[nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi all,

Chris:  It's not that; I know the chapter nearest to my school and as
said in my last email I have made contact with that chapter president
with this question.  I'm confused on which one I should join, the one
nearest to my college or the one nearest to where I live back home.
Although for transportation reasons as the cities are an hour apart I
wouldn't be able to be an active member of either chapter throughout
the entire year, going to the one nearest to school seems like it
would make the most sense since I think I could independently get
myself there and back on campus for the months I'm in that city.  But,
my question to that chapter president was more along the lines of
should I join that chapter since I'm from a city with an established
chapter of it's own.  I'm just not really clear on what the rules for
chapter involvement are, or if such a thing as duel-membership exists.

On 5/10/13, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kaiti,
>
> You might contact your state affiliate President and ask him/her what the
> closest chapter is to your school. You may also be able to find this on
> your
> affiliate's Web site, as a list of chapters is usually put on affiliate Web
> sites.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 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 Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 10:48 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.
>
> I would love to be part of one. I did go to a few Cincinnati chapter
> meetings when I was in high school and was a due paying member for a while,
> but since both my parents worked late and there are no buses in the suburb
> where I live getting downtown wad hard. Now that I go to school in a
> different city I'm not sure which chapter I should belong to. I brought
> this
> up to the president of tthe chapter where I go to school, bit he never got
> back to me on it.
>
> On Friday, May 10, 2013, christopher nusbaum wrote:
>
>> Sophie, yes; teens are welcome to become members of chapters! I have
>> the same problem with our local chapter. Unfortunately, we don't have
>> a chapter in our part of Maryland, and there probably wouldn't be
>> enough blind people to start one. The nearest chapter to us, the
>> Greater Baltimore chapter, meets about an hour away from me. I've gone
>> to a few meetings and am a due-paying member. I'd love to attend more
>> meetings, but would have to convince my parents to get up on a
>> Saturday morning and drive me to Baltimore (an hour's drive) for a
>> 2-hour meeting that they probably wouldn't even be interested in-not a
>> very easy thing to do. * Smile! *
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 10, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Sophie Trist
>> <sweetpeareader at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to become a member of an NFB chapter, but first of all,
>> > I
>> don't know if teens are allowed to be members. And second of all, the
>> two nearest chapters are at least an hour's drive away, so if I could
>> become a member, it would be kinda inconvenient to go there,
>> especially since I believe most meetings take place in the evenings.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Sophie
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com <javascript:;>
>> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>
>> > Date sent: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:35:29 -0700
>> > Subject: [nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.
>> >
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > I  was wondering   if any of you are currently active members of a
>> chapter.  If so, how do you like it? how did you find that chapter?
>> > If you are not members of a chapter, why aren't you? do you   not know
>> where a chapter is? do you think you won't connect with anyone in your
>> chapter?  have you given it a try but  didn't find anything  that made
>> you want to stick around?
>> > interested to hear what you fine folks have to say.
>> > Best,
>> > Darian
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