[nabs-l] 2 quick observations

Thu Jun 16 23:19:16 UTC 2011

Good=20question,=20I've=20been=20wondering=20that=20too.

sent=20from=20my=20Apex
Email:=20joshkart12 at gmail.com

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Humberto=20Avila"=20<avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'"=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Thu,=2016=20Jun=202011=2016:13:28=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=202=20quick=20observations

SO,=20=20does=20this=20mean=20that=20just=20because=20I=20am=20a=20member=20=
of=20this=20
mailing=20list=20I
am=20also=20a=20member=20of=20NABS?=20Or=20what=20does=20it=20mean=20to=20b=
e=20a=20member=20of=20
NABS?

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org=20
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf
Of=20Arielle=20Silverman
Sent:=20Thursday,=20June=2016,=202011=204:10=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=202=20quick=20observations

Well=20said.=20=20I=20believe=20the=20definition=20of=20being=20a=20"member=
"=20of=20NABS=20
should
be=20loose.=20=20We=20want=20to=20share=20information=20and=20network=20wit=
h=20all=20
blind
students,=20whether=20or=20not=20they=20have=20chosen=20to=20be=20actively=
=20involved=20
in
the=20Federation.=20=20Of=20course,=20we=20welcome=20the=20contributions=20=
of=20those=20
of
you=20who=20decide=20to=20pay=20dues,=20vote=20and/or=20run=20for=20offices=
,=20but=20we=20
don't
exclude=20anyone=20from=20our=20listserv,=20conference=20calls=20or=20meeti=
ngs.
At=20our=20convention=20business=20meeting,=20we=20do=20have=20a=20system=20=
for=20
ensuring
that=20only=20paid=20members=20vote.=20=20When=20you=20pay=20your=20$5=20du=
es,=20you=20will=20
get=20a
set=20of=20ballots=20to=20use=20for=20voting.=20=20If=20you=20do=20not=20wi=
sh=20to=20pay=20the=20
$5,
you=20are=20more=20than=20welcome=20to=20attend=20our=20meeting,=20but=20yo=
u=20will=20not=20
be
able=20to=20vote.
Arielle

On=206/16/11,=20Darian=20Smith=20<dsmithnfb at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Correct,
=20=20=20the=20payment=20of=20dues=20means=20that=20you=20may=20Vote=20(=20=
=20in=20officer
=20elections,=20on=20constitutional=20amendments,=20or=20any=20other=20acti=
on=20
item)=20or
=20hold=20an=20elected=20office.
=20=20=20If=20=20you=20decide=20to=20not=20pay=20dues,=20you=20obviously=20=
cannot=20do=20those
=20things.=20=20however=20you=20can=20=20do=20everything=20else=20you=20hav=
e=20been=20
doing.=20=20(
=20and=20we'll=20=20still=20love=20you!).=20=20and=20you=20can=20still=20he=
lp=20us=20change=20
what=20it
=20means=20to=20be=20a=20blind=20student.

=20On=206/16/11,=20Ignasi=20Cambra=20<ignasicambra at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Please=20correct=20me=20if=20I'm=20wrong,=20but=20mainly=20paying=20dues=
=20allows=20
one=20to=20vote
=20in
=20elections=20and=20to=20run=20for=20leadership=20positions.=20=20But=20if=
=20you=20want=20
to=20keep=20in
=20touch=20with=20NABS,=20be=20on=20the=20list=20etc=20you=20don't=20need=20=
to=20pay.=20=20Is=20
this=20right?
=20I=20paid=20happily=20last=20year=20at=20convention,=20but=20this=20year=
=20I=20haven't=20
been=20able
=20to
=20get=20rid=20of=20a=20concert=20on=20July=207th=20and=20I=20just=20can't=
=20be=20there,=20
which=20means
=20that
=20I=20can't=20pay=20either=20:).
=20On=20Jun=2016,=202011,=20at=201:14=20PM,=20Darian=20Smith=20wrote:

=20hello=20all,
=20Kirt=20has,=20in=20short,=20said=20what=20I=20would=20have.
=20We=20are=20working=20on=20getting=20=20=20pay=20pal=20in=20place=20on=20=
the=20nabs=20site,=20
but
=20for=20now=20those=20who=20wish=20to=20be=20members=20can=20sign=20up=20t=
o=20do=20so=20on=20the=20
nabs
=20page=20and=20pay=20dues=20at=20the=20meeting.=20=20(it=20also=20says=20o=
n=20the=20=20page=20
where
=20you=20sign=20up=20to=20be=20a=20member=20that=20=20dues=20are=20=20colle=
cted=20at=20
washington
=20seminar=20and=20at=20national=20convention)
=20=20=20Best,
=20=20Darian

=20On=206/16/11,=20Kirt=20Manwaring=20<kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Jorge,
=20=20At=20national=20convention,=20there=20is=20a=20NABS=20business=20meet=
ing=20where=20
you
=20pay=20dues=20(if=20you=20want=20to=20be=20a=20voting=20member),=20and=20=
they=20keep=20a=20
running
=20list=20of=20all=20the=20people=20who=20do.

=20On=206/16/11,=20Jorge=20Paez=20<computertechjorgepaez at gmail.com>=20wrote=
:
=20Hello=20all.
=20Just=20had=20two=20observations.
=20First:=20the=20"terms=20of=20service"=20page=20does=20not=20seem=20to=20=
work.
=20At=20least=20for=20me=20it=20shows=20a=20"page=20does=20not=20exist"=20e=
rror.

=20And=20secondly:
=20for=20the=20purposes=20of=20organization,=20what=20is=20the=20system=20f=
or=20
tracking
=20members?
=20The=20reason=20I'm=20asking=20is=20because=20the=20constitution=20states=
=20that=20we=20
"must
=20pay
=20dues"=20but=20there=20seems=20to=20be=20no=20way=20of=20tracking=20how=20=
many=20members=20
we
have
=20and
=20therefore=20it=20seems=20to=20be=20that=20unless=20you=20personally=20ma=
ke=20a=20check=20
to
=20NABS,
=20NABS=20leadership=20has=20no=20way=20of=20noing=20weather=20all=20those=
=20who=20should=20
pay
=20have.
=20Am=20I=20correct=20in=20this=20thought=20or=20is=20there=20something=20I=
'm=20missing?

=20Thanks,

=20Jorge

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