[nabs-l] Revisiting idea of division for students with multipledisabilities

[Beth Taurasi]

I wouldd do it, except I've got stuff going on.  I'd be happy to 
give a list of names privately to someone higher up.
Beth

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From: Darian via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Anjelina <anjelinac at att.net>,National Association of Blind 
Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:44:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Revisiting idea of division for students 
with multipledisabilities

Hello Angelina and all,
While I may not be a person who would necessarily identify with 
this demographic, I am certainly interested in working with 
interested individuals in order to help organize such a presence 
in our movement.
Because I don't want to take the lead in organizing (nor should 
I), I would encourage someone who is very interested in seeing a 
group/division organized, and is willing to take on the 
responsibility/work that goes into spearheading the effort to 
gather names of individuals who might be interested.
I suspect that you might be the person who gets the ball rolling 
here, as you  seem to be really interested and would almost seem 
to be the person most likely to be the most invested.  I think 
that you might informally reach out to people that you are aware 
of who might have the same level of interest in organizing and 
fits into the same demographic.
Then you will want to talk to our national president to see if 
this type of thing might have a place in our movement.  When you 
talk with President Riccobono, it is important to know that he 
will want to know if there are a number of people who are 
like-minded in the organization of such a group or division.  
Such numbers are helpful in helping him to gain an understanding 
of whether or not this might serve to benefit the Federation.  
Another thing to think about is just why you want to have such a 
division/group. Making this known is also helpful.
Going about the process of organizing a group/division is 
certainly not the most complicated thing in the world, but there 
are steps that need to be taken to ensure that such an effort is 
organized for the right reasons, with the right amount of care 
and consideration, and not gone into lightly.
 Please feel free to contact me directly should you have any 
questions. My email address is:dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Best of luck, and I hope that such an effort does in fact make it 
off of the drawing board.
  Darian

 On Jul 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Anjelina via nabs-l 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Good evening all, I hope everyone is doing well after 
convention. A few months ago there was a thread about starting a 
division or group of students who are interested in advocating 
for people with multiple disabilities, whether they be 
intellectual, physical, or mental. Is there still interest? I'm 
still interested but was wondering if there are members who would 
like to have a conference call to further discuss ideas. Thank 
you for any responses.

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