[Cabs-talk] calling all members of the membership committee

[Aziza Cano]

Those of you who share Jaime's view, I am curious as to your thoughts on how 
to increase the number of members present at each meeting.
Thanks.
Aziza
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JKTomasell at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] calling all members of the membership committee


>i think the membership  meetings should stay the same especially the day
> and time.  if you have the  meeting on either Friday and/or Saturday 
> people
> are not going to like that  because in my opinion i do the bulk of my 
> studying
> and other things that I have  to do.  usually on sundays most people are
> home plus this allows those who  go to church to go and also participate 
> in
> the conference call for the  membership meeting instead of choosing church
> over a conference call.
> Jaime Tomasello
>
>
> In a message dated 3/9/2010 5:11:02 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> daydreamingncolor at gmail.com writes:
>
> Hi  all,
> At the last membership meeting, it was brought to our attention that
> perhaps we should decrease the number of meetings we have a year. For 
> example,
> we could start having our meetings be once every two months instead of
> monthly. We are hoping that the decreased number of meetings will result 
> in a
> greater amount of involvement from members who have been otherwise unable 
> to
> make meetings. We would like to get your feedback on this idea.
>
> Also,  the idea to change the date and or time of the membership meetings
> was also  proposed. It was said that perhaps we should hold our meetings 
> on
> the last  Thursday of the month, or another week day. Before you decide
> whether or not  to support this idea, let me point out a few facts. Some 
> students
> work part  time, meaning that on the week day evenings they are busy. 
> Other
> students  study lots, and still others have night classes that would
> prevent them from  attending a membership meeting during the week. This is 
> not to
> say we can't  move the meeting to Saturday, or change the time of which 
> the
> meeting is held  on Sundays.
>
> We would simply like your thoughts to help us make our  decision.
>
> Thank you.
> Aziza Cano
> California Association of Blind  Students, First  vice-president
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