[nabs-l] NABS Leadership Update

Mon Jul 13 04:40:59 UTC 2009

Here here... I must second that. Thanks Melissa.
Monika

> From: graduate56 at juno.com
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:30:52 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NABS Leadership Update
> 
> Congratulations to all of the board.
> As Mr. Freeman stated in his remarks when elected to the national board of
> directors. "There are no losers in this election.
> IMHPO, the same goes for NABS.
> Many times we can lead without a title.
> 
> Melissa Green
> Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our
> possibilities become limitless
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arielle Silverman" <nabs.president at gmail.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:11 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] NABS Leadership Update
> 
> 
> Hello NABS members:
> 
> Last weekend the National Association of Blind Students held our
> annual business meeting in conjunction with the NFB convention in
> Detroit. At this year’s business meeting we heard from several of our
> former presidents and they taught us a lot about the history and
> legacy of our organization and about how we can continue that legacy.
> We also got some updated information from RFB, BookShare and about
> recent developments regarding the Kindle DX issue. Finally, we
> conducted elections and I was elected to serve as the next president
> of NABS. I am deeply honored to continue serving this organization and
> to join the ranks of those who have come before me, and I would like
> to thank all of you for your support and for your assistance with
> making the business meeting and Monte Carlo Night fund-raiser run as
> smoothly as possible.
> 
> Several others joined our NABS board for the first time. The complete
> list of officers and board members is:
> President: Arielle Silverman
> First Vice-President: Karen Anderson
> Second Vice-President: Sean Whalen
> Secretary: Janice Jeang
> Treasurer: Nijat Worley
> Board Member 1: Isaiah Wilcox
> Board Member 2: Meghan Whalen
> Board Member 3: Domonique Lawless
> Board Member 4: Darian Smith
> Congratulations to all who were elected. Additionally, we had several
> other NABS members who sought election to the board, and consequently
> ended up with more interested persons than we could include on the
> board. I see this as a good sign that we have a substantial group of
> students who care about NABS and helping us to achieve our goals. If
> you ran for a board position but were not elected or even if you
> didn’t run for a board position but still want to make a contribution
> to NABS, there is plenty of work to go around. Stay tuned for an
> announcement in the next week or two about NABS committees and how to
> join them. I would also like to set up some telephone focus groups in
> the next few months to get your feedback on how we can improve
> specific aspects of NABS such as the Student Slate, Website,
> convention activities, state division outreach and election policies.
> If you want your voice to be heard, stay tuned for more details
> about these conference calls.
> 
> Also, from now on please direct all NABS inquiries to
> Nabs.president at gmail.com
> The official email address shown on our Website,
> president at nabslink.org
> also works, but email from both addresses will go to the same place. I
> will check this organizational email address daily, and I or another
> NABS board member will reply to your query within three days of
> receiving it. You can also call me with any questions or concerns at
> 602-502-2255
> And again, someone will return all phone messages within three days.
> 
> I will be sending out a president’s bulletin to the NABS listserv and
> the state division lists during the first week of each month. This
> bulletin will contain updates about NABS activities as well as other
> announcements of interest such as information about state and regional
> student division events and news from the NFB Jernigan Institute, RFB,
> BookShare, etc. If you have an announcement that you would like to
> appear in the next president’s bulletin, please send it to me before
> the first of the month at noon.
> 
> Finally, if you are currently president of a state student division,
> please email me off-list with your state, phone number, email address
> and whether or not you’re subscribed to the NABS-Presidents listserv.
> I want to be sure the Website and my master state contact list is
> updated and that everyone gets on the Presidents list who should be on
> it. If you are in a state that doesn’t have a student division yet and
> you want to serve as the student contact for your state, also send me
> this information.
> 
> I’m looking forward to an exciting and productive two years with NABS,
> and hope all of you will join me in making NABS as strong as it can
> be!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Arielle Silverman
> President, National Association of Blind Students
> Phone: 602-502-2255
> Email:
> nabs.president at gmail.com
> Website:
> www.nabslink.org
> 
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