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

Sun Dec 3 18:36:06 UTC 2017

No, it starts by 4. Can you please email me your phone number?

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> On Dec 2, 2017, at 21:40, Lizzie Kazmierski Dunn via Mi-abs <mi-abs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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).
>> www.osmankoroma.com
>> www.twitter.com/osmankoroma
>> www.facebook.com/osmankoromaauthor
>> 
>>> 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).
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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>>>> 
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