to develop an international database of organizations and agencies
that  are helpful or that serve the blind.

Hina, did I leave anything out?

So, we want to emphasize that we are (largely) a group of internationals.
We care about international subjects as they relate to the blind and
will work to effect those blind people in other countries.
We want to be a social network and resource for those international
blind people who come to the USA. To this regard, we want to act as
"mentors."

Jan

On 9/29/10, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Agree, but I thought in the meeting we agreed that since we need a backing
> of a established organization it would serve us better for now to start as a
> interest group within the NFB and then maybe expand? If we still want to do
> this then our name should reflect this.
> 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, 9/29/10, Hina <haltaf at carrollu.edu> wrote:
>
>> From: Hina <haltaf at carrollu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] possible name selections
>> To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
>> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:16 AM
>> we should create our separate identy.
>> not just an interest group.
>> hina.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anmol Bhatia" <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
>> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] possible name
>> selections
>>
>>
>> I want to ecco the thanks to Jan for putting in the hard
>> work in putting a name to together. I think since we are
>> just a special interest group within the NFB for now our
>> name should be something which reflects that.
>> Something like Friends of International or International
>> and friends. This will indecate that we are a interest group
>> within a organization.
>> 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, 9/29/10, Philip So <philipso101 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Philip So <philipso101 at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] possible
>> name selections
>> > To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
>> > <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>> > Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 1:17 AM
>> > 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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