[nabs-l] NABS Leadership Update

[Amy Sabo]

hello arielle and all,

first of all i want to give a huge congratulations to the new nabs board and i look forward to working with you all! i too was present at the nabs meeting and also participated in some of the election process since at the end of the meeting i had to leave because of my knee condition getting very bad!

i feel that the nabs meeting was one of the best i ever went to this year at national convention. we learned a lot from the past nabs presidents and also i have used some of what they discussed in my life as a leader with the ndfb and other organizations i have been a leader of. the election process imo was unique but, i klikked the idea of having voting cards. it was very democractic and it solved some of the problems with the voting process. i do believe that we first need to do the voice vote and this card idea was faster with the counters besides using our hands so the counters knew that the ppeople who were voting were paying members of the organization.

so, that's my food for thought on this topic. again, sorry for the late notice and i look forward to new and eexciting things for nabs in the future and, i would like to assist and help in anyway i can. so, take care all and let's contiune to change what it means to be a blind student in the usa!



hugs to all,
from amy

----- Original Message -----

From: Arielle Silverman 

To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org

Sent: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:11:42 +0000 (UTC)

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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