[Fabs] Fabs Digest, Vol 63, Issue 2

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>   1. Fwd: NABS Notes for March (Darian Smith)
>   2. Requesting help (Kimarie Whetstone)
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> From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Fabs] Fwd: NABS Notes for March
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> From: Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:07:52 -0400
> Subject: NABS Notes for March
> To: nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org
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> Please find attached, as well as pasted below, the NABS Notes update for
> March.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Whalen
> President, National Association of Blind Students
> (608) 332-4147
> nabs.president at gmail.com
>
> NABS Notes
>
> March 2012
>
>
> In this edition of NABS? monthly bulletin:
>
> 1. NABS Needs You!
> 2. Congratulations to Missouri!
> 3. State Announcements
> 4. Meeting Minutes
>
> NABS Needs You!
>
> Are you planning on being in Dallas this July for National Convention?
> You want to help NABS and meet new people at the same time? We are
> looking for folks who would be interested in volunteering to assist
> with a whole host of efforts at convention. So, whatever your talents,
> get in touch and we would be thrilled to put them to use. We will be
> needing help with a wide range of tasks from convention planning and
> fundraising to dealing cards and manning the NABS table in the exhibit
> hall. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Sean Whalen
> at 608 332-4147 or nabs.president at gmail.com.
>
> Congratulations to Missouri!
>
> As of March 29, 2012, NABS has a brand new state student division in
> the great state of Missouri! Congratulations to the newly elected
> President, Bethany Bennington. Huge thanks are due to Shirley Grauel
> for her efforts to rebuild the student group in Missouri and to bring
> them to this point. Thanks as well to the support of Gary Wunder and
> the entire MO affiliate. NABS is one step closer to having an
> affiliate in each of the 50 states.
>
> State Announcements
> Note: All announcements are printed below as they were received from
> their senders. No effort to edit for content, grammar or clarity has
> been made on the part of NABS.
> Delaware:
>
> We are selling raffel tickets for a Holland American Cruise for 2 to
> Mexico or the Caribean for a week. Everything is inclued except port
> charges and transportation to and from the area where the cruise is
> taking off from. 1 tickets for $10 and 3 tickets for $25. Drawing will
> be held April 13 @ 10:pm at a Titanic Dinner. Please contact me at
> nabs_delawaredivision at yahoo.com if you are interested in purchasing
> tickets or desire more information.
>
>
>
>
>
> Meeting Minutes
>
> National Association of Blind Students
>
> Board Meeting Minutes
> March 18, 2012
>
> Meeting called to order at 8:35 P.M.
>
> Members Present:
>
> Sean Whalen
> Karen Anderson
> Darian Smith
> Cindy Bennett
> Shelby Ball
> Candice Chapman
> Briley Pollard
> Domonique Lawless
>
> Committee Reports
>
> Fundraising: Thank you?s to auction donators are going into the mail
> tomorrow. The Apple TV raffle will be drawn shortly. We will do a
> raffle at National Convention with several prizes. We will determine
> the details of this over the coming weeks and finalize a decision on
> the April call.
>
> Membership: A flyer for the March call is in the works. Exploring
> topics for next month?s membership call.
>
> Slate: Almost ready to publish. Should be out in late March or early April.
>
> Website: Contacts continue to be maintained, and the resource list is
> still in the works.
>
> Old Business:
>
> Treasury: Checks were mailed to Cindy, BLIND, Inc. Holiday Inn Capitol,
> Sean.
> There are still some outstanding checks. New Jersey, Jeff Lucas,
> National, and Beth Debus. Sean and Shelby will follow up to ensure
> that outstanding checks are cleared.
>
> New Business
>
> Rep Requests: Tennessee did not work out. A rep will not go to
> Mississippi, but Candice will be there. Sean is going to Texas. Cindy
> might go to Wisconsin. Darian might go to New Mexico. Decisions on WI
> and NM will be made in the next week.
>
> NABS Leadership Seminar: June 1 weekend is the most likely. Affiliate
> action is interested in assisting with agenda and finding
> participants. Dr. Maurer has been contacted.
>
> NABS Promotional CDROM: A multimedia approach with interviews was
> proposed instead of the CD just containing documents. The committee
> will continue to work out the specific approach, and report back to
> the full board for a decision at the next meeting.
>
>
>
> As always, please contact Sean Whalen at 608 332-4147 or
> nabs.president at gmail.com with any questions, comments or suggestions.
> The NABS board works for you, and we want to know how we are doing!
>
>
>
> --
> Darian Smith
>
> "To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is
> the
> formula
> for a life well lived."
>
> - Dr. Peter Benson
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kimarie Whetstone <whetstonekjw at yahoo.com>
> To: "fabs at nfbnet.org" <fabs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Fabs] Requesting help
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> Dear students,
> I am conducting a
> study on the current uses and accessibility of podcasts in online college
> courses. The current uses of audio podcasts and the accessibility of audio
> podcasts in U.S. online college courses as perceived by learners with
> vision
> loss is unknown. For that reason, we are requesting that you please take
> our
> survey to share your perspective. A link to the online survey on Survey
> Gizmo
> is below. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and
> will be
> anonymous. Please pass this announcement on to any visually impaired
> college
> students that you know. Please forward to other student lists you are on.
>
> http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/725357/Current-Uses-and-Accessibility-of-Podcasts-in-Online-College-Courses
> ?
> Thank you,
> Kimarie Whetstone
> Doctoral Student
> whetstonekjw at yahoo.com
>
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