[nabs-l] Disappointed

[Joe Orozco]

Joseph,

I transmitted the notice to all student lists on Friday, March 13.  The
message read in part:

*I hope a representative from every state student division will submit a
proposal for this program.  If I look at the final list of applicants and
see one of you missing, I'll call you out on it publically for being lazy.
If you have questions about the program, call or write to me.*

Anyway, the opportunity has come and gone.  A good friend of mine pointed
out that perhaps student divisions were not ready to prepare and then
deliver on a grant proposal, even a watered-down program aimed at youth such
as this one.  She was not the first person to point this out, which then
makes me wonder about the real state of our student division as a whole...

Joe Orozco

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
crowd."--Max Lucado 

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I also do not recall this grant.  About two months ago, a 
couple of states were establishing student divisions (mine 
included) and wondering how to secure funding for interesting 
things we'd like to do.  I certainly would have taken advantage 
of such an offer if I'd noticed it.

I do not know how we missed it.

Joseph


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:58:17PM -0400, Joe Orozco wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>If someone offered your student division $2,000 to carry out a project 
>between September and November, would you take it?  The amount is 
>certainly not a fortune, but it's $2,000 more than you have now.  It 
>would give you an opportunity to elevate your outreach among the 
>general public, recruit new members and generally put your name out 
>there for people to understand you are serious about the business of 
>changing what it means to be blind.  Are you interested?
>
>I shared information of this grant my office was offering to youth 
>almost two months ago.  I just checked the list of last-minute 
>applicants, and unless I am mistaken, and I hope I am, no one took me 
>up on that post.  I genuinely do not understand the apathy among my 
>fellow students.  The application was relatively simple.  I offered to 
>answer any questions people had of the application.  I mean, I 
work for 
>the grant maker.  I should hope I know what we are looking 
for, and had 
>you taken the time to talk to me, I could have told you that your 
>proposal could have centered around Meet the Blind Month in October, 
>that the Braille coin could have made for an excellent literacy 
>campaign or explored any number of different ways you could have 
>developed a compelling case for why your division deserved the 
money over another organization.
>
>So, there we are.  Trying and failing leaves room for 
improvement.  Not 
>trying at all?  ...  I don't get it.
>
>Joe Orozco
>
>"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the 
>crowd."--Max Lucado
> 
>
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