[nabs-l] President for the student division

Shikha desai1shikha at gmail.com
Fri Oct 3 03:38:18 UTC 2014


Thanks so much 
This helps a lot.

Shikha. 

> On Oct 2, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Shikha and all,
> 
> I have a couple of things to add in addition to the great points
> others have already made.  Before elections, I would recommend you
> spend some time figuring out exactly why you want to run for
> president.  If it is because you truly think you could do a better job
> than the current president, and that you feel you have qualities which
> could be real strengths in leading the division to a productive and
> meaningful year ahead, then by all means run.  If this is the case, I
> would recommend that you also identify things you'd like to positively
> change for the division, and get a plan together so people will know
> that you're dedicated enough to have thought through what you would
> want to accomplish if you were indeed elected president.  If you are
> doing it to beat out your friend, or for a reason like you want the
> role of president for reasons other than what I mentioned earlier,
> then I don't know if those are the best reasons for wanting to become
> president.  The president of any organization is kind of like the
> go-to person; you can have different officers and committee chairs,
> but if something goes wrong and those people don't know what decision
> to make, they're going to come to you wanting to know what their
> course of action should be.  The president is also in charge of the
> paperwork for the division; I know in my state division in the past
> year I have had to organize meetings to update our constitution, send
> out necessary emails to various people as well as our list serve, and
> just recently completed a lengthy packet which our state awards
> committee will review for any honors the division might receive.  I
> also needed to compile a roster of current members, make sure a copy
> of the constitution got to the president of our affiliate, the
> president of NABS, and the president of the NFB in Baltimore.
> Furthermore, our division set up a bank account so we could fundraise
> a few months ago, and I had to co-sign all the paperwork for that
> account along with the treasurer for the division.  You have to do all
> the grunt work like making sure your division is in compliance with
> the bilaws, troubleshoot problems, and sometimes be willing to travel
> to affiliate events like board meetings (I and several of the Ohio
> division's board members just did that a few weeks ago as well).  It's
> not all representing the NFB on the front lines all the time, and if
> you're president you have to be willing to do that work in addition to
> working with members of your division, your affiliate, and NABS.
> 
> As far as election etiquette is concerned, I think that in addition to
> speaking about your plans to run for president with your affiliate and
> current division presidents, that you should also inform your opponent
> out of courtesy.  You don't necessarily have to, but plenty of people
> do it just out of consideration for the other person.
> If, after thinking these things and the points others have made
> through, you decide that running for president isn't the best option
> right now, try running for another officer position or for a spot on
> the board.  You can learn a lot about how to run an organization by
> being a member in another capacity, and some of the duties of other
> officers can be really fun.  I was secretary my first year in OABS,
> and loved it so much that sometimes even now I miss taking minutes.
> If you decide to run for president, good luck in your campaign.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
>> On 10/2/14, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi Shikha,
>> 
>> Why do you want to run for president of the student division?
>> It's very unusual for someone who isn't on the board of an
>> organization to start out working with that organization by
>> running for president.  Perhaps you could consider running for
>> one of the board member positions and serve for a couple years
>> before running for president.  If you did that you'd be able to
>> see what the duties of the president are by observing the
>> president you're working with.  Also, just a point of advice, I
>> would never vote for someone who based their candidacy on the
>> fact that they're opponent didn't know a pledge.  That's
>> completely irrelevant to whether someone can do a good job as
>> president.  A good candidate is involved with the organization
>> they want to serve on the board of enough to know what the duties
>> of the position they're running for are and has something they
>> want to accomplish on the board beyond just being on the board.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Shikha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> To: National Association of Blind Students <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 10:29:07 -0400
>> Subject: [nabs-l] President for the student division
>> 
>> 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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