[nabs-l] Possibility of Reorganizing the New York State Associationfor Blind Students

[Jess]

Justin,
Have you tried to contact Carl Jacobson the president of the State Chapter? 
The reason I ask is because  he might have an old copy of the old 
constitution for the old student group. I actually also tried to get the 
student group up and going again. But, I kind of gave up because I was 
having a hard time finding four or five people to get the chapter up and 
going again. In fact, I was supposed to have gone to Baltimore last March to 
participate  in the training seminar they had but even though they had paid 
for the plane ticket I would have had to for the cab to take me in two 
places  from my home to the Albany International airport and back when I 
returned from Baltimore and From the airport to the Jernigan Center in 
Baltimore.  Are you on Facebook by chance?  Feel free to email me off list 
at jessica.trask.reagan at gmail.com  if you would like about this topic. The 
state of New York isn't my first attempt at starting to organize a student 
affiliate for either of the national blindness organizations. I attempted to 
try and organize a NABS affiliate for the American Council for the Blind in 
Vermont and the didn't really work very well.
Jessica
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Possibility of Reorganizing the New York State 
Associationfor Blind Students


> Hello,
> My name is Justin Young and I'm a visually impaired Student in
> Rochester, New York.  In the process of the emails from NABS President
> Silverman I was informed that the New York State Division of NABS has
> been disorganized.  I was also told many reorganizational attempts
> were made.  Well, its important the Blind Students in the State of New
> York have a group just like the many other states.  This is why I'm
> writing this.  To any New Yorker on this list I think somehow the
> Division needs to be reorganized because its nice to have a
> organization to network with other Visually impaired people for
> suggestions/comments for example if they are facing problem and need
> advice on how to get it solved or different resources the other person
> has.  We are all each other's resource because as the poet Robert
> Frost once said "Two roads I verged in a Wood and I, I took the one
> less Traveled by."  Meaning no person is exactly alike and our
> decisions in life steer us to different areas of Study and just life
> in general.  So, I really hope the New Yorkers agree with me and I
> really hope the State of New York can join in.
> Thank you for your time in reading this and I hope to hear from any
> and all New Yorkers.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Justin T. Young
>
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