[Cabs] meeting reschedule announcement

[Esha Mehta]

Amelia, you make a very good point. I know some of these
non-traditional blind students and they are quite busy with their
families and lives. You also make a very good point about our kids not
meshing well with the CABS seminar. They are very young and too young
to be talking about high school or college. If we wanted to just have
them have lunch with us, that would be okay I believe; however, I
don't think it would be beneficial to have them sit through a seminar
or a talk.

It's already April 9th and I believe the best plan is to postpone the
seminar to October. This way, we can let the non-traditional students
know well in advanced which might help them organize things so that
they may  have a better chance of coming. We also need to change
things up a bit I think. If we are mostly expecting the usual group to
attend, then we should really make an effort to find ways we all can
find it useful as students too.



On 4/8/12, Amelia Dickerson <ameliadickerson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not sure that there is a good overlap between CABS and Big Buff
> Little Buff. The BBLB kids are elementary in age, and I am not sure if
> anyone has ideas about a meaningful way to connect with these kids
> from a CABS perspective. On the other hand, the BBLB event isn't
> really planned yet either. As I think of blind students on campus at
> CU, the ones to whom out-reach would be good are non-traditional and
> are in the process of losing vision, so they are fairly high vision.
> What would be meaningful and useful to these students? They have a
> family and a life, so it is going to need to be pretty compelling to
> get them to come. Otherwise, if we are mostly going to end up
> attracting those of us who are already involved, what can we make our
> purpose so it will be meaningful to everyone?  Okay, those are more
> questions, which is not necessarily what you were looking for, but I
> think they are important as we decide what to do. I am also going to
> copy Jessica Beecham in on this email, because I think it is exactly
> the sort of issue she wants to be involved with.
> Amelia
>
> On 4/8/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi CABS board and other interested students:
>> If we are not meeting by phone until the 15th, we need to make a
>> decision about the Boulder seminar by email before then. I have
>> communicated with Disability Services on our campus and based on
>> availability of the on-campus space, it looks like we have three
>> options:
>> (1) Saturday, April 21 from noon-4:00 p.m.;
>> (2) Saturday, October 28 from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; or
>> (3) postpone until October 2012 and then hold a Boulder seminar just
>> before the CO state convention, which will be in Boulder this year,
>> and encourage students at our seminar to come to the convention.
>>
>> I know there is a Boulder NFB chapter meeting on April 28; however I
>> have also been informed that the Big Buff/Little Buff group is having
>> an event on the 21st. I discussed with Esha the possibility of having
>> Big Buff/Little Buff incorporated into our seminar in some way.
>> However I am also open to the option of postponing until October.
>> Thoughts from the board and president would be appreciated before I
>> get back to Disability Services with a final decision.
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 4/8/12, Maryann Migliorelli <maryannmigs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello students and other interested parties,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> President Antonion Rozier has asked me to inform you that we will be
>>> rescheduling tonight's conference call to next Sunday at the same time
>>> and
>>> call-in number due to the holidays.  He also asked me to pass on his
>>> wishes
>>> for a happy Easter or Passover.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions concerning this announcement, please contact
>>> President Rozier at 478-998-2420 or by e-mail at arozier at cocenter.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your attention.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy holidays,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maryann Migliorelli
>>>
>>> Vice-President, Colorado Association of Blind Students
>>>
>>>
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>
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> --
> Amelia Dickerson
>
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