[nabs-l] What Has The NABS Board Been Doing

[justin]

Wow, you guys did a lot. Congradulations.  Sounds like an outstanding year.


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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
nabs.president at gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 9:15 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] What Has The NABS Board Been Doing

Hello,

 

I appreciate your indicating that the monthly updates are something that you
found useful. Perhaps we should consider bringing those back. The impression
I had was that not many people took the trouble to read them, and they do
take a fair amount of time and effort to put together. Thank you for writing
to suggest the reinstatement of the NABS Notes updates.

 

Beyond that, I must respectfully take issue with your characterization of
the current situation. NABS board members, working side by side with many
other members of NABS, have engaged in multiple projects over the last year.
We have sent representatives to numerous student functions and state
conventions around the country. We have overhauled the membership list and
put it in a searchable database. We have held multiple informative
membership calls. We have put out issues of the Student Slate. We have held
a student leadership seminar in Baltimore. We have worked on a mentoring
program for first-time convention attendees that will be taking place in
Orlando. We have raised significant funds for the work of NABS and the NFB
as a whole. And we have NABS board members and general members alike who
hold significant leadership positions in their chapters and affiliates.

 

I am 100% open to thoughts, suggestions, or criticism. However, I do not
appreciate having my board and our many hard-working members called out for
doing nothing in a public forum such as this list. Suggestions on what NABS
or the board could be doing better are always welcome at
nabs.president at gmail.com. I appreciate all constructive feedback, be it
positive or negative. But let us not discredit the time and energy that many
individuals volunteer to continue to build our organization and make
progress on issues of importance to all of us.

 

Thank you,

 

Sean

 

Sean Whalen

President, National Association of Blind Students

(608) 332-4147

Nabs.president at gmail.com

www.nabslink.org

 

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