<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>without a doubt one of my biggest highlights of a given year is the time I get to spend with my Federation family at National Convention. There is always so much to do, so many people to see and so much energy in the air. One of the Places where this energy is most noticeable is amongst us in the NABS family.</div><div> there is always such a buzz at our meetings or around our exhibit hall table or at Monte Carlo, where so many people connect and re-connect, support our efforts as a part of our great movement.</div><div> The best part of it all is getting to meet the great folks who give of their time to work along side our board members to make our activities a fantastic success!</div><div> </div><div> This year… will it be you who’s a part of it all?</div><div> you ask “how?” </div><div> I answer “read below and find out!”!</div><div> </div><div><br>Hey Nabs!! <br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">As you all know, the National association of blind students is<br>planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may<br>not know however is that we as a board can’t do all of it ourselves.<br>So we would very much appreciate your help in making the nabs<br>activities a success this year!<br>Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in three areas<br></blockquote>1: marshalers for the NABS meeting. <br>They are the few, the proud, the people who make sure you know where the action is. <br>They help you find the right line to stand in. Without them, we don't know how the night might go.<br>five to ten people are needed for the NABS meeting <br><br>2.<br><blockquote type="cite">. Assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall.<br>Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling nabs<br>items and handing out nabs literature. The schedule for tabling looks<br>like this:<br></blockquote>Wednesday,<br><blockquote type="cite">July 2:<br>.<br>1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.<br>3:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m.<br>Thursday, July 3:<br>8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.<br>11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.<br>1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.<br>.<br>Friday, July 4:<br>12 noon – 1:45 p.m.<br>.<br>Saturday, July 5:<br>12 noon – 1:45 p.m<br>6:00p.m. – 8:30 p.m.<br><br><br>As you can see, we have eleven shifts, so if you contact me with your<br>preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in!<br><br>3. Staffing the nabs Monte Carlo night fund raiser. This is a great<br>opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together<br>one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need:<br>Individuals who can work an early shift (7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those<br>individuals will be asked to either<br>a. Marshal.<br>b. Set up for the event<br>c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games)<br>We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.) Those<br>individuals would be asked to:<br>a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games)<br>b. Assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting.<br><br>Please let me know what time(s) you are interested in working<br>(exhibit hall, Monte Carlo or both). If Monte Carlo, please let me<br>know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and<br>what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, (we are in particular need for poker dealers) or other<br>such games).<br>This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to<br>get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you<br>to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time.<br>Please contact me and copy Sean Whalen, NABS President if interested. When contacting please include a contact phone number so that we might get a hold of you at convention if needed. <br>I can be contacted at: <a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a>. Sean Can be reached at <a href="mailto:nabs.president@gmail.com">nabs.president@gmail.com</a>.<br><br>Thank you very much for your willingness to work together to make this convention the best one yet!<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">I look forward to hearing<br>from you all real soon and am excited to see you in Orlando!!!<br></blockquote>Best,<br>Darian<br><blockquote type="cite">-- <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Darian Smith</div><div>2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students</div><div>(415) 215-9809</div><div><a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a>.</div><div>twitter: @goldengateace</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nabslink.org">www.nabslink.org</a></div><div>Follow the National Association of Blind Students on twitter: @nabslink.</div><div>“ A good Head and a good heart are always a formidable combination” </div><div> - Nelson Mandela. </div><div><blockquote type="cite"><br>Vehicle Donations Take the Blind Further <br>Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call 1-855-659-9314<br></blockquote></div></div></div>
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