From nabs.president at gmail.com Sat Jun 4 19:46:06 2011 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:46:06 -0600 Subject: [Mabs] NABS Special Convention Bulletin! Message-ID: National Association of Blind Students >From the Desk of the President June 4, 2011 Special Bulletin: NFB Convention Highlights Beginning Sunday July 3, members of the National Federation of the Blind will gather in Orlando for the 62nd NFB national convention. The convention promises to be a fun and enriching experience for first-time attendees and veteran members alike. Come to reconnect with old friends and make new ones, to learn about the latest in blindness programs and technology, and to be part of the process of changing what it means to be blind! Attached please find the full schedule of convention activities (the convention agenda). In this bulletin I have included information about NABS activities and a summary of other convention events. Please consult the attached agenda for information about activities not listed here in the bulletin. At the very end of the agenda is some useful information about the layout of our convention hotel and dining options within the hotel and convention center. Our convention hotel, the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, is located at 9939 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819. Hotel phone: (866) 996-9939 Taxi and shuttle service is available to travel between the Orlando airport and the convention hotel. For more information, go to http://www.nfb.org/nfb/National_Convention.asp There you will also find some good general information about the convention, including a guide for first-time attendees. If you have won an NFB scholarship or other convention award, you may be required or invited to attend events not listed here; you will be notified individually about these additional events. At this time the convention hotel rooms are all reserved. If you still need a room, contact your affiliate president to find out if anyone going from your state has a space in their room. If not, then contact me at Nabs.president at gmail.com I look forward to seeing all of you in Orlando! Schedule of Highlighted Convention Activities Sunday July 3, 2011 Sunday features several technology seminars, an art workshop, and an opportunity to test the nonvisual interface of the car being developed in the Blind Driver project. Consult the agenda for details and room locations. There will also be organized games and activities for middle and high school students on Sunday throughout the day. Exact times for these and other teen sessions are listed in the agenda. Finally, there will be an employment seminar from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. On Sunday evening from 9:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room 14230. Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying karaoke, or the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time convention attendees. Monday July 4, 2011 On Monday both the exhibit hall and the NFB Independence Market will open. Come to the Exhibit Hall to browse information and products from leading assistive technology vendors and to learn about our NFB training centers. Come to the Independence Market to buy canes, watches, and other blindness products and to pick up NFB literature. Both the exhibit hall and the Independence Market will be open on Monday and Tuesday all day and on Wednesday and Thursday during the lunch break. The exhibit hall will also be open Wednesday and Thursday evenings. NABS will have a table in the exhibit hall where we will be selling coffee mugs and raffle tickets, and passing out student information packets. Come see us! Monday is also a good time to pick up your registration materials if you pre-registered, or to purchase them if you didn't. The registration desk will also be open on Tuesday and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings before the general session. Check the agenda for programs on Monday including the meeting of the Resolutions Committee and the Mock Trial, where the National Association of Blind Lawyers will provide a comical reenactment of a serious legal case involving discrimination against the blind. There will also be a writing workshop for youth ages 11 to 19. On Monday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. NABS will have its annual business meeting. Come early to register with us, or register online now by going to www.nabslink.org Annual NABS dues, which you will need to pay in order to vote in the elections, are $5. At our meeting we will hear about exciting new developments regarding access to E-textbooks, and we will also hear from a young woman who is a blind electrical engineer. We will also be holding elections. Join our business meeting to learn the latest about issues affecting us as blind students, and become a part of our organization. Tuesday July 5, 2011 On Tuesday morning we will have the national NFB Board of Directors meeting, an open meeting where a variety of announcements about the convention and other general NFB matters will be given. On Tuesday afternoon and evening, a variety of NFB divisions will hold their annual meetings. Many NFB divisions are organized by shared professional interests, such as the National Association of Blind Lawyers, the National Association of Blind Educators, the Science and Engineering Division, and the Human Services Division. Check the agenda to find the division meeting(s) you want to attend. This is a great opportunity to meet blind people working in your field of study and to learn about the latest developments in techniques that can be useful to you in your career. Finally, on Tuesday evening, check out salsa dancing, the indoor rowing workshop and the annual play performed by students at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. All proceeds from the play support the teen summer program at the LCB! Wednesday July 6, 2011 Wednesday is the first of three days of general sessions. A highlight of the Wednesday session is the presidential report, when Dr. Maurer updates us on what the NFB has been doing over the past year and what work is still ahead of us. Check the agenda for a detailed description of the General Session program for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday evening, the NFB of Florida is hosting a beach-themed dance party. At the same time, there will be a swimming activity for teens ages 11-18. Check the agenda for room locations. Finally, the Colorado Center for the Blind will have an open house where you can go to learn more about their training programs. Thursday July 7, 2011 On Thursday we have more general sessions in the morning and afternoon. On Thursday night NABS will be holding our annual Monte Carlo Night fund-raiser. Pay $10 to purchase chips and play casino-style card games; whoever has the most chips at the end of the night will win a cash prize. The Performing Arts Division is also hosting their annual Showcase of Talent on Wednesday night, and the exhibit hall will be open for the last time. Finally, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pearson products will be demonstrating some new products to mae math content more accessible. They?re looking for students to come test the products and give them feedback. Please consider helping out with this initiative. Check the agenda for room location. Friday July 8, 2011 On Friday we will have one final day of general sessions, followed by the banquet in the evening. If you didn?t pre-register for the convention, you can purchase your banquet ticket for $60 during registration. I personally find the banquet and especially Dr. Maurer?s presidential address to be one of the most fun and inspiring parts of the convention. It reminds us of where we the blind of this country have come from, where we are going and that we are all united in the business of changing what it means to be blind. -- Arielle Silverman President, National Association of Blind Students Phone: 602-502-2255 Email: nabs.president at gmail.com Website: www.nabslink.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2011_Agenda_FINAL.doc Type: application/msword Size: 3041280 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nabs.president at gmail.com Sat Jun 4 20:27:37 2011 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 14:27:37 -0600 Subject: [Mabs] NABS Elections, and Other Things Message-ID: Hello all, I wanted to make a few announcements about this year's elections for the National Association of Blind Students. This year, because we are transitioning to the staggered board called for by our recent constitutional amendment, the terms will be a little different. In this year's election we will be electing the president, second vice-president, and treasurer to a one-year term, and the first vice-president, secretary, and board members 1 and 3 to a two-year term. Board members 2 and 4 were elected to a two-year term last year, so there will only be two board member positions up for election along with all five officer positions. Anyone who plans to be a student during the coming year, and who pays their $5 membership dues before the meeting, is welcome to run for a position. This year we will again be implementing card ballots to ensure that only paid members can vote, that each member votes only once in each contest, and that vote counting is exact and fair. On a related topic, I would like to announce that I have decided not to seek re-election to the presidency this year. As many of you know, I am a doctoral student and approaching the infamous "dissertation stage" of my program. I anticipate that in the next two years most of my time and energy will be taken up by dissertation planning and writing, and by preparing to find my first real job after graduation. I would like to pass on the reins to someone who is able to give NABS the attention and focus the organization deserves. Sean Whalen, currently second vice-president of NABS, has agreed to step up and I fully support his candidacy to become the next NABS president. Sean has done a great deal of work both on the front lines and behind the scenes to support the growth and development NABS has seen over the past two years, and he plans to be a student during the next four years. While I would recommend that he take the position, I am committed to support whomever NABS chooses to elect to the presidency and to the board. As we approach the end of this leadership term, I would like to express my appreciation to those who currently serve on the NABS board, whose names I will list at the bottom of this message. I believe NABS has made great strides forward in the past two years and I can attribute the vast majority of our progress to the dedication and hard work shown by our current board members. While we have grown a lot during the past two years, there is still much more NABS can do in the future to reach out to blind students, to improve educational opportunities for the blind and to build stronger collaborations with the National Federation of the Blind at large. I trust that those of you who are elected to the next NABS board will accomplish this. I have served on the NABS board now for six years, and I will say that it is a great honor to be involved in leading the organization. But it is more than a title-being on the NABS board is an act of service to fellow blind students and to the blind students of the future. Along with the honor of being elected to the NABS board comes responsibility. If you are elected to the NABS board, you will be placed in charge of NABS activities, fund-raisers, or communications, and will serve as a national representative of the organization. NABS will be counting on you to contribute your time and skills. If you would like to run for the NABS board, I'd encourage you to get started in your service to NABS by signing up to help us with staffing the exhibit hall table at convention or working at Monte Carlo night. (There should be a formal sign-up sheet circulated soon). Finally, as we wrap upthis administration of NABS, I'd like to get your feedback. What did we do well, and what could we have done better? Are there new projects you would like to see NABS undertake? Projects you'd be willing to help organize? If you'd like to send me feedback, I can be sure it gets passed along to the next administration, or you can give us your comments on-list. I look forward to seeing you at the convention! Arielle Silverman President, National Association of Blind Students NABS board members: Karen Anderson, First Vice-President; Sean Whalen, Second Vice-President; Janice jeang, Secretary; Nijat Worley, Treasurer; Isaiah Wilcox, Board Member; Meghan Whalen, Board Member; Domonique Lawless, Board Member; and Darian Smith, Board Member. From GWunder at earthlink.net Sun Jun 5 18:28:38 2011 From: GWunder at earthlink.net (Gary Wunder) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:28:38 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] FW: NABS Special Convention Bulletin! Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 2:46 PM To: Kentucky Students; Minnesota Students; Colorado Students; Kansas Students; Illinois Students; Louisiana Students; Missouri; Michigan; New Hampshire Students; blindkid; massabs at nfbnet.org; New Jersey Students; New Mexico Association of Blind Students; Nyabs; North Carolina Students; kansas-blind-students at nfbnet.org; Ohio; List for NABS State Presidents; Virginia Students; Nebraska; Arizona Students; Professionals in Blindness Education Division List; Utah Students; wabs at nfbwis.org; California Students; Florida Students; Tennessee Students; National Association of Blind Students mailing list; gabs; utahabs at nfbnet.org Subject: [Mabs] NABS Special Convention Bulletin! National Association of Blind Students >From the Desk of the President June 4, 2011 Special Bulletin: NFB Convention Highlights Beginning Sunday July 3, members of the National Federation of the Blind will gather in Orlando for the 62nd NFB national convention. The convention promises to be a fun and enriching experience for first-time attendees and veteran members alike. Come to reconnect with old friends and make new ones, to learn about the latest in blindness programs and technology, and to be part of the process of changing what it means to be blind! Attached please find the full schedule of convention activities (the convention agenda). In this bulletin I have included information about NABS activities and a summary of other convention events. Please consult the attached agenda for information about activities not listed here in the bulletin. At the very end of the agenda is some useful information about the layout of our convention hotel and dining options within the hotel and convention center. Our convention hotel, the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, is located at 9939 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819. Hotel phone: (866) 996-9939 Taxi and shuttle service is available to travel between the Orlando airport and the convention hotel. For more information, go to http://www.nfb.org/nfb/National_Convention.asp There you will also find some good general information about the convention, including a guide for first-time attendees. If you have won an NFB scholarship or other convention award, you may be required or invited to attend events not listed here; you will be notified individually about these additional events. At this time the convention hotel rooms are all reserved. If you still need a room, contact your affiliate president to find out if anyone going from your state has a space in their room. If not, then contact me at Nabs.president at gmail.com I look forward to seeing all of you in Orlando! Schedule of Highlighted Convention Activities Sunday July 3, 2011 Sunday features several technology seminars, an art workshop, and an opportunity to test the nonvisual interface of the car being developed in the Blind Driver project. Consult the agenda for details and room locations. There will also be organized games and activities for middle and high school students on Sunday throughout the day. Exact times for these and other teen sessions are listed in the agenda. Finally, there will be an employment seminar from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. On Sunday evening from 9:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room 14230. Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying karaoke, or the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time convention attendees. Monday July 4, 2011 On Monday both the exhibit hall and the NFB Independence Market will open. Come to the Exhibit Hall to browse information and products from leading assistive technology vendors and to learn about our NFB training centers. Come to the Independence Market to buy canes, watches, and other blindness products and to pick up NFB literature. Both the exhibit hall and the Independence Market will be open on Monday and Tuesday all day and on Wednesday and Thursday during the lunch break. The exhibit hall will also be open Wednesday and Thursday evenings. NABS will have a table in the exhibit hall where we will be selling coffee mugs and raffle tickets, and passing out student information packets. Come see us! Monday is also a good time to pick up your registration materials if you pre-registered, or to purchase them if you didn't. The registration desk will also be open on Tuesday and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings before the general session. Check the agenda for programs on Monday including the meeting of the Resolutions Committee and the Mock Trial, where the National Association of Blind Lawyers will provide a comical reenactment of a serious legal case involving discrimination against the blind. There will also be a writing workshop for youth ages 11 to 19. On Monday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. NABS will have its annual business meeting. Come early to register with us, or register online now by going to www.nabslink.org Annual NABS dues, which you will need to pay in order to vote in the elections, are $5. At our meeting we will hear about exciting new developments regarding access to E-textbooks, and we will also hear from a young woman who is a blind electrical engineer. We will also be holding elections. Join our business meeting to learn the latest about issues affecting us as blind students, and become a part of our organization. Tuesday July 5, 2011 On Tuesday morning we will have the national NFB Board of Directors meeting, an open meeting where a variety of announcements about the convention and other general NFB matters will be given. On Tuesday afternoon and evening, a variety of NFB divisions will hold their annual meetings. Many NFB divisions are organized by shared professional interests, such as the National Association of Blind Lawyers, the National Association of Blind Educators, the Science and Engineering Division, and the Human Services Division. Check the agenda to find the division meeting(s) you want to attend. This is a great opportunity to meet blind people working in your field of study and to learn about the latest developments in techniques that can be useful to you in your career. Finally, on Tuesday evening, check out salsa dancing, the indoor rowing workshop and the annual play performed by students at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. All proceeds from the play support the teen summer program at the LCB! Wednesday July 6, 2011 Wednesday is the first of three days of general sessions. A highlight of the Wednesday session is the presidential report, when Dr. Maurer updates us on what the NFB has been doing over the past year and what work is still ahead of us. Check the agenda for a detailed description of the General Session program for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday evening, the NFB of Florida is hosting a beach-themed dance party. At the same time, there will be a swimming activity for teens ages 11-18. Check the agenda for room locations. Finally, the Colorado Center for the Blind will have an open house where you can go to learn more about their training programs. Thursday July 7, 2011 On Thursday we have more general sessions in the morning and afternoon. On Thursday night NABS will be holding our annual Monte Carlo Night fund-raiser. Pay $10 to purchase chips and play casino-style card games; whoever has the most chips at the end of the night will win a cash prize. The Performing Arts Division is also hosting their annual Showcase of Talent on Wednesday night, and the exhibit hall will be open for the last time. Finally, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pearson products will be demonstrating some new products to mae math content more accessible. They're looking for students to come test the products and give them feedback. Please consider helping out with this initiative. Check the agenda for room location. Friday July 8, 2011 On Friday we will have one final day of general sessions, followed by the banquet in the evening. If you didn't pre-register for the convention, you can purchase your banquet ticket for $60 during registration. I personally find the banquet and especially Dr. Maurer's presidential address to be one of the most fun and inspiring parts of the convention. It reminds us of where we the blind of this country have come from, where we are going and that we are all united in the business of changing what it means to be blind. -- Arielle Silverman President, National Association of Blind Students Phone: 602-502-2255 Email: nabs.president at gmail.com Website: www.nabslink.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2011_Agenda_FINAL.doc Type: application/msword Size: 3041280 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00027.txt URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Jun 6 02:08:54 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:08:54 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for National Convention! Message-ID: Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention 2011!" ? ?Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's National Convention before or this year will be your first time going, come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an experience you will most likely never forget! ?Join guest speakers Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an overview of the convention week, and ? what events the National Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions! When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern. Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963. Your Nabs Membership Committee From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sat Jun 11 00:55:52 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:55:52 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Reminder: Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for National Convention! Message-ID: Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention 2011!" Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's National Convention before or this year will be your first time going, come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an experience you will most likely never forget! Join guest speakers Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an overview of the convention week, and what events the National Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions! When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern. Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963. Your Nabs Membership Committee -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sun Jun 12 20:56:47 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:56:47 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Reminder: Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for National Convention! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, If you are going to National Convention inFlorida, I absolutely want you on this call! Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention 2011!" Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's National Convention before or this year will be your first time going, come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an experience you will most likely never forget! Join guest speakers Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an overview of the convention week, and what events the National Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions! When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern. Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963. Your Nabs Membership Committee -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Jun 13 00:00:01 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:00:01 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs news and notes Message-ID: Greetings nabsters! I wanted to pass along some things for your knowledge... 1. If you attended todays nabs Convention call, thank you!! some thanks go to, in particular go to 1st vice-president Karen Anderson and 2nd Vice-president Sean Whalen, who took some time out to serve as guest speakers for this call. As well, nabs board member Dominique Lawless, and a host of other folks who added their expiriences in the hopes to make the convention a great time for you. The call was not recorded, but you may go to www.nabslinkaudio.org where you can listen to some recorded calls. 2. 2. Nabs is looking for help with operating some of our most successful events at convention. If you are interested in Marshaling (monte carlo, nabs hospitality, nabs business meeting) being a vote counter/runner at the nabs business meeting, card dealer at monte carlo, or tableing at the nabs exhibit hall table, Please feel free to contact me at dsmithnfb at gmail.com. 3. If your student division had something that they are selling, and would like to share table space at the nabs table in the exhibit hall, you may also contact me. 4. If you have any suggestions for slate articles, or would like to write one, you may contact the slate committee at slate at nabslink.org. Also, if you should find that you are interested in assisting with national membership building projects, or have ideas on how to help nabs membership build, or you evenhave an idea for a membership call that you would like to moderate... please feel free to E-mail nabs.membership at gmail.com 5. Keep a lookout for the student slate, it's coming out soon! Also, watch out at convention for those nabs coffie mugs! that's right... nabs is selling coffie mugs with a whosit, but not just any type of whosit, one with micky mouse ears! you can get it for $10 at the nabs table, so come on out and get your coffie mug on! That's it for now! See you in orlando! -- Darian Smith Board member/ convention volunteer coordinator National Association of Blind Students ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Jun 15 01:30:04 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:30:04 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Introducing the Nabs high school committee! Message-ID: Greedings Students, Exciting news from the National Association of blind Students: the appointment of a committee for high school age students. So, if you are, or know a high school student, please read on and get in touch with the chair of the committee, who's message to you will be found below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bre B Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:24:48 -0400 To: Darian Smith Hello Everyone, Are you a high school student? My name is Bre, and I am the chairperson of the newly - created nabs high school committee.I would like to have a organizing conference call to do some brain storming about Thethingssuch a committee made up of high school students can do for fellow high school students.This call will be on Sunday, June 19th at 7:00 Eastern. If you are a high school student and you would like to be a part ofa projectthat will build confidence, leadership, and friendships, , please send me an email. Jesusfreak262 at gmail.com Bre WVABS President Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: High School Committee.rtf Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: High School Committee.rtf Type: application/msword Size: 32242 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nabs.president at gmail.com Thu Jun 16 00:25:34 2011 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:25:34 -0600 Subject: [Mabs] Important: Blind Students Needed to Test E-Books at Convention! Message-ID: Dear students, Pearson, one of the leading college textbook publishers, has set up a special session at the NFB national convention to get feedback from blind students regarding the accessibility of a new math workbook they are developing. They would like to get 15 students to meet with them during this session, and so far, only four have signed up. We would really like to support Pearson in their initiative to make online learning materials accessible. Please help us out by signing up for this session on Thursday, July 7, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. If you have any free time between 7 and 9 on Thursday, even if it's not the whole two hours, please let me know-we may be able to work around your schedules so we can get as many student participants as possible. If you would like to help with the testing, please email me as soon as possible at nabs.president at gmail.com so I can give your name to Clara at the national center. Thanks in advance for your help in improving accessibility for blind students. Best, Arielle Silverman, President National Association of Blind Students From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu Jun 16 04:37:34 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:37:34 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs needs your help at national convention! Message-ID: Hello Fellow Students, Convention is just around the corner- can you believe it? As you all know, the National association of blind students is planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may not know however is that we as a board can?t do all of it ourselves. So we would very much appreciate your help in making The nabs activities a success this year! Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas: 1. assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall. Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling coffie mugs and handing out nabs literature. The schedule for tabling looks like this: Monday , July 4: Shift 1. 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Shift 2. 1 p.m. ? 3 p.m. Shift 3. 3 p.m. ? 5p.m. Tuesday, July 5: shift 4: 9a.m. ? 11a.m. Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m. Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m. Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Shift 10: 8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m. Thursday, July 7: Shift 11: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. shift 12: 7p.m. ? 8p.m. shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m. As you can see, we have thirteen shifts, so if you contact me with your preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in! *Note to state Student division presidents: we would like to offer you the opportunity to sell your fundraising items at the nabs table, if you would be willing to help us staff it. If so, please contact me with the times you would be willing to work. If your state student division president is not going to be attending convention, still contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise. 2. The Nabs business meeting and elections. We want to make registration and elections as painless and orderly as possible, and you can absolutely help with this! We are going to need: individuals who are willing to marshal (you know, those folks that say ?nabs meeting: this way!?. If you are loud, we could really use your help here!) We will also need individuals to be ?runners?. These individuals will help to count ballots in the event that a voice vote is not sufficient to settle a contested election. These individuals should be willing to collect and count ballot cards in order to determine the winner of the electoral contest. It is strongly recommended that individuals serving in this vital role do not seek election to any nabs office, in order to insure an unbias and fair election for all persons involved. 3. Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to: a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, monte carlo or both), and please include a phone number which we can use to contact you at convention (just in case). If Monte carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me by July 1 if interested. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all real soon And of course, See you in Orlando! Best, Darian -- Darian Smith Board member/ convention volunteer coordinator National Association of Blind Students ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sat Jun 18 18:23:53 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:23:53 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Thank you, from the nabs membership committee! Message-ID: On behalf of the membership committee of the National Association of Blind Students (Tara Chavez, Candice Chapman, Juan Munoz, nabslink audio coordanator David Dumphy and co-Chair Liz Bottner) I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has taken part in each of our calls over the past several months. Your support, interest and ideas have been much appreciated and will always be most welcome as Nabs moves forward with creating innovative ways to engage the student membership in discussions and activities that they feel are worthy ventures. As always, should you have suggestions for future conference calls, ideas on how to improve what we already do, have new ideas for projects, or just want to get involved in any way with the membership committee; please feel free to get in touch withus via the below contact information. Darian Smith Co Chair: Dsmithnfb at gmail.com General Membership committee inbox: nabs.membership at gmail.com Want to Stay updated on what nabs is doing? Search ?National Association of Blind Students? on facebook and follow ?nabslink? on twitter. And of course, please sign up for ?Nabs-l?;the list serve for the National Association of Blind Students via nabslink.org. If you want to hear some of our past calls, you can check out the archive at www.nabslinkaudio.org Again, much thanks to everyone and we look forward to your continued participation. See you in orlando! -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Jun 20 03:50:28 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:50:28 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Some more nabs-related updates Message-ID: Hello fellow students, We are fast approaching convention (can you believe it?) A few announcements/reminders from the national Association of Blind Students: 1. Don?t forget to register online for the nabs meeting that will take place on Monday, July 4. Registration is at 6:15 and the meeting begins at 7; but if you want to be sure to avoid the long lines, simply go to www.nabslink.org and look for the ?become a member of the national association of blind students? link on the home page. Once you do that, all you will have to do is pay your $5 membership dues and you?ll be good to go! 2. On Sunday evening from 9:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room 14230. Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying salsa dancing, karaoke, or the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time convention attendees. Should you have any questions about any of our nabs events, please feel free to contact any of the nabs board and we would love to answer them for you! See you At convention! The National Association of Blind Students -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Jun 20 19:11:24 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:11:24 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Still needs your help at national convention! Message-ID: Hello Fellow Students, Convention is just around the corner- can you believe it? As you all know, the National association of blind students is planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may not know however is that we as a board can?t do all of it ourselves. So we would very much appreciate your help in making The nabs activities a success this year! Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas: 1. assistance in staffing the nabs table located in the exhibit hall. Here you will be partnered up with a nabs board member selling coffie mugs and handing out nabs literature. The schedule for tabling looks like this: Monday , July 4: Shift 1. 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Shift 2. 1 p.m. ? 3 p.m. Shift 3. 3 p.m. ? 5p.m. Tuesday, July 5: shift 4: 9a.m. ? 11a.m. Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m. Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m. Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Shift 10: 8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m. Thursday, July 7: Shift 11: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. shift 12: 7p.m. ? 8p.m. shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m. As you can see, we have thirteen shifts, so if you contact me with your preference, I will be more than happy to get you scheduled in! *Note to state Student division presidents: we would like to offer you the opportunity to sell your fundraising items at the nabs table, if you would be willing to help us staff it. If so, please contact me with the times you would be willing to work. If your state student division president is not going to be attending convention, still contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise. 2. The Nabs business meeting and elections. We want to make registration and elections as painless and orderly as possible, and you can absolutely help with this! We are going to need: individuals who are willing to marshal (you know, those folks that say ?nabs meeting: this way!?. If you are loud, we could really use your help here!) We will also need individuals to be ?runners?. These individuals will help to count ballots in the event that a voice vote is not sufficient to settle a contested election. These individuals should be willing to collect and count ballot cards in order to determine the winner of the electoral contest. It is strongly recommended that individuals serving in this vital role do not seek election to any nabs office, in order to insure an unbias and fair election for all persons involved. 3. Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to: a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, monte carlo or both), and please include a phone number which we can use to contact you at convention (just in case). If Monte carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me by July 1 if interested. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all real soon And of course, See you in Orlando! Best, Darian -- Darian Smith Board member/ convention volunteer coordinator National Association of Blind Students ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Jun 21 21:09:28 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:09:28 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Shift Updates Message-ID: Hi all, A big " thank you" to those who have already signed up to help out in some way with the nabs events at National convention! We still need help in the following areas: Exhibit hall (Sebastian K ballroom, level 1) The following shifts are still open: Tuesday July 5 shift 4: 9a.m. ? 11a.m. Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m. Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m. Wednesday July 6: Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Shift 10: 8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m. Thursday, July 7: Shift 11: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. shift 12: 7p.m. ? 8p.m. shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m. Nabs business meeting on Monday July 4 ( meet at around 6:10 p.m. if you plan to marshal) We need: 2 marshals and 2 counters for elections. Counters will count election ballots ( would prefer that you not be seeking election for a nabs office at this years meeting.) Monte Carlo: Thursday evening july 7. The help will needed in two shifts with one starting at 7 and one at 9. (Wekiwa 8, Level 2 ) Help is mostly needed for card dealers ( at least four folks per shift). We can still use help for set up ? marshaling (4-5 people for shift). Please contact me directly at dsmithnfb at gmail.com When you contact me, please be sure to let me know what shift you would like to work where, and be sure to be clear on what you would like to do in the case of monte carlo. Also, please be sure to include a phone number to be reached at during convention. Best, Darian -- Darian Smith Board member/ convention volunteer coordinator National Association of Blind Students ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal From nabs.president at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 03:12:13 2011 From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:12:13 -0600 Subject: [Mabs] National Association of Blind Students 2011 Business Meeting Agenda! Message-ID: Hello all, Below is the agenda for the 2011 NABS business meeting! At this time the agenda is full and we are unable to accommodate any more presentations. However, if you have an announcement about a convention event or a program that you would like students to know about, you can give me a Brailled announcement that I will read aloud during the meeting (much like Dr. Maurer handles announcements during the general sessions). I will also keep all the Braille announcements up at the head table so students can come up and look at them afterward if they want the information repeated. If you would like to submit an announcement, please get it to me in Braille and bring it to the NABS meeting room between 6:15 and 9:15 p.m. You may also submit announcements to me by email before noon Eastern time on Friday, July 1 (so I have time to go get them Brailled). See you in Orlando! Arielle Silverman President, National Association of Blind Students National Association of Blind Students Annual Seminar and Business Meeting Monday, July 4, 2011 Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, FL ?Collaborating for equality, conspiring for success? 6:15-7:00 pm Registration 7:00-7:05 Call to order and welcome: Arielle Silverman, President, National Association of Blind Students 7:05-7:20 A word from our national president: Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind 7:20-7:40: Updates from Our Reading Partners Mary Alexander, Learning Ally Allison Hilliker, Collection Development Associate, BookShare 7:40-8:00 Introducing the Student E-Rent Pilot Project! Sandra Ho, Manager, Student E-Rent Pilot Project, Alternative Media Access Center, Georgia Institute of Technology Kevin Chao, STEPP Advisory Member 8:00-8:10 Update from the UVM Tactile Graphing Project Al Maneki, University of Vermont 8:10-8:20 From Rocket On! Academy to the FBI: One Blind Student?s Journey Alysha Jeans, Electronics Engineer, Federal Bureau of Investigation 8:20-8:30 Updates from ETS and the Department of Education Ruth Loew, Assistant Director of Disability Policy, ETS Dave Rives, U.S. Department of Education 8:30-8:50 Introducing the 2011 NFB Scholarship Class Patti Chang, Chair, NFB Scholarship Committee 8:50-8:55 A Word about the NIB Fellows Program and other Employment Training Opportunities Bruce Sexton Jr., Fellow, National Industries for the Blind 8:55-9:05 Announcements 9:05-9:15 presidential report 9:15-10:00 elections 10:00 adjourn From GWunder at earthlink.net Tue Jun 28 18:33:13 2011 From: GWunder at earthlink.net (Gary Wunder) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:33:13 -0500 Subject: [Mabs] FW: Community Service Group announcement Message-ID: <1A09D1CC9E484520B8E8C2CCDBF2D6D9@GaryWunderPC> -----Original Message----- From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:58 PM To: GWunder Subject: Community Service Group announcement Hi Gary, If you could please pass this along to any lists/people you think may benifit, that would be much appreciated! How do you feel about community service? Do you volunteer your time once in a while in the community or with your local church and want to find other blind individuals to connect with? Do you find community service interesting but are not sure that you as a blind person can get involved or don't know how to begin? Here's you're oppertunity! Come Join a group of federationests at the community service organizing meeting at national convention! Come learn about the goals of this new and exciting group and how we can utilize community service to further the goals of the national federation of the blind. We will meet on Sunday, July 3 in Wekiwa 9, Level 2, from 3:30 p.m until 6 p.m. Should you have any questions, please contact Coordinator Darian Smith at dsmithnfb at gmail.comm. -- Darian Smith "My secret? See it, and stay focused on it." - Shaquille O'Neal From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 22:20:24 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:20:24 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] National Association of Blind Students Election Forum Announcement. Message-ID: The below is a combination of announcements from Mary Fernandez who is Coordinating the election forum to take place coming up. My appoligies if you got these messages earlier on in the day and see this for the second time. Hello All: I hope this Email finds you doing well. As the NABS elections approach, we thought that hosting a Presidential Candidates' Forum would be both beneficial and informative for the membership. Thus, we are asking all who are interested in voting during the NABS meeting and would like to know more about their candidates to participate in this call. First, the call will consist of six candidates maximum, who are interested in running for the offices of President, First Vice President, or Second Vice President. The candidates will be given a set time to make opening remarks with random selection to be made by the moderator in advance. Then, they will be asked questions which the membership will have provided and, finally, they will have time to make concluding statements. If time permits, they will also take questions from the floor before making concluding remarks. The time allotted for each candidate to deliver statements and answer questions will depend both on the number of candidates who choose to participate in the Forum and the number of questions submitted. The call is not expected to last any longer than one hour. In order for the membership to submit questions, I will be creating a Survey Monkey form, which we can use to submit our questions. All questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday in order for them to be considered. Furthermore, this survey will allow you to indicate whether you are intending to run for an office and be part of this forum. In order to make the call objective, Ollie Cantos, who is not affiliated with the student division but who is a Federationist and past president of NABS, will serve as our moderator. I am attaching his biography with this Email. Ollie will be sorting through the questions from the Survey Monkey results and selecting which will be posed to the candidates. In order for this Forum to be effective, we have set a few parameters, so that the call can be objective, informative, and fair to all those who want to participate. 1. Because of time constraints, the offices will be limited to the positions of President, 1st Vice President, and 2nd Vice President. 2. These candidates will be given a set time for an introduction, time to answer questions from the membership, and time to make concluding remarks. 3. Those who are running for the previously-mentioned offices, except for the office of President, must indicate via Survey Monkey their desire to be a part of the forum as a candidate. If more than two people are intending to run for the same office and wish to participate in the Forum, every effort will be made to accommodate each candidate. If the total number of candidates wishing to participate in the Forum exceeds 6, only the first 6 names received (2 for President and the remainder for the other offices) will be able to participate in the Candidate Forum. 4. Once we get a set count of the candidates participating, we will send out a breakdown of the time frames. Note that if you are participating as a candidate, you will be stopped, even if it is mid-sentence by our Moderator, once time is up. He will make every attempt to give 30-second warnings before time is set to expire. Finally, having read all the postings regarding elections that have been written in the last two weeks, I sincerely hope that we all make an effort to be on this call. This is your chance to let your voice be heard and to ask questions of your candidates! I will create the Survey Monkey soon, and post the link. In the meantime, be thinking about what you want to know about your candidates before July 4th. Candidates' Forum Date: Wednesday June 29, 2011 Time: 7:30 PM EST Phone: 712-775-7100 Passcode: 257963 Below you will find the link to the survey for the NABS Candidates' Forum! The survey has very broad categories under which you can write your questions. Please take the time to take a look at this. It should not take more than 5 minutes or so, depending on how many questions you have! Thanks! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z6W5J5Q From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 22:29:58 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:29:58 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] National Association of Blind Students Election Forum Announcement. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: atatched is the bio of Ollie Cantos, former nabs president and moderator of this call. On 6/28/11, Darian Smith wrote: > The below is a combination of announcements from Mary Fernandez who is > Coordinating the election forum to take place coming up. > My appoligies if you got these messages earlier on in the day and > see this for the second time. > > > Hello All: > > I hope this Email finds you doing well. As the NABS elections approach, > we thought that hosting a Presidential Candidates' Forum would be both > beneficial and informative for the membership. Thus, we are asking all > who are interested in voting during the NABS meeting and would like to > know more about their candidates to participate in this call. > > First, the call will consist of six candidates maximum, who are > interested in running for the offices of President, First Vice > President, or Second Vice President. The candidates will be given a set > time to make opening remarks with random selection to be made by the > moderator in advance. Then, they will be asked questions which the > membership will have provided and, finally, they will have time to make > concluding statements. If time permits, they will also take questions > from the floor before making concluding remarks. The time allotted for > each candidate to deliver statements and answer questions will depend > both on the number of candidates who choose to participate in the Forum > and the number of questions submitted. The call is not expected to last > any longer than one hour. > > In order for the membership to submit questions, I will be creating a > Survey Monkey form, which we can use to submit our questions. All > questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday in order for them to be > considered. Furthermore, this survey will allow you to indicate whether > you are intending to run for an office and be part of this forum. > > In order to make the call objective, Ollie Cantos, who is not affiliated > with the student division but who is a Federationist and past president > of NABS, will serve as our moderator. I am attaching his biography with > this Email. Ollie will be sorting through the questions from the Survey > Monkey results and selecting which will be posed to the candidates. > > In order for this Forum to be effective, we have set a few parameters, > so that the call can be objective, informative, and fair to all those > who want to participate. > > 1. Because of time constraints, the offices will be limited to > the positions of President, 1st > Vice President, and 2nd Vice President. > > 2. These candidates will be given a set time for an > introduction, time to answer questions from the membership, and time to > make concluding remarks. > > 3. Those who are running for the previously-mentioned offices, > except for the office of President, must indicate via Survey Monkey > their desire to be a part of the forum as a candidate. If more than two > people are intending to run for the same office and wish to participate > in the Forum, every effort will be made to accommodate each candidate. > If the total number of candidates wishing to participate in the Forum > exceeds 6, only the first 6 names received (2 for President and the > remainder for the other offices) will be able to participate in the > Candidate Forum. > > 4. Once we get a set count of the candidates participating, we > will send out a breakdown of the time frames. Note that if you are > participating as a candidate, you will be stopped, even if it is > mid-sentence by our Moderator, once time is up. He will make every > attempt to give 30-second warnings before time is set to expire. > > Finally, having read all the postings regarding elections that have been > written in the last two weeks, I sincerely hope that we all make an > effort to be on this call. This is your chance to let your voice be > heard and to ask questions of your candidates! I will create the Survey > Monkey soon, and post the link. In the meantime, be thinking about what > you want to know about your candidates before July 4th. > > Candidates' Forum > Date: Wednesday June 29, 2011 > Time: 7:30 PM EST > Phone: 712-775-7100 > Passcode: 257963 > Below you will find the link to the survey for the NABS Candidates' Forum! > The survey has very broad categories under which you can write your > questions. > Please take the time to take a look at this. It should not take more > than 5 minutes or so, depending on how many questions you have! > Thanks! > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z6W5J5Q > -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bio-OllieCantos-0110601-b-OnePager.doc Type: application/msword Size: 30208 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 23:29:01 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:29:01 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Nabs Help update Message-ID: Hello all, Again, thank you for the help in staffing all of the nabs Events! We now really need help with the following: Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us in putting together one of our most successful events that we do. For this we will need: Individuals who can work an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Those individuals will be asked to: a. Marshal. b. Set up for the event c. Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games) We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.) Those individuals would be asked to: a. deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games) b. assist with event clean- up and playing chip counting. to state Student division presidents: we would like to offer you the opportunity to sell your fundraising items at the nabs table, if you would be willing to help us staff it. If so, please contact me with the times you would be willing to work. If your state student division president is not going to be attending convention, still contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise. If you are an officer or board member of your state student division, we could also use your help in staffing exhibit hall tables. Presidents and officer/board members please take note of times and check for interest and availability : Tuesday, July 5: Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6: Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m. Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Shift 10: 8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m. Thursday, July 7: shift 12: 7p.m. ? 8p.m. shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m. Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working (exhibit hall, monte carlo or both). If Monte carlo, please let me know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and what games you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games). This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to get to know you. As well, this is an equally great opportunity for you to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time. Please contact me by July 1 if interested. When you do contact me, please be sure to include a contact phone number where you can be reached. I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thank you, and see you soon! Darian Smith, Board Member, National Association of Blind Students From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Jun 29 22:32:20 2011 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:32:20 -0700 Subject: [Mabs] Fwd: [nabs-l] Candidates' forum update! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mary Fernandez Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:15:05 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Candidates' forum update! To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list , Presidents , GABS , New Jersey Association of Blind Students Hello all! In about five hours the first ever NABS candidates' forum will be taking place! The survey has now been closed. Thanks to all of those who contributed questions, they are all great and well thought out! As far as candidates here is what we have: President: Sean Whalen and Isaiah Wilcox 1st Vice President: Karen Anderson 2nd Vice: Darian Smith. I hope you can all make it! If you cannot call in, tune into our internet stream, otherwise this call will be recorded! Here is the call information once more: Time: 7:30 PM EST Phone: 712 775-7100 Passcode: 257963 Please contact me if you have any questions about the call! I will talk to you later. Sincerely, -- Mary Fernandez President: Georgia Association of Blind Students Emory University 2012 P.O. Box 123056 Atlanta Ga. 30322 Phone: 732-857-7004 "It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it." Terry Pratchett _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com -- Darian Smith ?My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.? ? Shaquille O'Neal