[nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with other blind folks

Tue Feb 19 01:14:04 UTC 2013

That makes sense, and that's how I would want my list to be run
anyway. I would rather have a forum where people can talk openly,
without a chain of command, so to speak. Of course, when steps need to
be taken to stop a member from harassing someone, for example,
moderation needs to happen. But in order to foster trust, I don't
think a heavy-handed approach, or one where too many professionals are
involved to the point where they may, however unintentionally,
invalidate other members' experiences and opinions, would work out too
well. I was just asking because others may not have seen it that way,
and I was more or less gauging interest.
With that in mind, let me take a look at the Yahoogroups interface.
I've heard that they made changes to it recently that made it less
accessible, or maybe that was Google Groups. I've never ran a group
before, so this is new to me. Either way, the archives would most
certainly be private.

On 2/18/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> desiree,
> a blind person who is mature and been through relationships is fine to
> moderate; professionals can join, but
> I think the list should be for support, not primarily for therapy.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desiree Oudinot
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:11 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
> other blind folks
>
> Hi all,
> Since I was the person who  initially raised this suggestion, I guess
> I'd better speak up.
> While I do think this is a great idea, and would like to see it
> happen, I'm not sure I'm the right person to even suggest it. Pardon
> the pun, but I'm not so sure having the blind lead the blind is such a
> good idea. To cut to the point, I'm not sure if it would be right of
> me to moderate such a list when I know I would use it to air out some
> of my own problems. I'm also not a psychologist, social worker or any
> other mental health worker. I only bring this up because I'm not sure
> how formal this group would have to be, and I don't want any trouble.
> My only other hang-up is that I'm not very good at thinking up clever
> names, and I'm drawing a blank as to what this hypothetical list
> should be called. I'm sure others may have some suggestions, though,
> so that's just a minor inconvenience.
> So, what do you all think? Would you want the list to be moderated and
> ran by a trained mental health worker? Would you feel uncomfortable
> with a moderator who used the list for its intended purpose, rather
> than just sitting in the background and dealing with problems, both
> tech-related and within the list's members? Let me know, and I'll
> think about it some more.
>
> On 2/18/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can moderate, but would prefer someone who is more tech-savvy than I
>> to actually set up the list initially.
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 2/18/13, Loren Wakefield <theweird1 at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>> It would be a great idea.  I don't know how those groups work.  But I
>>> suppose one could find out.  However, I am not sure that I would have
>>> the
>>> time to be its moderator.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
>>> Mihalakis
>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:40 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list;
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
>>> other blind folks
>>>
>>> Great idea! Unfortunately, i am not qualified to set up, or moderate the
>>> thing, although it is a great idea.At 01:31 PM 2/18/2013, Arielle
>>> Silverman
>>> wrote:
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>A while back some of us talked about creating a list on YahooGroups or
>>>>GoogleGroups where blind students and mentors could talk about
>>>>sexuality and social issues. I am wondering if we should go ahead and
>>>>create this list to be a separate place from NABS-L and one where the
>>>>topic is a bit more relaxed so that people could post about
>>>>relationship issues, family difficulties etc. If the list is hosted on
>>>>YahooGroups, the archives will be private so no one who is not
>>>>subscribed will be able to read the content of the list (and
>>>>GoogleGroups might be that way too; I'd have to check).
>>>>The NFB lists tend to be a little strict about topic since they are
>>>>publicly archived and since they are intended to be about a very
>>>>specific topic. However that doesn't mean we can't create a separate
>>>>list that is more of a support group rather than a place to obtain
>>>>information.
>>>>Does someone want to go ahead and do this?
>>>>Arielle
>>>>
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