[Mn-abs] Nabs needs your help at national convention!

[Darian Smith]

Cool on all accounts!
  when would  you like to work for  both?
 do you have any preffrence for a  check in time on sunday?
  Darian


On 6/16/11, Al Jask <al4peace at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Great jobs and activities.
> I will not be at the convention in person because of funding problem but
> willing to help in what ever way you would want me to especially in the area
> of accessibility of assisted technology.
> apple is my specialty so I do have some experience using the Macbook pro,
> iphone amongst other apple products
> I guess lot can be done by way of virtual connect..
> Cheers.
>
> Alvin Jask
> MABS Vice President		
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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-- 
Darian Smith

“My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.”

— Shaquille O'Neal