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

Sat May 11 17:19:45 UTC 2013

I am not aware of any "rules" that govern what chapter you join, or 
join two, it is all the same organization.  If it were me I would 
join the chapter that I could attend the most.

Dave

At 09:49 PM 5/10/2013, you 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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