[nabs-l] Justin Salisbury for NABS President

[Christopher O'Meally]

Are you sure this is what it looks like?  I know people on the bord well and I just can't see them doing something like that. Maybe there is an explination of some sort. 

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> On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Aleeha!  Thank you! My vote is only one, as is yours.  If we all use them together, we can make a difference.
> 
> Way to represent our scholarship class!  #Orlando2011
> 
> Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aleeha Dudley [mailto:blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:40 PM
> To: Justin Salisbury; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Justin Salisbury for NABS President
> 
> How could there possibly be a policy like this? It is against the constitution of the NFB!
> Aleeha
> 
>> On 6/5/14, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Fellow Federationists:
>> Did you know that the National Association of Blind Students board, a 
>> bunch of people I love, has a private agreement that presenters on the 
>> agenda cannot run for officer positions? I think the mere fact that I 
>> am blowing this whistle tells you where I stand on it. I am running 
>> for President of the National Association of Blind Students (NABS) 
>> because I love NABS, including my fellow board members, and don't like 
>> the way NABS functions today. I was going to disappear from the board 
>> and NABS leadership because I was discouraged.  I wanted to focus on 
>> chapter, affiliate, and division development, legislative advocacy, 
>> and the broader initiatives of the National Federation of the Blind. I 
>> wanted to "participate as an integral part of the National Federation 
>> of the Blind," which I quote from the NABS constitution, but I did not 
>> feel like NABS was a vehicle to do that.  I had come to believe that 
>> the primary role of NABS had become a blind student networking outlet. 
>> Thankfully, some friends and role models of mine from Baltimore picked me up off the ground and told me not to give up on NABS.
>> We will not have to sacrifice the social element of NABS if we move it 
>> to our peripheral attention. People love people, and I have faith that 
>> we will always build personal relationships. I want us to focus more 
>> on activity between the big, face-to-face gatherings that only happen 
>> a couple of times per year. I want our board to be more hands-on as 
>> regional representatives, and, fundamentally, I want to bring more organization to our organization.
>> The National Federation of the Blind is the organized blind movement. 
>> I have led workshops and written an article in the Student Slate about 
>> creating advertising directories in student divisions. This master 
>> email list through which I am contacting you was my idea and my 
>> project. I want to focus on unified communication structures for 
>> student divisions, like Facebook, Twitter, and NFBnet email lists. The 
>> power that comes from being organized is tremendous; a little 
>> organizing goes a long way. Then, we can focus on both 
>> student-specific issues and the broader efforts of the National 
>> Federation of the Blind. If we look around the country, college 
>> campuses are hotspots for legislative advocacy. I want NABS to reflect this in the organized blind movement.
>> I have a mind for organizing everything except my apartment. The more 
>> highly we prioritize organization, the more organized we will be and 
>> the stronger the organization skills of our members and leaders will be.
>> I have the kind of love that enables me to work all night long to 
>> further our movement, and it's because I love NABS and my fellow blind 
>> students that I am not giving up on NABS. I always focus on preparing 
>> and empowering my successors, evident in my article on leadership 
>> philosophy in the April 2014 Braille Monitor. I do not hold grudges. I 
>> grew up on a gravel road in northeastern Connecticut and attended a 
>> regional high school on the UConn campus. I attack a problem with the 
>> same tenacity and work ethic that has produced two years of dual NCAA 
>> men's and women's basketball championships from my hometown UConn 
>> Huskies. This job will not be easy, but I will not give up on NABS.
>> I love doing the work of the Federation so much that I have left my 
>> top-ten economics doctoral program at the University of 
>> Wisconsin-Madison to attend Louisiana Tech University to become a cane 
>> travel instructor. I am in the pool of potential speakers for our 
>> agenda so that I can tell everyone how my experience at the Louisiana 
>> Center for the Blind changed my life and career path. I pray that I 
>> will have the opportunity to share my story, but I understand that 
>> this would violate the private agreement within the NABS board and 
>> will attempt to get it adjusted in my case. Whether I speak or not, I 
>> am writing my story as another article to submit to the Braille Monitor.
>> I am proud to be a national leader in our movement and even more proud 
>> to have other national leaders supporting and encouraging me. I have a 
>> decorated resume with many titles and accomplishments, but I want 
>> voters to focus on my love for NABS and my fellow blind students, on 
>> the railroad that we can build together, and on the effort to achieve 
>> equality, opportunity and security for the blind.
>> I will be forever grateful for your vote, Justin Salisbury for NABS 
>> President, at our national convention. I guarantee that countless 
>> other blind students and non-students will be grateful, as well.
>> 
>> Love,
>> 
>> Justin Salisbury
>> Board Member
>> National Association of Blind Students 
>> president at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:president at alumni.ecu.edu>
>> 
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