[Ctabs] Rescheduling the Next Meeting

Thu Aug 4 15:16:20 UTC 2016

Let's shoot for august 14 which is a Sunday. Let's meet at 8:00 PM, unless
Brian has a better time.

Edward

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Hey everybody,

I still haven't heard from folks about meeting times and schedules. I'd love
to see this happen soon. We are now looking at the first
constitutionally-available date as 8/14 because of the 10-day advance notice
clause. When do we want to meet?

Talk soon,

Justin

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National Federation of the Blind

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From: Justin Salisbury 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:52 AM
To: 'Connecticut Association of Blind Students' <ctabs at nfbnet.org>; Kathryn
Webster <kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Ctabs] Rescheduling the Next Meeting

Aloha CTABS members and leaders,

After consulting with President Edward Shaham, I believe it is best to move
the meeting to an August date.

Ultimately, if we are going to schedule a meeting, it is important to have
it scheduled far enough in advance that we have a decent probability of a
health level of attendance by the membership.

We had discussed August 11 to keep the Thursday trend. I would normally call
the meeting myself for that date because most NFB chapters and divisions
have a clause in their constitutions which says that any member can call a
meeting. Ours, however, says the following:

VII. MEETINGS 

1. Annual Business Meetings. 

The organization shall hold an annual business meeting, the time and place
of which shall coincide with the time and place of the state convention of
the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut. 

2. Special Meetings. 

The president of this organization may call a special meeting any time she
or he or a majority of the board of directors deems such action to be
necessary. At such special meetings at least twenty-five percent of the
active members must be present to transact business. To call such a meeting,
notice must be given to the board of directors at least ten days prior to
the date of such special meeting. 

So, it appears that President Brian Martin must call the meeting and do it
10 days prior to the meeting. I think August 11 is a great idea.

I also want to recommend that we amend our constitution to allow any member
to call a meeting. 

How do folks feel about August 11? President Martin, it's all you!

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB

Opportunity Ambassador

National Federation of the Blind

Email:  <mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu> President at Alumni.ECU.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury  

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." 

William Butler Yeats

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Subject: Re: [Ctabs] Rescheduling the Next Meeting

I am totally fine with this.

President Brian Martin, what would you like to do?

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Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB

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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

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On Jul 26, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Kathryn Webster <kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com>
wrote:

Good morning! Should we just push back the meeting until 8:30 PM or 9 PM so
no one is rushed? Seems like a small alteration that we can do if others are
open to it.

Thoughts? 

Kathryn Webster 

President, National Association of Blind Students

(203) 273-8463

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On Jul 25, 2016, at 8:34 PM, Edgar Machicote <edgarjmh at gmail.com> wrote:

I'm currently attending school in the summer. I can make it but I'll
be a few minutes late. I have class Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from
5:30 to 8:10 in the afternoon.

On 7/25/16, Justin Salisbury via Ctabs <ctabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I have heard from Kate and Edward but nobody else. Do people need to ask for

different solutions? Thursday is quickly approaching.

Brian, what would you like to do?

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB

Opportunity Ambassador

National Federation of the Blind

Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

William Butler Yeats

From: Kathryn Webster [mailto:kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:14 PM

To: Connecticut Association of Blind Students <ctabs at nfbnet.org>

Cc: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>

Subject: Re: [Ctabs] Rescheduling the Next Meeting

Love the idea of July 28 at 8 eastern.

Thanks for initiating this Justin!

Kathryn Webster

President, National Association of Blind Students

(203) 273-8463

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On Jul 21, 2016, at 1:59 PM, Justin Salisbury via Ctabs

<ctabs at nfbnet.org<mailto:ctabs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

CTABS Members and Leaders:

I was talking with President Brian Martin recently about the need to

reschedule the August meeting. We have gotten into a routine of meeting on

the first Thursday of each month at 8 pm ET; however, Brian will be

out-of-service for the first week of August.

We could keep the Thursday trend and meet one week from today on July 28 or

push the meeting back one week and meet on August 11. We will have plenty to

talk about. August 11 will fall during the week of the BELL Academy in

Wethersfield, so this could be a good thing or a bad thing. It would be good

because it would give us an opportunity to get an update on how the program

is going. I suppose a potential downside is that, if any of our members are

working that program that week, they might be a little tired at the time of

the call.

Anyone is welcome to propose additional dates for the call.

Yours,

Justin Salisbury

Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB

Coordinator of Student Programs

National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut

Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu>

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury

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