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

[Mary Willows]

There's your student seminar agenda.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Sexton Jr." <bjsexton at comcast.net>
To: "California Association of Blind Students Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] calling all members of the membership committee


>I think interest can be increased by securing speakers with specialty 
>topics that would fascinate students.  Then advertise these speakers to a 
>wide audience from all California agencies that serve the blind.  Topics 
>can range from:
>
> *  Applying to college by a recruiter
> * summer jobs, internships, externships and more  by a career developer or 
> human resources person.
> *  law school, what's entailed, by someone who's done it before
> * Study methods and time management for the serious student
> *  Blubs and extra curricular for the fun loving student
> *   Show me the money, Scholarships
> *  community college is an option for me
> *    University, What does it take
> *  legislation that effects you
> *    budget cuts, how can I help?
>
>
> If you secure the speakers ahead and are able to provide this list of 
> upcoming speakers to all service providers and put on the website these 
> upcoming events, I think you might get more participation.  The trick will 
> be constantly reminding people to participate.  Make it attractive!  then 
> when you get students, get their information and give them something 
> tangible they can do to help.
>
> It might be good to stagger the days to accommodate people's schedules. 
> So long as there is consistency and interesting things, as well as good 
> advertising, people will participate.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aziza Cano" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cabs-talk] calling all members of the membership committee
>
>
>> 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>
>> To: <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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