[nabs-l] Candidates' Forum Announcement!
Mary Fernandez
trillian551 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 17:28:00 UTC 2011
No Problem you guys. Lets just all be there! And remember to go on
the Survey Monkey to submit your questions!
Mary
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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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--
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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