[Community-service] Not Going to National Convention?

Tue May 6 19:34:41 UTC 2014

Hello all,
 At  our last committee meeting we  gathered a good number of people to figure out the direction of our service project.

 At that meeting individuals were welcome to bring fourth ideas on what  type of project we should do and who to contact to do it.
  We had two ideas  that came from this and the idea was to come back in a week’s time  to see about the  project which seemed more attractive and realistic. 
 a combination of factors lead to that cancellation of the meeting.  The plan was to keep all in the loop as to when the next meeting took place. 
 unfortunately no other meeting took place because only one project came up as a possibility and the decision to go about the project had to ultimately be agreed upon by the board/leadership  (typically committees make  recommendations which the board makes final decision on, but seine there was only one option and the next leadership meeting  was open to anyone we went with the only choice available.
  At this point we need to do two things:
  figure out transportation and financial considerations that go with it. and be sure we are on the agency calendar. 
 the latter is pretty simple and is the least of our worries.

 In short, there has not really been a reason to call for a meeting of the committee, of which only one person outside of the planning leadership has expressed  interest in.   
  As soon as we figure out issues surrounding transportation, and feel like we have something complete enough to announce, we will be sure to do so!
  Best,
  Darian   

On May 5, 2014, at 11:01 PM, Denise Shaible <denise.shaible at att.net> wrote:

> I'm so happy to hear that.  This probably goes without saying but, please let me know when the committee meets.  I was at the last committee meeting and I thought we made some progress so, I want to continue to help in planning the project.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Denise
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 6:36 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Not Going to National Convention?
> 
> there is a project; there is a committee working on it.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Denise Shaible
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 9:18 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Not Going to National Convention?
> 
> Darian,
> 
> Am I reading you correctly that we won't be doing a service project at
> National Convention?  Please let me know because if we're doing one, I want
> to prepare for it.  If we're not doing one, I'm sorry because it could have
> been a great opportunity for us.
> 
> I'm not sure how we'll do projects after Convention as we live in different
> parts of the country but, I'm sure if we meet and discuss it, we'll come up
> with a plan.  I mean, we're NFB members and we don't let anything stop us.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Denise
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Darian Smith
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 4:20 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: [Community-service] Not Going to National Convention?
> 
> Hello Listers,
> 
> I  Recognize there are individuals who may really want to go to convention,
> but unfortunately will not be able to.
> Of those folks, I know there are quite a few of you who really want to
> contribute to the work of  ensuring that the blind have a place in
> improving our  community and country, while showing the desire, talent and
> capacity  that the blind have  through service.
> you want to engage blind   individualss  federationests, chapters, and
> affiliates in  meaningful and demonstrative service that leads to  the
> proper recognition of us  as citizens with first class status.
> If you have ideas of ways to do this today and up until and through
> convention, please be  in touch with me.
>  Post-convention, we hope to initiate projects  that engage the Federation
> on a  grass-roots level, but have made the important decision to focus the
> energies we have on establishing our presence at National convention, where
> we can start to plant the seeds, make the connections and raise the
> capital we need to support and modle the efforts we dream up.
> Once out of convention we  will put fourth strong  efforts to innovative
> ideas.  In order for these ideas to take off, we need  to engage the
> creators of these ideas  and see that they take their ideas from what should
> be done to  what we have done.
> 
> We have already found individuals  with great ideas on this list and those
> with important views on how things ought to be done. I look forward to
> working closely with those folks, as they  have a  clear desire to build
> and to  inspire.
> Again, Please be in touch with your ideas and enthusiasm.
> Best,
> Darian
> 
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