[Mdabs] Fwd: NABS Notes for March

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Darian,

FYI, Sean already sent this to the NABS list.

Chris Nusbaum

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7

Sent from my BrailleNote

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From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com
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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

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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