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

Sat May 11 02:53:55 UTC 2013

I think its a lot more relaxed than you are making it.  Most chapters would be happy to have an active member, even if only for half the year.  I know people who are members of more than one chapter.  There are members who are officers in other chapters who are also members of my chapter.  

Just go for it and get involved somewhere.  I'm sure both or either chapter would be happy to have you.

-Greg

On May 10, 2013, at 10:49 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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