[nabs-l] President for the student division

[Darian Smith]

Good Morning shikha and all,
   The Politics of elections  can be a little complicated at times, but here are some basic pointers.
 The first thing yo want to do is be in conversation  with your  Affiliate President. They will want to hear from you and will be delighted that you wish to  become involved in the Federation as  a member of the  Georgia  Association of Blind Students.
 It is typically a good thing to tell the current student division president that you  intend to run , as they would appreciate  knowing this.  In both cases don’t be afraid to get their thoughts and reccomondations for you.
 One thing I have learned over  time is that it is always a good idea to run a positive, and respectful campaign. 
  this is to say  that as much as you can, you certainly want  to talk up  the skills and  experiences you have and how they will lend  themselves  to the job more than you  want to talk about what the other candidate  doesn’t do so well.
  Another thing is that you really want to show that you want the job. the presidency of any chapter, division, or  affiliate is hard work and it most of the time involves long hours, especially if you want to do the job well.  You are working with   diverse personalities and trying to join each of them  together in working in the same direction for the sake of the common goal of making sure that the blind can live the lives they want.
 I believe that I’m probably  repeating some of the stuff you got the first go-round, and  I am sorry if so.
 another great resource for you is the NABS Board,  many of them have served as  president of their student division, and all of them have some real good insights to leadership and more.
  I hope this helps.
  feel free to contact me off-list if any of this is unclear or further resources are needed.
  Best,
  Darian           
On Oct 2, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Shikha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello, 
> I know that i have asked this question in the past, but only one person replied back to my question.
> Our state convention for georgia is next Friday on October 10th, 11th, and 12th and i would like to run as president for the student division. 
> The problem is that i do not know what a president does for the student division.
> Also, i am not sure what i should say in my speech so people will vote for me. 
> All i know is that the other person that is running for president does not know the NFB pledge, so i will be mentioning in my speech that i know the pledge and i will call on a random member on the board to say it.  If they do not know it then they will have to pay a quarter. 
> The reason that i know that he is running is because he told me when we went on a mentoring trip few weeks ago. 
> He does not know that i am also running.   
> 
> 
> 
> Shikha. 
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