[nabs-l] Candidates' Forum Announcement!

Tue Jun 28 15:51:29 UTC 2011

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:01:01 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Candidates' Forum Announcement!

Mary,
  This is brilliant!  Thank you!
  Best,
Kirt

On 6/27/11, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com> wrote:
 Hello All:

 I hope this Email finds you doing well.  As the NABS elections 
approach,
 we thought that hosting a Presidential Candidates' Forum would 
be both
 beneficial and informative for the membership.  Thus, we are 
asking all
 who are interested in voting during the NABS meeting and would 
like to
 know more about their candidates to participate in this call.

 First, the call will consist of six candidates maximum, who are
 interested in running for the offices of President, First Vice
 President, or Second Vice President.  The candidates will be 
given a set
 time to make opening remarks with random selection to be made by 
the
 moderator in advance.  Then, they will be asked questions which 
the
 membership will have provided and, finally, they will have time 
to make
 concluding statements.  If time permits, they will also take 
questions
 from the floor before making concluding remarks.  The time 
allotted for
 each candidate to deliver statements and answer questions will 
depend
 both on the number of candidates who choose to participate in 
the Forum
 and the number of questions submitted.  The call is not expected 
to last
 any longer than one hour.

 In order for the membership to submit questions, I will be 
creating a
 Survey Monkey form, which we can use to submit our questions.  
All
 questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday in order for 
them to be
 considered.  Furthermore, this survey will allow you to indicate 
whether
 you are intending to run for an office and be part of this 
forum.

 In order to make the call objective, Ollie Cantos, who is not 
affiliated
 with the student division but who is a Federationist and past 
president
 of NABS, will serve as our moderator.  I am attaching his 
biography with
 this Email.  Ollie  will be sorting through the questions from 
the Survey
 Monkey results and selecting which will be posed to the 
candidates.

 In order for this Forum to be effective, we have set a few 
parameters,
 so that the call can be objective, informative, and fair to all 
those
 who want to participate.

        1.  Because of time constraints, the offices will be 
limited to
 the positions of President, 1st
 Vice President, and 2nd Vice President.

        2.  These candidates will be given a set time for an
 introduction, time to answer questions from the membership, and 
time to
 make concluding remarks.

        3.  Those who are running for the previously-mentioned 
offices,
 except for the office of President, must indicate via Survey 
Monkey
 their desire to be a part of the forum as a candidate.  If more 
than two
 people are intending to run for the same office and wish to 
participate
 in the Forum, every effort will be made to accommodate each 
candidate.
 If the total number of candidates wishing to participate in the 
Forum
 exceeds 6, only the first 6 names received (2 for President and 
the
 remainder for the other offices) will be able to participate in 
the
 Candidate Forum.

        4.  Once we get a set count of the candidates 
participating, we
 will send out a breakdown of the time frames.  Note that if you 
are
 participating as a candidate, you will be stopped, even if it is
 mid-sentence by our Moderator, once time is up.  He will make 
every
 attempt to give 30-second warnings before time is set to expire.

 Finally, having read all the postings regarding elections that 
have been
 written in the last two weeks, I sincerely hope that we all make 
an
 effort to be on this call.  This is your chance to let your 
voice be
 heard and to ask questions of your candidates! I will create the 
Survey
 Monkey soon, and post the link.  In the meantime, be thinking 
about what
 you want to know about your candidates before July 4th.

 Thanks so much!

 --
 Mary Fernandez
 President: Georgia Association of Blind Students
 Emory University 2012
 P.O.  Box 123056
 Atlanta Ga.
 30322
 Phone: 732-857-7004

 "It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would 
much
 rather you weren't doing it."
 Terry Pratchett

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