[Mi-abs] MABS Conference call for 12/03/2017

[Lizzie Kazmierski Dunn]

I thought it started at 3! In that case I'm not sure if I'll be
joining you, I'm sorry!

On 12/2/17, Osman Koroma via Mi-abs <mi-abs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> The conference call starts at 4 PM
>
> "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it
> will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks
> finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened" (Matthew 7:7-8).
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>> On Dec 2, 2017, at 18:52, Bobbi Pompey <bobbipompey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What time is the call?
>>
>> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
>> (336) 988-6375
>> bobbipompey at gmail.com
>>
>> "Not everything faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it
>> is faced" James Baldwin
>>
>>> On Dec 2, 2017, at 5:03 PM, Osman Koroma <osman36d at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> I hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend.  Just a reminder our
>>> first Conference call for the 2017-2018 year will be tomorrow.  The
>>> Agenda is below as well as the call in info.  Also attach is a program
>>> we are working on.  I hope to see all of you there and I’m sorry for
>>> the late email.  It won’t happen again.
>>> Osman Koroma
>>> MABS President
>>>
>>>
>>> Conference call in line: 605-475-4333
>>> Axis code: 902855#
>>>
>>>
>>> 12/03/2017, Confrence call
>>> Agenda:
>>> Row call
>>> Advocacy: Rachel
>>> ideas are One I remember Taylor
>>> saying something about how she wanted videos or something like that
>>> for the social media. So the idea that I came up with is doing a video
>>> on advocacy
>>> at the BSBP training Center. They focus a lot on advocacy and I think
>>> that would be a good place to start. Then the other thing that I was
>>> thinking of
>>> is more of a fundraising thing but Western has a Goal Ball team and
>>> has all of the equipment. So I thought that we could do a goal ball
>>> Tournament and
>>> have each team pay a little bit of money and we could play goal ball.
>>> These are some of the ideas that I had.
>>> Fundraising: Dakota and Hayley
>>> Fundraising Idea 1:
>>> One idea that we came up is for a possible fundraiser during the
>>> Michigan Ski for Light event taking place from Friday January 12 to
>>> Sunday January 14 2018.  One possible idea for the fundraiser is that
>>> during the auction, there could be a 50-50 raffle where a portion of
>>> the money goes to us as the NFB, another portion could go towards
>>> MSFL, and another portion could go to the winner.  I have contacted
>>> Kathy, the president of MSFL about the idea.
>>>
>>> Fundraising Idea 2:
>>> A second idea is that we could have an event at Camp T, and during the
>>> event, we could have some sort of game night that could cost about $5
>>> per person.  This is where everyone attending would bring a
>>> blind-accessible game, which could be one of many types.  There could
>>> be some sort of prize for the winner if we do something like a
>>> tournament for certain games.  This would be a low-cost event and
>>> might work out pretty well since we seem to play a lot of games at
>>> Camp T events anyway.
>>>
>>> Fundraising Idea 3:
>>> Even though we might not get a lot of money from this idea too
>>> quickly, it might help us quite a bit.  There are a lot of food banks
>>> and what not around large areas, such as Flint, Kalamazoo, and other
>>> large cities.  We could actually go and volunteer to help out these
>>> organizations; a lot of them could probably use our help during the
>>> holiday season and what not.  Even though we wouldn’t necessarily be
>>> making money right away, this gets us out there as an organization.
>>> It will also show the various organizations that we as blind
>>> individuals can do things to help out the world.  After we get
>>> ourselves out there and help the organizations, they might choose to
>>> donate and help us as the NFB as well.
>>> Hayley:
>>> Selling to bring them to grandmas cookies. It’s a two pack of
>>> chocolate chip cookies. We sell them for a dollar a piece. Each box
>>> holds 60 packages. And
>>> we make a profit of $.54 each package so what do you think?
>>> Report from the state board liaison: Jeff
>>> Website report: Taylor
>>> NABS report: Elizabeth
>>> Secretary report: Elizabeth
>>> President report: Osman
>>> 2018 Washington Seminar
>>> Opening an bank account
>>> American Transportation in the 21st Century (Fred and Osman)
>>> Ideas on events for 2018 )Osman(
>>> New business, old business
>>> Marry Christmas
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and
>>> it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives,and he who
>>> seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8).
>>>
>>> www.osmankoroma.com
>>>
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>>>
>>> www.twitter.com/osmankoroma
>>> <American Transportation 21st CenturyAGENDA.docx>
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