[Mi-abs] An Update on MABS

[Amy Sabo]

Hello Elizabeth,

Thanks for posting this note to the list. I do understand of your
circumstances and of your involvement with mabs even though I
don't live in Michigan anymore but, I do care about this division
since I was a member of it when I lived in Michigan.

I know of the personal and issues pertaining to mabs in the nfb
of Michigan and, I do sympathize with you on this... as a matter
of Colorado went through a similar issue of our student division
in 2006. Our student ddivision was about to fold up and, we
didn't know what to do due to many personal and issues in the nfb
of Colorado. So, we had Arielle silverman as our nabs rep come
and help us out! And, she certainly did help us out! Things
didn't get solved at first but, eventually they did! But, after
that Arielle moved to Colorado and, our division is stronger than
ever!

I know that you had a nabs rep last year at your state convention
which is good and, I would recommend in you or whoever serves as
the new president of mabs to work with them or with the nabs
board to make sure that mabs doesn't fold up! That 'my opinion!

Well, that's all for now take  care and, I will talk to you soon.



Hugs,
amy

-----Original Message-----
From: mi-abs-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:mi-abs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 9:18 PM
To: Michigan Students
Cc: NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List; NFB Michigan
Subject: [Mi-abs] An Update on MABS

Hello All,

It has come to my attention that I have not been doing a very
good job communicating with everyone as the President of the
Michigan Association of Blind Students. This was not done
intentionally, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may
have caused for anyone. However, I would like to take this
opportunity to provide an update about what has been going on
within the student division.



For those of you who may not know, this past year has been rather
difficult for me. I started the year by facing false allegations
of violating the student code of conduct at my college regarding
using computers on campus. In addition, I also suffered from a
serious accident at national convention this year which has taken
several months to completely heal. Although I do not wish to
discuss the details of either one of these events on such a
public forum, I wanted to mention them briefly as a means to
explain some of the difficulties I have faced while serving as
the President of the student division.



Shortly before national convention, I distributed the application
for our student scholarship program. It was my hope that this
would help identify new students to bring into our organization.
Unfortunately, we did not receive any applications for the
scholarship. However, despite this setback, I would still like to
plan a student seminar to be held on Friday evening during state
convention. My goal is to make this seminar fun, informative, and
relevant to blind students of all ages. If there is anything
specific you would like to see on the agenda, or would like to
speak about during the seminar, please feel free to contact me. 



In addition, I would like to hold elections during our student
seminar at state convention. Since I am currently not a student,
and I do not know when I will resume my life as a student, I
cannot continue to serve as the President of the Michigan
Association of Blind Students. However, I currently do not know
of anyone who is interested in seeking the role of the President
once I step down from this position. If you are interested in
serving as our next President, or know of anyone who may be
interested in serving as our next President, I would be extremely
interested in hearing from you. The only way the student division
can carry on into the future is if there is someone who is
interested in leading it into the future.



Anyway, I hope this email clears up any confusion regarding the
status of the Michigan Association of Blind Students. If you have
any further comments, questions, or concerns, please feel free to
contact me.



Sincerely,

Elizabeth Mohnke    

President, Michigan Association of Blind Students

Email: lizmohnke at hotmail.com
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