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

Wed Mar 10 19:25:01 UTC 2010

 I would Agree  with Bruce's idea of  speakers.
 This Approach works rather well for    the national sstudent
division, and I believe  would  work so  long as you make it
interesting.  Make   the topics conver a range of  things either
blindness related, school related or neither.  You might talk about
the philosiphty of the NFB in such a way that  helps  students
understand why we do what we do and who the "key players" are and have
been in our movement.  you can talk about  Dating and Relationships
(that got quite a bit of interest on the national  level  :)  )

 having updates on what the Board is doing  Are good things, but  if
those updates are kept to some kind of  minamum or posted in a
newsletter, or  posted to  Facebook or twitter  or all of the above
(but in such a way where people can get involved  and the
planning/management piece of it does not become too overwhelming).
   My  expirience teaches you (a fact I'm learning with regards to
planning  anything) that  you may get some people who just can't make
a timeno matter what time it may be or  will be able to make it no
matter what "act of god" takes place.  That said,  to quote the movie
"field of dreams" "If you  build it, they will come"- just making it
interesting and people are bound to show up.
  That's  my little opinion
  Respectfully,
  Darian

On 3/10/10, Mary Willows <mwillows at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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
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>>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>
>> To: "California Association of Blind Students Mailing List"
>> <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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