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

Tue Feb 19 04:49:52 UTC 2013

Joshua,

That might be a good topic for a membership call. We're talking about this
kind of thing at a student seminar we are planning in Maryland; why not a
NABS Membership call? If you would like to submit this idea to the NABS
Membership Committee, email nabs.membership at gmail.com.

Chris

Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
Public Relations Committee
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Phone: (443) 547-2409

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Lester
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:37 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
other blind folks

Since this affects some students, why not have a NABS membership call where
those of you that deal with these things can educate others on how you deal
with your issues, and attend class at the same time.
That would be an interesting discussion!
Thanks, Joshua
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From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Desiree Oudinot
[turtlepower17 at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 5:11 PM
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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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