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<DIV>Miranda,</DIV>
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<DIV>No, I do not think there’s a way. As someone who does not wish to draw
attention to their disability, I do not list</DIV>
<DIV>involvement in such organizations. I agree it may draw attention
unknowingly to your vision impairment or blindness, so I prefer not to
list it. I’m not in a leadership role in nfb or a disability organization
anyways, so leaving it out is not a big deal.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am a person first and foremost with excellent communication skills and
research skills. I also love working with children. That is what I want to come
across in the resume, not my disability. </DIV>
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<DIV>Others feel differently. I’d just say that whatever you do in the resume,
make it represent you completely, not just your disability.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ashley</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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href="mailto:community-service@nfbnet.org">Miranda via Community-Service</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 21, 2016 6:35 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=knownoflove@gmail.com
href="mailto:knownoflove@gmail.com">Miranda</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Community-service] Question about involvement and resumes
was Re:community service reward program idea...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Your message brings up a good question. If one does
not wish to disclose his or her blindness prior to a job interview, is there a
way to list involvement in a blindness organization or related committees or
affiliates without drawing attention to the job candidates visual impairment? I
am just thinking that such information may unknowingly draw attention to the
visual impairment, causing unnecessary fears or misconceptions about the
candidates abilities or qualifications.</DIV>
<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Thanks so much for any thoughts, and have a wonderful
weekend!</DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Best wishes, Miranda</DIV>
<DIV id=AppleMailSignature><BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:08 PM, taranabella0--- via Community-Service
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<DIV>Hello Graham,</DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Thank you so much for your feedback. I greatly
appreciate it. Just a few points.</DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>This program is entirely voluntary. If members do
not wish to receive recognition for their service, then they will not be
required to join the program. We as in organization would like to award The
dedication of our members. Many students are required to submit service hours,
so this would be a great way for them to be tracked as well as the certificate
being a wonderful asset to a future resume. </DIV>
<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>As far as updating the spreadsheet, considering the
size of the division, and the fact that one would only need to input The
number of hours for each individual once a month, this would not be a
difficult task and I would be willing to dedicate the time to do it. If
members do not wish to submit a sentence or two once a month regarding the
service they did, then they are not required to join the program. As far as
what constitutes community service, I will be sending this in a later email
giving more information about the program. Any member of the national
Federation of the blind who serves their community would be welcome to join.
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Once again, I appreciate your feedback and if you
have any other concerns we would love to have you as a member of the planning
committee. You can contact me at: <A
href="mailto:taranabella0@gmail.com">taranabella0@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Thanks so much,</DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Tara Abella</DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature><BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 21, 2016, at 8:40 AM, Graham Mehl via Community-Service <<A
href="mailto:community-service@nfbnet.org">community-service@nfbnet.org</A>>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi Tara,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I really like the energy you have and encourage you to
try all sort of things. With that said I have some wisdom to share from
experience and I do not want to make you think this idea is bad or to
discourage you. Just so you know I was employed by a company that had
multi thousand employees that had a similar program. For about 6 years I sat
on the board of a chapter for a volunteer organization of said company. The
chapter I was apart of had anywhere from 700 to 1000 registered members.
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<P class=MsoNormal>Organizing and running a reward program is a lot of work.
Entering all ghe info into a spreadsheet is a lot of work to make sure you
do not have duplicate people that are the same. A web site form is what my
company did, and the employees had logins so they were able to liminate the
duplication. This approach maybe over board for our group, but something to
think about. Not all people want to get recognized and just volunteer. It
needs to be clear on how and where to submit the service hours and told on a
regular basis. You will want to streamline as much as you can, because most
people will not want to put a lot of effort into submitting hours. My
company volunteer group would have people that would lead volunteer
activities and provided a form for them to fill out to tell us about the
event and a summary after the event to help collect service hours and it was
rarely submitted. Lastly keep in mind there are all sort of volunteer
activities and many will have different definitions. The same for the term
of community service. Rhwew ew doeml oefnizations like Habitat for
Humanity, Americorp, etx. Colunteering at church, county event like soup
kitches. Volunteering at my son’s T-ball games, or my daughter girl scouts,
etc. community service that my company may do, or being volved in a formal
HOA to help the community look good and stay safe. Depending od definitions
some could say volunteering on NFB chapter and division boards is
volunteerism. Oh, would this reward program be for registered division
members or open to the public or the the NFB as a whole?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Some food for thought. Good luck and welcome to the
community service board.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Graham Mehl<o:p></o:p></P>
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