[Community-service] Looking for committee members
Darian Smith
dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 15:08:20 UTC 2014
Hi Thomas,
Thank you for your interest in serving on the outreach/partnerships committee and the publications committee.
I hope that you saw my messages responding to your interest and copying the chairs of the respective committees.
At this time we are looking to establish committees and through those committees the projects that will drive the work of the division. understanding that each committee has the important task of prioritizing the projects that they undertake, we decided to only focus on the projects you saw in the note to the list serve and consider other projects at a later point.
for your convenience I am including the list of committees, the chairs of those committees and the projects that are currently associated with them:
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Committee:outreach and partnerships(you want to spread the word about this newly formed division, what we plan to do, how we will benefit the movement, and challenge Fellow Federationests to live the lives they want through service). Co-Chairpersons: Charlotte Czarnecki and Sarah Leon. projects: service challenge, service agency partnerships, campus service and engagement program partnerships, Training center partnerships.
Committee:Publications (you want to arm those who might want to serve but not know how to with the ideas, skills and tools to do it). Co-chairs Michelle Mitchell and Hindley Williams Projects: how-tis for (state convention projects, individual involvement, parent and family involvement, chapter involvement),.
Committee: Social networking and Media ( you believe that cyber image is everything. You think that what we do is so awesome that it needs to be up so the whole world [wide web] can see). Chairperson: Chris Parsons. Projects: facebook, twitter, Etc. blog,website and newsletter.
As you can see, many of our committees had many potential projects associated with it, so I am not sure that a state coordinator program makes sense at this time. I do hope that in the near future we can think up how to do this and not do more than we think we can.
should you have any questions pleas contact me directly at dsmithnfb at gmail.com so that we may discuss things further (this note and my response to it has actually gone out across the community service list-serve).
Thanks,
Darian
On Sep 4, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Thomas Peralta <tinypaws8491 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Darian,
> I am the one who first made myself know in your last conference call before the convention. I couldn't make the convention, if you recall, but wanted to get involved with the Community Service Committee. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you looking for coordinators in each state to for outreach committees for each state? I would also be interested in the Outreach and Partnership Committee and the Publications Committee. What is involved with the fund raising committee? Wouldn't you need a state coordinator for both outreach and fund-raising to work hand-in-hand with the different chapters in each state? Either e-mail or call me at (608) 649-8407 and we can talk about this in depth. Thanks! Tom Peralta
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> On Thursday, September 4, 2014 10:21 AM, Darian Smith via Community-service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Dear Community Service listers,
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> The Community Service Division is a new and proud division of the National Federation of the Blind.
> As you know, because you have probably been on this list for some time, the mission of the Community Service Division is to secure equality of opportunity for the blind through community service and advocacy.
> We believe that by serving amongst and along side our sighted peers we can model positive blindness philosophy and shatter misconceptions.
> we believe that by giving back and getting involved, we can show how the blind can liv the life we want. We can show what we’ve always believed; that blindness is not, has not and will not be the characteristic that defines us or our future, that through volunteering our time and serving in the communities in which we live, we slowly but surely raise expectations of blindness.
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> The Division has established four separate and unique committees, filled by Passionate, dedicated and driven leaders. Each committee has a few possible projects an individual may serve on. We encourage you to take a look at the committee and the projects associated with each and consider joining the committee (s)/project(s you want to .
> Committee:outreach and partnerships(you want to spread the word about this newly formed division, what we plan to do, how we will benefit the movement, and challenge Fellow Federationests to live the lives they want through service). Co-Chairpersons: Charlotte Czarnecki and Sarah Leon. projects: service challenge, service agency partnerships, campus service and engagement program partnerships, Training center partnerships.
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> Committee:Publications (you want to arm those who might want to serve but not know how to with the ideas, skills and tools to do it). Co-chairs Michelle Mitchell and Hindley Williams Projects: how-tis for (state convention projects, individual involvement, parent and family involvement, chapter involvement),.
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> Committee: Social networking and Media ( you believe that cyber image is everything. You think that what we do is so awesome that it needs to be up so the whole world [wide web] can see). Chairperson: Chris Parsons. Projects: facebook, twitter, Etc. blog,website and newsletter.
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> Committee:fundraising (maybe you like raising money, maybe you are super creative and don’t mind learning how to turn that into raising the money, maybe you want to be on a team that is having so much fun that you forgot you are fundraising). chairperson: Corina Salinas . Projects” trivia night, serve-a-thin. and more.
> Do you want to get involved? is there a committee you are itching to take a leadership role in or flash your massive talent in skill.
>
> Shoot me an e-mail via the below information,
> Thanks,
> Darian
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> Darian Smith
> President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division
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